Annular Eclipse Processing

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Mike Butorac avatar
Help

Not the best Photoshopper here, and I need some help. I have a composite of the Annular Eclipse taken in Albuquerque, and the foreground of my location, but I can't seem to get the two together without washing out the sun/moon images. I've included snips of the sources and the problem. The sun/moons were individual layers blended in 'Lighten' mode, then flattened down. 

Also not sure if I should try and balance out the colour because the early images, being lower in the sky, are a bit more on the orange side. Any thoughts on this appreciated.

Cheers!

Mike


andrea tasselli avatar
In my experince a daylight backdrop won't do. You either need a dusk shot or even a nightscape to go with it. BTW, I'm not using PS. Besides, the eclipse phases need to be blended into a dark, uniform backdrop not against the landscape itself for best results.
Tom Marsala avatar
Hey Mike! That's an awesome timeline! Nice job! 
instead of "Lighten"  try "Color Dodge add' in blending mode.
Tom
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