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Hi,

I wonder if I could have some feedback re this photograph/s, this is the first time I have ever merged two images together. I took the sky from one and the Old Iron Ore Mill was taken today but it was raining, very overcast and the sky was flat.

The photograph of the Old Mill is not the best as I was in a rush, I was concision of trying not to get the camera wet as I did not want a repeat of what happened before - 4 weeks getting repaired is not something I was willing to go through again.

There seems to be a slight glow where the two images meet, is there anything I can do to get rid of this please?

Anyway any cc welcome.

Carol


Old Iron Ore Mill c by MrsR66, on Flickr
 
Is the image saved as a psd or tiff with the layers still intact? if it's just a jpeg you could try running a small size burn tool set to highlights (or midtone?) along the join and see if it darkens the halo.
 
If the layers are intact you could nudge up the the ground or nudge down the sky so they meet better..

imo it will always look a bit off as the perspective of the clouds doesnt match the perspective of the land
 
TheDrift- said:
If the layers are intact you could nudge up the the ground or nudge down the sky so they meet better..

imo it will always look a bit off as the perspective of the clouds doesnt match the perspective of the land
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I think it's the edge of the old sky on the FG layer rather than a gap between the sky and foreground.
 
swanseamale47 said:
I think it's the edge of the old sky on the FG layer rather than a gap between the sky and foreground.
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ahh ok, good shout, in which case nudging the sky down will work but not the other way round..(you'd need to trim the top of the pic if you do it this way though)
 
Hi Guys,

Thanks for that, the halo is on the bottom part of the photograph and I never thought about it been the edge of the original sky. It will be difficult to get a photograph with the sky in the right prospective so I guess I will just have to wait until the conditions are right to take another one, which could be a while as I am over an hours drive from this location.

Carol
 
It doesn't nessisarily have to be an identical sky, but the perspective needs to be closer, some info in this thread.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=422406

Look at a photo of clouds and see how they get smaller and less distinct as they get further away. Roughly you sky horizon needs to be round about the same place as the horizon on the picture you want to past in.

Also a picture on a sunny day needs a clear sky, an overcast day, an overcast sky etc otherwise it won't look right
 
TheDrift- said:
It doesn't nessisarily have to be an identical sky, but the perspective needs to be closer, some info in this thread.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=422406

Look at a photo of clouds and see how they get smaller and less distinct as they get further away. Roughly you sky horizon needs to be round about the same place as the horizon on the picture you want to past in.

Also a picture on a sunny day needs a clear sky, an overcast day, an overcast sky etc otherwise it won't look right
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ajbaker50 said:
Hi there you may find this defringing video useful as I think it will address your glowing issues. I found this video very useful.

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-russell-brown-show/removing-fringe/
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Hi Guys thanks for those links will study them tomorrow and see what I can come up with. :thumbs:

Carol
 
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