Who wants to do an easy Photoshop for me?

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/12/2018 at 15:15 • Filed to: None

Or tell me how to do it? (Give a man a fish.....teach a man to fish.....). I want to remove the guy behind the Phantom. Ideally, we’d lose the APU on the other side, but that might be a bit much. I figure it ought to be dead simple for somebody who knows what they are doing, which isn’t me. I can give you an original file if you email me at my user name at gee male.

I took this at an air show in Fort Worth back in 2012. I found the originals to a few older shows, and I’m going back and re-editing them in LR.

DISCUSSION (30)

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 15:25

If you don’t find any help by the weekend, let me know I can help you out I’m just too busy now.

ttyymmnn > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
04/12/2018 at 15:27

Thanks. This photo is 6 years old, so there’s clearly no rush.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 15:34

Was there a passing Ferarri?

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 15:34

I presume the background flames were an intentional part of the show?

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW
04/12/2018 at 15:37

Yes. The Commemorative Air Force was doing their Tora Tora Tora show (which I’ve seen countless times now). The Vals and Kates do passes over the field and the pyro guys set off trash bags full of fuel. Makes for quite a fireball.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 15:37

just a test, looks fairly possible. I’ll work on the APU too. I’ll email you.

Kinja'd!!!

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle
04/12/2018 at 15:38

Fantastic. Thanks.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 15:39

you mention more than one image, if you have a few, that could be handy for stealing unique portion of fire from for the copy and pasting.

Urambo Tauro > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 15:41

That’s an epic shot!

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle
04/12/2018 at 15:42

I took four frame, and this is the only one that was in focus. I had my camera pointed up when the explosion happened, swung down quickly, and got one good frame. I’d be happy to email you the others, along with a big version of this one.

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle
04/12/2018 at 15:43

Just saw your email. Wait one.

ttyymmnn > Urambo Tauro
04/12/2018 at 15:48

Thanks! It was also a bit lucky. I happened to be in the right place at the right time. I had the camera pointed at the sky when the pyro went off, and just had time to slue the camera down and take four frames. This is the only one that was in focus. Very often in photography, it’s better to be lucky than good.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 15:49

Nice - I’ve seen that sort of show at Oshkosh a number of times. Sit in the grass right at the crowd line, and you can feel the heat from the fireballs.

Those get a little corny to me - in large part because the Oshkosh airshows are world famous for the corny announcing. But fun anyways!

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW
04/12/2018 at 16:00

The announcing is corny everywhere. I generally try to tune it out. I got some good shots of the TTT show back in 2014 at a small show in Temple. This was one of my favorites.

Kinja'd!!!

This is the North American T-6 Mitsubishi Zero.

user314 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
04/12/2018 at 16:04

Pretty sure that’s a Lambo, dude.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 16:12

got ‘em. and this shall be a great way to fill the remainder of my day :D

and never fear, despite the majority of my oppo posts, I will not be using MSpaint :D

Dr_Watson > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 16:14

I see someone’s got you covered but FYI, It’s all about the clone stamp if you want to learn how to fish.

You could also just mask out the entire plane and put in a new clean explosion. Or change the scale of the existing explosion to get rid of large objects like the APU.

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle
04/12/2018 at 16:14

Could you replace the TD on the tail with Comic Sans?

ttyymmnn > Dr_Watson
04/12/2018 at 16:15

I know that much, but it’s the actual use of the tool that I need to learn. I know just enough about PS to make a real mess of things. It’s been on my list of things to get better at, but right now I’m more invested in learning Lightroom.

ttyymmnn > Dr_Watson
04/12/2018 at 16:15

And thanks!

Dr_Watson > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 16:18

ah, well... the technique is just “work small and get lots of practice”

ttyymmnn > Dr_Watson
04/12/2018 at 16:19

Just like learning to play the trumpet.

Dr_Watson > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 16:21

from what i remember of learning the trumpet that also requires learning how to ignore the pain in your lips and cheeks.

ttyymmnn > Dr_Watson
04/12/2018 at 16:27

Well, I’ve been at it for more than 40 years now, so I’m beyond that part.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn
04/12/2018 at 16:33

dont tempt me!