Creative nightscapes and time-lapses your complete guide to conceptualizing, planning and creating composite nightscapes and time-lapses / Mike Shaw.
| Author/creator | Shaw, Michael C. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | x, 361 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction and artistic philosophy -- Night sky fundamentals for nightscapes -- Single-image photography necessities for nightscapes -- Planning your shot(s) -- Resources and apps for nightscapes -- Equipment for creative nightscapes and time-lapses -- Daytime field scouting and camera technique -- Common obstacles and solutions -- Lightroom fundamentals for creative nightscapes -- Photoshop basics for creative nightscapes -- Basic two-image blending-the fundamental process -- Composite star trail images -- Sun and moon composites -- Meteor shower composites -- High Dynamic Range (HDR) composites -- Panoramas: Milky Way, Aurora and more -- 360℗ʻ panoramas and virtual reality animations -- Light-painted composites -- Composite light-drawing nightscapes -- Level nightscape time-lapse assembly -- Holy-Grail time-lapses -- Including motion in your nightscape time-lapses -- Final production of your nightscape time-lapse -- Four case studies -- The future. |
| Abstract | Creative Nightscapes and Time-Lapses is your all-in-one guide to making spectacular, multi-image nightscapes and time-lapses. Covering everything from conceptualization and planning to post-processing, this book features innovative cookbook-style "recipes" for each composite nightscape and time-lapse project.Beginning with a review of the key fundamentals of astronomy and photography, author Mike Shaw covers the latest methods for planning your night shooting sessions and how to set up your gear to get the best constituent images. The book precisely details how to combine images into 12 different varieties of state-of-the-art nightscape trophies, each impossible to capture in a single image, before demonstrating how to create stunning level and ramp time-lapses that transition fluidly from day to night. Each nightscape and time-lapse project category includes specific tips for (i) acquiring the constituent images; (ii) assembling them into the composite image or time-lapse; (iii) overcoming common obstacles and (iv) finding the best subjects. Providing examples of how to apply these techniques in the field through four detailed case studies, including one, three-night immersive retreat, this book is the comprehensive guide to creating creative nightscapes and time-lapses. |
| General note | "A Focal Press Book."--Cover. |
| General note | Minimal Level Cataloging Plus. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018287750 |
| ISBN | 9781138745445 (hbk) |