[Bonjoy]

It's really hard to do a good job of that. For one thing it's really hard to get a natural blend on the horizon, but mostly because the sky affects the light/colour of an image, so if you stick a blue sky on an image took on a grey day it will just look false. If you were really clever you might be able to adjust the colours of the rest of the image to match, but that's way beyond anything I know how to do.

[slackline]

Why not take the "easy" option and go back there for a better shot?

Or is it somewhere exceptionally remote?

[Johnny Brown]

am trying to add a new sky to a climbing shot cause the actual sky on the pic is really grey, but the new sky just looks well false.

It always will - don't bother. Try to make more of what you have.

[Bubba]

It can be done to a certain extent but i guess if the difference is too marked then it's going to look false. That said, if you put enough time in with photoshop you can do pretty much anything - it's more down to whether you think the effort is worth it compared to just taking a similar shot on a nice day...







google for photoshop replace sky and there's a load of tutorials...

[GCW]

That said, if you put enough time in with photoshop you can do pretty much anything

[Bubba]

That's some serious PS skill 

[Houdini]

Nice one GCW that vid made my evening.  Wicked.

[underground]

Horrible shoes though. Spoiled it for me...

[andyh]

Why not take the "easy" option and go back there for a better shot?

Or is it somewhere exceptionally remote?

it was a first ascent shot that i dug out from years ago so historical value kinda thing

bubba - that group family shot is exactly the kinda thing i want to do. so how do i do it? ta

[Bubba]

The tutorial for that sky replace is here

[andyh]

The tutorial for that sky replace is here

sweet, i'll try it out. much appreciated

[lagerstarfish]

I really hope this was meant to look like a model

[Bonjoy]

 Spoke to Alex Messenger about these type shots. Apparently it's done with some special tilted lense. Ends up making things look like macro shots. So strictly speaking its not photo shopped, although that cheesey border effect is.

[lagerstarfish]

He says he photoshopped it...

JoePylePhoto    says:
After all the comments I just wanted to first say thanks, and second say that this is actually me and a friend climbing in Estes Park, CO. I just PS'ed it a little with some blur and some color correction.

I, however, know nothing about photoshop
:pedanticwink:

[cofe]

bonjoy you're right about tilt/shift lenses, although it can look PS'ed. ref some of Tim Kemple's recent stuff. I'm sure Johnny will come along and give a detailed explanation. hopefully it will die a death like B&W'ing photos but leaving the climber/their shirt in colour.

[Jaspersharpe]

hopefully it will die a death like B&W'ing photos but leaving the climber/their shirt in colour.

Amen to that. However the effect is created it looks wank.

[Johnny Brown]

A true tilt lens shot (strictly you are using reverse swing) will give a strip of focus exetnding right through the image, somewhere . If its more like a blob its PS. Both look shit as a rule.

[Somebody's Fool]

A true tilt lens shot (strictly you are using reverse swing) will give a strip of focus exetnding right through the image, somewhere . If its more like a blob its PS. Both look shit as a rule.

I know Darrell Hair doesn't hold much truck with reverse swing tampering either.

[lagerstarfish]

hopefully it will die a death like B&W'ing photos but leaving the climber/their shirt in colour.

Amen to that. However the effect is created it looks wank.

I see what you mean

[dave]

that udo guy at udini.com was never shy of some serious tooling:



luckily he's one of the few who can make some stuff look good with it. not the above shot though.

[Jaspersharpe]

  Truly awful!

[lagerstarfish]

Some joker has put a tibetan spaniel into this shot - surely taking photoshop too far?

[Stu Littlefair]

Awesome. Why Ru and Jon didn't put a "where's wilbur" competition into the bouldering guide I'll never know...

[Fiend]

Aaaah. We saw - and smiled at - that dog today. Classic climber's dog 

[yankeepete]

Look at the neck. John Dunne?