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Here's the deal: I have several photos of lightning strikes, taken a few seconds or more apart. Is there any way to combine them into a single image, to look like they were all at the same time?
Thank you very much! I will give that a try.
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Yes.
Were they taken on a tripod?
If you want to post a couple of the images, we can show you how to do it.
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Thanks. Yes, they were taken on a tripod. Here are a couple images:
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This is not as easy as I first thought. The problem with your two samples is that they have very different color and lighting tones. However, I played around a little and have the following suggestions:
Here is what happens with your images:
Now, you will notice that the some of the strikes in the top layer have been removed because of the blending mode and the lighter tone of the second image. To bring them back into view, I created a mask on the lower layer and blacked out a section on the right side of that image:
BTW, it looks like the tripod was moved during shooting, so I used the mask to hide the different horizons. And, obviously, there is some overlap in the lightning strikes, so you may get some unusual effects. Using masks will allow you to select the most desired portions of each photo.
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Thank you very much! I will give that a try.