San Gabriel Mountains Discussion Forum

TacoDelRio · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:12 am Post subject:

Super cool, Simonov!

TacoDelRio · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:50 am Post subject:

Thanksgiving cruise on Glendora Ridge road at 1am:

Mazda RX8

It felt colder in the city/valley than it did up at 4kft. Strange how this works, I guess.

norma r · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject:

love the new board main page photo! yeah winter!!

TacoDelRio · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject:

One of Elwood's shots from his recent trip up Baldy.

glamisking · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 56 Location: Orange County

Good choice Taco and excellent shot Elwood.

Elwood · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject:

I was playing in Photoshop and photomerged two of the Baldy shots taken from the same location. Kinda' interesting results:

Convert to greyscale, adjust contrast and brightness:

Kit Fox · Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 141

Elwood,

Try duplicating the image twice (original, and two duplicates), change the blend mode of the top layer to "Multiply," and the second layer to "Screen." The results might seem a bit dark, so you can reduce the opacity of the "Multiply" layer. The result is known as a "digital sandwich."

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