Sharpen Focus

[iceman]

More of an experiment than a carefully crafted picture :)

I took a shot at IISAC one night without checking focus, and it was out of focus but the bloated stars and milky way looked quite nice. I forgot about it, fixed my focus and carried on.

While scrolling through my nightscape images from IISAC the other day, seeing if there was any I hadn't yet processed, I came across this out of focus one again, and switching between the in-focus and out-of-focus shots (taken within 30 seconds of each other) I kind of liked the effect.

So I combined them.

It's not a perfect combine - the trees from the out of focus shot are obviously 'bigger' and I didn't want to mask them totally out, but I think it's an interesting effect :)

- Large (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/444)

Thanks for looking.

[AstroJason]

I like it Mike, the sharpened trees give the image a 3D effect, very creative.

[matt34]

Great effect/experiment Mike, I agree with Jason it gives the foreground a 3d effect. How would it look with the whole in focus image over the out of focus background? would the milky way get the same 3D effect?

[redomatic]

It is actually quite nice Mike.
The trees look like a photoshop drop shadow has been applied. I would leave them in.

[Screwdriverone]

Jeez Mike,

Now you are just making it up as you go along!!!!!!???

:lol:

Cheers

Chris

[astronobob]

No, he had too many Rumbo's Chris ;) :P
10 points for effort all the same mike ;) I kinda like it somehow, well, seen the sky like that when young once or twice ?
Interesting show :thumbsup:

[ourkind]

Yeah that's cool, should make your tag out of focus too! :)

[multiweb]

Yup. That's how it looks after a few chardonnays. :drink: