F/1.4 and Be There!
Normally, I “plan” to stay out late for night skies. My wife sees me packing up and I tell her I am planning on heading out for stars. Occasionally, my wife modifies my plan when she reminds me of the party we are going to that night. Of course, weather can thwart my best laid plans. Thick clouds have sent me home early on numerous occasions. There’s a saying that goes something like this:
“Make a plan. If the plan is not working, make new plan.” The saying works equally well for photographers and fishermen. There’s another saying, “If you can’t write your plan on the back of a business card, you haven’t thought your plan trough well enough.” Such is the nature of planning.
Grand Teton National Park can be quite busy during the Summer months. One good way of beating the crowds is stay out long past their normal visitation hours!
Everyone already knows Jackson Hole has a lot to offer, and is great in the daytime, but it’s also great at night. Northwest Wyoming, which includes Grand Teton National Park and much of Yellowstone, has some of the clearest and darkest skies in the continental US.
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The Clarity Slider in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw is often used to make an image appear a bit sharper and to add some edge definition. If you push it too far, the image can start taking on an HDR or grunge look. This technique takes advantage of the same slider, but instead, eliminates detail.
In reality, this is quick and simple. One layer consists of the simplified image and another layer above it is an outlined version of the original image set to multiply mode. If you are a power Photoshop user, you can probably just look at a few of the examples and know what to do. Continue reading "An “Artsy” Technique in Photoshop" 
