I blame Chris.

[Beth Carter]

this is all chris's fault. space shuttle discovery in washington dc. due to work obligations i wasn't able to visit until saturday afternoon and the place was packed with people.

30 shots handheld (tripods not allowed). stacked and aligned in photoshop, people masked out by hand, then sections were recreated where there was people or their shadows in every shot. i'd love to redo this shot on a weekday morning sometime.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

We all have a lot to blame Chris for...my financial layouts for an X100 and now an X-E1...and every now and then I lose a little sleep as I think about some of his images...

Great shot, Beth!

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nicely done Beth. And I hope Chris is feeling suitably guilty for all the trouble he caused!

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Nicely done, Beth. Amazing, how much goes into creating such a beautiful image in the digital realm.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Glad I'm able to cause so much trouble!

Amazing shot Beth - all that work!

 

[Grant Young]

Blame whoever you want, but I see no flaws. Amazing image.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

We all have a lot to blame Chris for...my financial layouts for an X100 and now an X-E1...and every now and then I lose a little sleep as I think about some of his images...

Great shot, Beth!

Sure - if that makes the 'sell' easier to swmbo - i'm happy to take the fall for your Fuji habit

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks guys. except you chris. this is all your fault. you just had to post those shots of endeavour..

 

[Hamish Gill]

Beth, that's a great shot! Really absolutely perfectly framed!
The shuttle looks like a sad restrained cartoon mouse!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Beth a very good photo, Hamish is spot on with the mouse characteristics of the shuttle.

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks hamish and julian. the shuttle does look a little trapped inside.. things were more open inside the hangar.

a typical shot of the set.

 

[Stan Hesketh]

I love that picture

 

[Vic Shaw]

Nice shot Beth and some pretty nice work to erase the people. I would like to say you can automate this process in photoshop though

 

[Beth Carter]

Nice shot Beth and some pretty nice work to erase the people. I would like to say you can automate this process in photoshop though

thanks. tried that first (cause i'm lazy), smart objects set to median, didn't work. it got rid of 75% of the people, but left lots of ghosting and splotches from shadows. off to the right there was a large group of people that never really left, two or three would leave and a few more would take their place. i ended up flipping a dupe layer horizontally and using that for the railing.