Practical Photography - UK (2020-01)

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With long exposure photography,
the limits of what can be achieved
in camera can be pushed further in
the editing process. Here, the blur
in those clouds could be enhanced
to make the image appear even
more minimalistic. To do this, open
the image in Photoshop and in the
Layers palette (Window>Layers) hit

Ctrl+J to create a duplicate layer.

Go to Filter>Blur>Motion Blur

and select an Angle of 35° and

a Distance of 780 Pixels to give

the sense of the clouds scudding

upwards. Then click Add a mask

and with a soft black Brush Tool

paint over the foreground to

remove the blur from this area.

Give nature a helping hand

Canon 6D | 17mm | 120sec | f/11 | ISO 100