Photography's Best Kept Secrets - Perspective Blending

[@ernogyetvai4750]

Kudos for getting out there and making fine images.

[@abisography]

Learned something new today!!

[@Sadieazuki]

Excellent video! Have not done this yet, and will try!

[@seefroggysee]

I like this technique! Can't wait to try it.

[@klausregnier1162]

I really can't find anything bad about this technique. If I didn't know that the image was created by blending different shots, I definitely wouldn't have noticed! For someone like me, who doesn't have knowledge of the location, it's not noticeable at all. Besides, there are usually people who always find something to criticize. To them, I happily say: first of all, try to do it yourself, and above all, do it BETTER. Then we can talk further! Moreover, in my opinion, this falls into the realm of personal taste and artistic freedom. I really like this shot, and I wish there were similar subjects outside my doorstep! Keep it up!!!

[@simoncennals]

Thank you, appreciate your words and taking the time to watch.

[@tommydaynjer5334]

I’ve used forms of this in portrait work all the time - taking someone’s face with a big smile or wide open eyes and blending it over a shot I want to keep but the subject had their eyes closed or had an unhappy expression. This is a really nice easy composite idea and I’m so here for it! Thanks for telling me this!

[@aaravshah1012]

Waiting to visit the rockies ur videos just make me more eager to pick my bag and reach there I love your work, thx for inspiring and encouraging people keep up with it. 😊

[@simoncennals]

It's pretty amazing out here!

[@JoanEscala]

For me, it's totally fine. Good job!

[@simoncennals]

Thank you, I'm surprised at how commonly used it is. Maybe I'll use it more now!

[@valdemarcaballero5298]

GOOD JOB!!! loved it!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@jackleggo9159]

I think it is fine and thanks for sharing.....

[@simoncennals]

Thanks for watching!

[@benlister74]

Photography is art and part of any art is finding new paths of expression! Some will like some will not…there are still some who think digital is cheating 😂 great video. Sub +1 👍

[@GMC43]

Brilliant mate.. and the old 6d is holding up well.. Also nothing wrong I guess with this little trick.. Good job 👍👍

[@JeffUnderwoodUK]

Outstanding. I'm in the UK and I've been trying to match the stunning landscapes produced by many American photographers. Yes, I can get solid foreground interest, not a frozen lake but something geological, a pool reflection etc but the object at the end always looks too small. Certainly the lack of mountains anywhere in the UK is a problem but fellow club photographers who trip to the Lake District or Scotland suffer the same tiny mountain syndrome. This technique seems a great and fair way to render what you saw in the field with what you get in Lightroom. And exceptionally well explained in this video.

[@simoncennals]

Thank you! We all suffer from a bit of small mountain syndrome I suppose! Ha ha

[@ti-ande]

Great tutorial, thank you!!

[@simoncennals]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@davetucker2000]

Excellent video! Really enjoying the channel :) I agree with it being more in line with what the eyes see (though of course our eyes don't stretch the foreground so delightfully!). If I published or posted something like this, I'd probably feel the need to explain what I did and why - what about you?

[@simoncennals]

I do often mention the techniques used which I think is fair enough. Hard to appreciate the whole scene with just one frame sometimes.

[@markvandenberg4606]

Looks great to me. Certainly not on par with replacing skies, etc. Nice tutorial!

[@simoncennals]

Thanks Mark. I'd agree there for sure!

[@davefrancis2581]

Agreed it's what the heart saw

[@ew5915]

Very nice technique indeed, I don't see it as cheating, is a matter of expression as it would be for a painter.

[@simoncennals]

It's all just a bit of fun at the end of the day!

[@kennethtam9779]

Use these sorts of techniques for book covers and images all the time, for exactly the reasons you describe -- to make the scene look more like it would if you were really experiencing it!

[@simoncennals]

I really thought this would be a little more controversial but it appears this technique is really widely used! More than I even realised!

[@kennethtam9779]

@@simoncennals Perhaps because you're combining elements that were taken together in the real world it doesn't cause too much of a stir... especially compared to people welding together different places, or AI inventing them from scratch!

[@ronpettitt6184]

I've recently discovered your videos. I think the time blending one was the first I saw. I am fine with this type of editing. The way the wide angle distorts and exaggerates, all you are doing is fixing an issue the lens created in the first place. Looks great to me.

[@simoncennals]

Thanks Ron, appreciate you watching!

[@thilagarajaa2778]

Can we use this technique when participating in Competition? Thanks in Advance 😊

[@simoncennals]

I think that would really depend on the competition!

[@Wizzgigging]

Ive used perspective blending a couple times to bring the mountains back to more of a realistic experience. Nothing wrong with this technique:-)

[@simoncennals]

I'm surprised that so far everyone has been on board. I felt like there'd be a few purests making out it wasn't legit!

[@ArminSteiner]

Great Video, I can’t understand why people have a problem with that, the way we see the world is also kind of „fake“ since our brain processes what we see to create the image. I sure will try that soon.

[@ofmphoto]

"Nobody's gonna know" "They're gonna know" "How would they know?" 😂😂😂 Great video, I never tried it myself but maybe one day I'll try it out.

[@simoncennals]

As long as you're honest about how an image was created then no harm! I've done it once or twice just to increase a background mountain a little, probably not as dramatic as that in all honesty!

[@ofmphoto]

@@simoncennals your right! And yeah not dramatic at all

[@Fixmix78]

It's like you are using a bi-focal lense in a way.

[@stevethompson8154]

I see nothing wrong with the technic. I do some night sky stuff and occasionally use similar methods. It is our art and I feel like it is nobodies place to question our creativity.

[@VasilisKaramanlis]

Combining two different images, is certainly cheating..but it is your image and since your told us the truth, i enjoy the final result.

[@simoncennals]

I suppose then the question is is using a wide angle lens cheating? Say if you put a subject close to edge of frame it elongates it a bit, should photographers be upfront about that?

[@remisprungli]

I'ts a creation, I look it like that. An argentic person might scream ; but blending is a form of creation as any other creation, isn't it ? It's a matter of point of view.

[@thehowlingterror]

Copy-Paste. Got it.👍

[@simoncennals]

Exactly 😂

[@hanshut8124]

Reality is just the result of the hardware we used. Don't wide-angel lenses also disort? Why would it be a problem? We`re fooling ourselves anyway....

[@simoncennals]

Completely agree, wide angle lenses do distort a bunch. Which one is closer to 'reality'?