SFF - How to remove the smoke??

m00nman26 · 7th August 2006

Hi guys, managed to squeeze in my tripod amidst the crowd on Sheares bridge.. was there very late... haha..
Seems like most of my shots are very smoky... Am I too near to the fireworks? Would standing further behind result in less smoky shots??
Anyway, heres my first attempt

Please advise on how to improve on shooting fireworks.. Wanna try again tmr leh

MatthewSCL · 7th August 2006

quite nicely done..considering its your first attemmpt..

to remove the smoke..simply sit at the non-somking area loh....hhahaha...heh..just joking ah..

back to the question...actually the problem happens in singapore..my shifu told me last time that fireworks in singapore got lots of smoke and very messy as well...but generally, i think its quite hard to get rid of the smoke..got to trial and error...out of 100 shots, maybe 5 can use only..

Buggy · 7th August 2006

actually that day was rather windy, was the smoke blowing towards your direction?

JLee · 7th August 2006

You can try to remove the smoke by using PS Levels tools. Pull in the black point slider until the smoke dissapear. You may then need to use Layer Mask to gently bring back the "tip" of the fireworks or any other parts necessary. Good luck!

m00nman26 · 7th August 2006

Originally Posted by JLee

You can try to remove the smoke by using PS Levels tools. Pull in the black point slider until the smoke dissapear. You may then need to use Layer Mask to gently bring back the "tip" of the fireworks or any other parts necessary. Good luck!

I see... Thanks!

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m00nman26 Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Singapore Pasir RIs Posts: 974	SFF - How to remove the smoke?? Hi guys, managed to squeeze in my tripod amidst the crowd on Sheares bridge.. was there very late... haha.. Seems like most of my shots are very smoky... Am I too near to the fireworks? Would standing further behind result in less smoky shots?? Anyway, heres my first attempt Please advise on how to improve on shooting fireworks.. Wanna try again tmr leh Last edited by m00nman26; 7th August 2006 at 08:45 AM.

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MatthewSCL Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Central Posts: 765	Re: SFF - How to remove the smoke?? quite nicely done..considering its your first attemmpt.. to remove the smoke..simply sit at the non-somking area loh....hhahaha...heh..just joking ah.. back to the question...actually the problem happens in singapore..my shifu told me last time that fireworks in singapore got lots of smoke and very messy as well...but generally, i think its quite hard to get rid of the smoke..got to trial and error...out of 100 shots, maybe 5 can use only..

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Buggy Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Woodlands Posts: 1,098	Re: SFF - How to remove the smoke?? actually that day was rather windy, was the smoke blowing towards your direction?

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JLee Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 169	Re: SFF - How to remove the smoke?? You can try to remove the smoke by using PS Levels tools. Pull in the black point slider until the smoke dissapear. You may then need to use Layer Mask to gently bring back the "tip" of the fireworks or any other parts necessary. Good luck!