Star Trails in Photoshop…

I’d like to share a previous post of one of my favorite and fun effects in Photoshop! Two of my (many) passions are photographing in infrared, and also photographing at night! This image combines both of my passions into one image. The castle Auf Schonburg was photographed in infrared in Bacharach, Germany, and the stars were photographed along the Mosquito Lagoon on Florida’s east coast. A really cool Action in Photoshop CS5+ called Star Trails, rotates the stars for a realistic star trail effect! The images were composited in Photoshop to create a photographed-at-midnight look. Topaz Labs Star Effects created little starbursts from the pinpoints of lights in my star image! Star Effects produces endless combinations of stars for different effects, and you can show or hide stars within your image. Star Effects isn’t only about stars… the sun, moon, city lights, any light source can be accentuated in a variety of ways with Star Effects. You can save 15% with Topaz Labs products, including Star Effects with code DEBORAHSANDIDGE. For more about photographing in infrared, visit the Infrared Photography page of my blog, or better yet, take my online infrared photography course, starting this week, you can join right in! Visit this page for more info about photographing at night. Happy Friday, have fun shooting! ~ Deb