How did I do this??

[Inspeqtor]

I did this years ago, and kinda remember how, but not every step anymore.  I know I put every single image in PSE and then erased one image of the moon, then added another image and erased 2 images of the moon etc. etc.
I took 5 images of the moon with my camera on a tripod, then waited in between each picture 3.5 minutes to take the next picture.

I did this another time and one of the images I missed the timing by 10 or 15 seconds, it was comical to see the spacing error, but sadly now I cannot find that set of pictures.  I sure with I could find them!!   Dang it!!

I tried doing it to process the pictures again and failed.

[pontiac1940]

Hi Charles
For what it's worth, I recall how I did this 14 years ago. 
First, I need to say the arc of the path is incorrect. By doing what you did the moon will track a straight line. I did not know that at the time and made an arced path. Ooops.    

I recall getting very cold over several hours and tracking this partial eclipse from start to finish. The photos were taken in the park across the road and I'd go out for a few minutes at a time. I took photos from close the same spot each series. 

How did I make the poster? I selected the images from start to end that I wanted in the poster. I created a new black background image. 

Each moon image was captured (probably with the circular marquee tool), copied and dropped in sequence onto the black background. Positioning was technical...eyeballed. 

A 36-inch poster of this is till hanging in my office. 

Clive 

[Inspeqtor]

Clive,

What you did does look very good!  The arc you created does look impressive.  I have no idea how you were able to get each image of the moon in such a prefect looking arc.  If I had used a much wider lens I could have gotten a good arc doing what I did using a tripod with the camera not moving it would have shown a very good arc also.  There actually is an arc in my picture but a very small arc.  I was not after what you did.

Here are the 5 images I took and then put them all inside PSE at one time one on top of each other, on image #2 I erased the location of the black area for the first moon, put in moon #3 image then erase the black area for moon #1 and #2, put in image #4 then erase the black area for #1, #2, and #3

I hope you are understanding how I did this.  I want to do the same thing again as what I did back in 2012

[pontiac1940]

Charles
I did this in about 2 minutes after I downloaded three of your photos. (I think the RULES forbid this without your explicit permission. Oh well.)  
I set the three images into one frame. Moons 2 and 3 above moon 1 (at the lower left.) 
In image 3 (right), I used the circular marquee tool and roughly selected the moon with some black around the moon. Then I inversed the selection so all but the moon was active (marching ants) and hit <ctrl><X> which deleted most of the image except the moon. Only the moon selection was left. 
Then I selected the layer with moon 2 and repeated the process.
Then flattened.   



The three moon layers. 


Selectin the moon in 2 and 3 

[BuckSkin]

You know....., this got me to thinking.....; one of our cameras, not sure which one, has the ability to take multiple exposures in a single frame; seeing as the sky is black as pitch, I am wondering how it would turn out to just set the remote timer to fire every few seconds or minutes, capturing it all in a single frame.

If it worked, it would sure save a lot of editing.

[Inspeqtor]

Nov 9, 2022 5:34:37 GMT pontiac1940 said:

Charles
I did this in about 2 minutes after I downloaded three of your photos. (I think the RULES forbid this without your explicit permission. Oh well.)  
I set the three images into one frame. Moons 2 and 3 above moon 1 (at the lower left.) 
In image 3 (right), I used the circular marquee tool and roughly selected the moon with some black around the moon. Then I inversed the selection so all but the moon was active (marching ants) and hit <ctrl><X> which deleted most of the image except the moon. Only the moon selection was left. 
Then I selected the layer with moon 2 and repeated the process.
Then flattened.   



The three moon layers. 


Selectin the moon in 2 and 3 

Clive,

Thank you for doing this!!  What I do not remember doing is HOW to put the 5 images into one frame one image at a time to be able to erase the black area above the previous moon image area?

[pontiac1940]

Nov 9, 2022 12:04:08 GMT Inspeqtor said:

HOW to put the 5 images into one frame one image at a time to be able to erase the black area above the previous moon image area?

Will make two posts. 
Does this help? 

I made three rectangular images with three different colors. Think of these as three moon photos. 
Then I dragged (using the "move tool") the blue onto the green and then the red onto the blue and green. They should snap to the edges so they are precisely lined up. 
 

[pontiac1940]

This is how I created the round selections (based on my very first reply) ... make sense? 

[Peterj]

Nov 9, 2022 1:32:54 GMT Inspeqtor said:

I did this years ago, and kinda remember how, but not every step anymore.  I know I put every single image in PSE and then erased one image of the moon, then added another image and erased 2 images of the moon etc. etc.
I took 5 images of the moon with my camera on a tripod, then waited in between each picture 3.5 minutes to take the next picture.

I did this another time and one of the images I missed the timing by 10 or 15 seconds, it was comical to see the spacing error, but sadly now I cannot find that set of pictures.  I sure with I could find them!!   Dang it!!

I tried doing it to process the pictures again and failed.

I've been successful stacking images such as these by changing the blend mode for each layer above the bottom to lighten; I'll download the 5 and post results later.

Tested on my images using Gimp (on my Linux laptop) >>> Open as layers change blend mode to lighten NO Masking, no cut & paste.

If I get edit permission I post results later today with screen shots from PSE.

[fotofrank]

Now that a number of solutions have been posted - Let me kindly remind everyone that the originator has not given permission to edit his images.

[Inspeqtor]

Nov 9, 2022 16:22:13 GMT fotofrank said:

Now that a number of solutions have been posted - Let me kindly remind everyone that the originator has not given permission to edit his images.

I did thank Clive for doing what he did and was very happy he had done it!  Yes I am giving my permission for anyone to edit my moon pictures!

[Inspeqtor]

Clive,

When I did this back in 2012, I do remember I had to do each individual image separately before doing the next image.

I would put down the first two images laying the second image on top and erasing the black area on the second image above where the moon was on number 1. 
Then I would put #3 on top of #1 and #2 erasing on #3 the area where the moons were on #1 and #2.
Next I would lay #4 on top of #1, #2, and #3 erasing the black area on #4 where the moon was on #1, #2, and #3
Next I would lay #5 on top of #1, #2, #3 and #4 erasing the black area on #5 where the moon was on #1, #2, #3 and #4

Now I was done.

I just now tried to move with the move tool #2 on top of #1 but do not know what I am supposed to move.  Am I supposed to move the layer?  Am I supposed to move the actual picture?

[Inspeqtor]

Peter,

I do not know anything about Gimp or Linux.  I am wondering if that difference would confuse me even further??

[Peterj]

Nov 9, 2022 18:24:25 GMT Inspeqtor said:

Peter,

I do not know anything about Gimp or Linux.  I am wondering if that difference would confuse me even further??

That was just telling you how I tested on my images; see below screen print PSE 2021

Open all 5 images in PSE expert

Unlock image on the bottom

Click on Photobin if not visible

With bottom image layer visible, click and hold then drag next image in photobin on top

Follow suite with remaining images in photobin

Your layer stack on right should resemble the screen shot minus the merged top layer

On the top four layers change the blend mode to "Lighten"

Highlight all 5 layers, depress and hold shift,control, alt then depress the 'letter "e"  to make a new layer from the original 5

[Inspeqtor]

I did not do something right.  I clicked and dragged (or so I thought that is what I was doing) the 2nd thru 5th image onto the top of the first image, doing all of this in the photo bin as you explained.  I see now the images in the photo bin reversed in order.  Also I am "guessing" each time I did that I should have gotten a new layer which I did not get.

Loaded images into PSE - notice the order of the moons here



After dragging images - now look at the order of the moons



Any ideas what I did wrong??