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Removing ghost images with automatic deghosting

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Removing ghost images with automatic deghosting

Not only is image alignment important, but there's also the problem of ghosts. Now, I don't mean the paranormal, I mean images that tend to shift within your multiple bracketed exposure. This is often caused by things like wind. For example, in these images, there's both the slight shift of shooting hand held. But also, the nets are blowing around. To put things in perspective, I was at an ocean-side view in a fishing area, and this boat had come in because of the storm. The storm being 35 mile an hour to 40 mile an hour wind gusts, if not even higher. And the boat was bobbing up and down. So while it looks like I can't actually shoot handheld, the challenge was the storm was causing the boat to move. So, all that shifting was actually caused by the wave movement. And then the nets are blowing around in the wind, and they'll never line up. Well, this is a realistic problem caused when shooting outdoors, and Photomatix has some great ways to fix it. Let's select those images and I'll…

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