BLEND EXPOSURES
1 MERGE TRAFFIC TRAILS
Boost your nighttime traffic trails by combining several frames into one
How to shoot it Simply set your camera on a tripod and use a slow shutter speed to capture passing cars and buses as glorious neon-like ribbons. Shoot several frames for varying patterns, and capture buses or lorries to add height to the lights.
How to process it Open all the images into layers (see the box below) then go to the Layers panel (Window > Layers). Hold Shift and click from the top layer to the bottom to select them all, then click the Blend Mode dropdown at the top of the Layers panel and choose Lighten.
GENIUS TIP
As is often the case when opening a series of images that are to be blended together, the easiest way is to select all the images, then open
