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thierry bordet Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #1 · forest on fire c&c please i took this picture while hiking in the alps last week, but some seems bland, how could i have made it better? Nov 02, 2009 at 03:04 PM

Travis Rhoads Offline Upload & Sell: On p.1 #2 · forest on fire c&c please it lacks contrast IMO. I think it could be a really interesting shot. Nov 02, 2009 at 03:27 PM

bshamilton Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #3 · forest on fire c&c please Welcome here, Thierry! Very cool shot! I would agree a wee bit more contrast....shallow 's' in curves....would be nice. Look forward to more from you. Barry Nov 02, 2009 at 03:51 PM

thierry bordet Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #4 · forest on fire c&c please i tried playing with contrasts in NX2, using the slider, but found the dark areas too dark then, but i don't know much about curves, will play around and see what i can come up with Nov 02, 2009 at 04:01 PM

Alan321 Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #5 · forest on fire c&c please It was probably a low contrast scene and therefore should not appear too contrasty in the photo. You might try some local contrast enhancement but I wouldn't bother. I'm not sure if there is a simpler way to do that in Capture NX2 but it can be done with Unsharp Mask by using a low amount and a very large radius (the opposite of what you'd normally do for sharpening with USM). The trees all lean to the left. Is that as they are or was the camera not horizontal ? - Alan Nov 03, 2009 at 12:01 PM

kschweichhart Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #6 · forest on fire c&c please I like it as it is. Try to underexpose it a little next time and be careful with sharpening. Karl Nov 03, 2009 at 01:18 PM

Dpic_arctic Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #7 · forest on fire c&c please This is really cool. It looks almost like a painting. Nov 03, 2009 at 06:09 PM

pearlstreet Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #8 · forest on fire c&c please I like this very much. If you want to add some subtle punch, you could reopen the file in ACR and lower the blue and cyan luminance a little bit. This would add some contrast in the sky. You could also very slightly dodge some of the tree edges. I think I would keep a very light hand on this, though. The subtle contrasts work for me. Sharon Nov 03, 2009 at 06:48 PM

thierry bordet Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #9 · forest on fire c&c please thanks for all the feedback. To Alan, i think you're right... they would look better straight ;o) To Karl, i am not sure what you mean about the sharpening, if you mean the bright spots in some of the trees (hslo that people get sometimes from too much sharpening), that was natural, the trees were all soaked from 2 days of rain and the bright spots is the sun hitting the drops hanging from the trees, i did a closeup will post it in another post Nov 03, 2009 at 07:41 PM

kschweichhart Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #10 · forest on fire c&c please thierry bordet wrote: thanks for all the feedback. To Alan, i think you're right... they would look better straight ;o) To Karl, i am not sure what you mean about the sharpening, if you mean the bright spots in some of the trees (hslo that people get sometimes from too much sharpening), that was natural, the trees were all soaked from 2 days of rain and the bright spots is the sun hitting the drops hanging from the trees, i did a closeup will post it in another post Under such conditions when there is diffused light you might get a better result in respect of better contrast when you underexpose a bit. This is not a a dogma only a feeling. Try it out Karl Nov 03, 2009 at 07:52 PM

thierry bordet Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #11 · forest on fire c&c please thanks Karl, i tried what you suggested, but the results are not so great i found: but then by mistake, the scrolling on the mouse took the exposure adjustment too far and i like this one Nov 03, 2009 at 08:18 PM

Bobster2 Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #12 · forest on fire c&c please A trick that sometimes works with pictures like that is to add a duplicate layer and change the blend mode to multiply. If it works, it's like magic. The easiest way is to add a levels adjustment layer, don't make adjustments, just change the blending mode to multiply, and you can vary opacity. Nov 03, 2009 at 10:13 PM

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