parsons wrote:
haven't read all the posts Jim,
lovin number 2. though wish for less contrast as that's generally how it always appears to me at least at that time of day. a much flatter light.
simon
Hey Simon,
Glad you like #2. Yeah, I think for all of us with contrast being an option that we can adjust it ends up being how much contrast do we want for our taste? It clearly had less contrast coming out of the camera, and it looked nice, but for me... a little more contrast added to the look I wanted to represent there. #1 would have had more contrast naturally as it did have more light than #2.
JimFox wrote:
For sure, play and post away. It's always cool to see someone elses take on a shot. And I appreciate your thoughts on it.
Jim
Here it goes (keep in mind I didn't spend forever on it and don't have the RAW, some of the contrast in parts still seems a bit locally strong perhaps for fading light I think I should have tried reducing the contrast in the rocks a lot more but it's tricky with a small jpg and strong contrast baked into that), my modified version (stand back in horror! cover your eyes! make sure small children leave the room! ):
skibum5 wrote:
Here it goes (keep in mind I didn't spend forever on it and don't have the RAW, some of the contrast in parts still seems a bit locally strong perhaps for fading light I think I should have tried reducing the contrast in the rocks a lot more but it's tricky with a small jpg and strong contrast baked into that), my modified version (stand back in horror! cover your eyes! make sure small children leave the room! ):
How cool to see your rendition of it, and I know it's not easy to do much editing on a web sized jpg. The darker tones do look nice and make for a valid view of that scene for sure.
amazing shots Jim! I can't decide which one I enjoy more! I'm leaning towards the second one if I had to choose a favorite
Nice to see a fellow OC resident traveling and producing amazing photographs! I wish we had a chance to link-up and shoot together. Maybe in the future!
JimFox wrote:
How cool to see your rendition of it, and I know it's not easy to do much editing on a web sized jpg. The darker tones do look nice and make for a valid view of that scene for sure.
ninhja wrote:
amazing shots Jim! I can't decide which one I enjoy more! I'm leaning towards the second one if I had to choose a favorite
Nice to see a fellow OC resident traveling and producing amazing photographs! I wish we had a chance to link-up and shoot together. Maybe in the future!
For sure, let's get together sometime. I am up in the Columbia River Gorge right now, and will be up at Mt Rainier shooting for a bit. But let's hook up the next time I am back down there.
IndyFab wrote:
Both are excellent in there own wright.... Bellissimo ...The detail is extrodianary.
Mind sharing your workflow ?
I am out traveling and shooting now, so I don't have a lot of time to answer.
But briefly, first off, be sure to expose without blowing highlights... that's a real key...
Next, I processed it in ACR, Pulling Highlights to -100 and Shadows to 100 to expand the DR. I then will adjust the exposure if needed, and if any highlights start to blow out, I use the white slider to stop it.
Then it's adjusting the Clarity, depends on the shot, anywhere from 20 to 40. I can then add a little contrast in ACR also, and if the highlights start to blow out again, I adjust the White adustment again.
I save it as a 16bit tiff, open it in CS6. I then use layer masks, one for the sky to adjust it's contrast and brightness by itself, then one for the ground, and then finally one for the water flowing. I then will use the contrat adjustment, or the levels adjustment to adjust the 3 area's separately. The water gets it's own layermask primarily because the water turns way too blue too easily, so I often will desaturate it a bit to keep that it check.
That's not all of it, but that's it in a nutshell. If you have any questions be sure to ask as I am running out of time here. It's getting late and sunrise comes early!
It's always cool to see someone elses take on a shot. And I appreciate your thoughts on it.
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