mikecapt wrote:
Wow! All are great shots! Really curious what your post processing consists of for #3 and #4
Hey Mike,
Not a whole lot. I mostly use curves in PS to bring out the shadows and highlights. For the first one I'm gonna reveal a trick I've learned once, by accident. Some people use something like Orton effect, or they just blur the image using Gaussian blur, then reduce the opacity to about 10% or something like that. I've seen lots of different variations of this "glowing" effect. What I do is moisturize the filter I have attached to my lens a little bit. I simply "smudge" it and take one shot with light going through this smudged filter. This could be as simple as making it "foggy" with your breath, which works very well. This will defuse the light, and when you shot against the sun the image will not look overexposed. Of course you have to play with it and do it fast but in the case of my image there was so much moisture in the air I didn't have to worry about the effect (moisture on the filter) going away.
Try it, see if that works for you. Also, I use Warming Polarizer, not "regular" one that adds a lot of blue color cast. You can fix some of it in software with White Balance, but I like using a polarizers, plus you can't remove glare in software, there's no way.
Hope this helps...
Very nice images. The backlighting worked well, and I like the the effects of the well-chosen slow shutter speeds on the waves against the sharp edges of the hard background.
---John
Gregg B. wrote:
Thanks Jim. About #2, I'm not sure which glow you talking about? This image should have no glow, and I didn't add anything. The bright spots are simply coming from the sun. Is this what you mean?
I think Jim might be referring to some sort of effect in post -- Clarity adjustment in LR turned way down perhaps? -- reducing the amount of texture in the final image. I agree that the softness/glow of the photos is a bit distracting but good photos nonetheless.
mdude85 wrote:
I think Jim might be referring to some sort of effect in post -- Clarity adjustment in LR turned way down perhaps? -- reducing the amount of texture in the final image. I agree that the softness/glow of the photos is a bit distracting but good photos nonetheless.
This was shot from a moving helicopter. There is probably a small amount of movement there.... I wish I had 14 frames per second Nikon D5, or second best Nikon D4/4s....
ajkessler wrote:
Awesome set, Greg. I love the light in #2, and the scenes in #1 and #3 are great as well. Looks like you had a really productive trip!
Thank you Ajkessler.
And, thank you all for selecting my shot(s) as thread of the week winner.
Per #1, this one really works well with the G Blur to control the ridiculous highlights from a direct sun. I love the image. Per #2, I think theres a tad too much unneeded G Blur. Just a fantastic scene and love the comp and color. #3 and 4 are spectacular. The top notch processing skills are obvious, having the ability to shoot whatever crazy light and bring it all back in the PP means you have made your mark. Congrats.
Kane Engelbert wrote:
Per #1, this one really works well with the G Blur to control the ridiculous highlights from a direct sun. I love the image. Per #2, I think theres a tad too much unneeded G Blur. Just a fantastic scene and love the comp and color. #3 and 4 are spectacular. The top notch processing skills are obvious, having the ability to shoot whatever crazy light and bring it all back in the PP means you have made your mark. Congrats.
Kane. I have not used Gaussian Blur at all. I explained what I did in the top post (top of this page).
