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I took this from inside the tower of a famous castle on the shore of Lake Geneva. It was very dark inside and I didn't use a flash, so I ended up having to use curves aggressively to get a view of the inside wall (resulting in some artifacts around the window). Comments, criticism and suggestions on how to get what I want without the artifacts are all welcome.

Edited by kevinsullivan on May 20, 2006 at 09:34 AM GMT (Reason: Fixed typo)
May 20, 2006 at 08:33 AM
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Hi Kevin. I like the idea of this shot with the urban landscape looking clean and graffiti, normally associated with the city, visible on the walls of the much older castle.

Not sure how you processed this. I presume that you merged two layers, and that is was produced the artefacts? Am pretty new to photoshop, but sure someone round here can help you!
May 20, 2006 at 09:14 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · #33: Castle View


Hi Stewart,

I didn't use layers, although perhaps I should have. I simply fiddled with curves and ended up with a pretty bizarre looking curve: pulling the darks way up while keeping the brights down, so as not to wash out the view out the window.

Kevin
May 20, 2006 at 09:35 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · #33: Castle View


Might be worth reworking this with layers then, editing one to pull the detail out of the wall, the other for outside the window. You will probably end up with some artefacts around the window again, however these should be less noticeable and easier to remove.




May 20, 2006 at 09:53 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · #33: Castle View


I would suggest exposing twice, one for the wall, one for the outside. And then merging the two via an editor software.

very nice idea.
May 22, 2006 at 05:38 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · #33: Castle View


Nice shot, Kevin. I love the idea and it actually looks pretty good. My biggest complaint would be that the outside doesn't look to be in sharp focus enough. Ideally, Omerbey's idea of shooting two shots and merging them would be the best way. That could have gotten you an perfectly focused outdoor shot and a perfectly focused inner wall as well. Shooting at f 22 would help to solve that problem in a single shot. However, we don't always think of everything at the time we snap the shutter so that's where PS comes in. Masking out the window area (Quick Mask mode is a good way to do that) would then allow you to change the levels or curves of the wall without disturbing the window. Afterwards you could inverse the selection and adjust the window view to get exactly what you want. Getting rid of any residual edge artifacts at that point is easy by going over the edge at very high magnification with the clone tool to paint in anything that looks unnatural. There are all sorts of ways to do things like that, but this should get you started. Try reprocessing it and see what you come up with. Hope that helps.
All the best,
Endre
May 22, 2006 at 07:52 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · #33: Castle View


I love this photograph. You did a wonderful job with the most important part of the photograph and that is the concept. Sometimes when I am between jobs shooting movies I teach at UCLA. I always tell my students that photography is intuitive. The important point is to achieve a visual metaphor. The technical end of things can be learned. The other part, what comes from the soul, is given to you. You obviously have that gift. Kudos on a beautiful photograph. Dynamic range is a problem with digital cameras isn't it? The good news is that I have seen some new cameras that are amazing holding the over exposed areas beyond what film can do. Dalsa is a company to watch in that field. Maybe two to three years away.
May 23, 2006 at 11:17 AM





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