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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 85 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Pushing the sliders and then backing back off is one of the techniques I've seen other photographers use, and we certainly use it for night photography. And walking away and coming back later works for any editing in Photoshop. So many times I have asked myself "what was I thinking?" when I walked away and came back later! :) |
Aug 18th |
| 85 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Hi Janos. I think this is a lovely image that needs a severe crop. I love the bright light in the upper corner. The higher contrast in the road in the foreground on the lower right draws my eye, but there is not much to see there. The eye follows the leading line to a more hazy part of the image which is the subject. I would crop off the left side and some of the bottom where the roads meet. Let the tree-lined road lead you into the beautiful part of the image where the viewer will enjoy the soft haze of the morning sun. |
Aug 17th |
| 85 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Hi Lou. As mentioned by others, the bottom left corner chopped off the edge of the island. I see you rotated the image a bit, presumably to level up the horizon. Although it is still touching the edge of the image, the original captured a little more of the island on that corner. You might want to try and recover it by rotating while cropping in Photoshop, where you are not restricted to the existing boundaries. You could also save that corner in Lightroom by rotating with the Transform tool instead of the Crop tool. You will be left with a white corner in any case, which you could then fill in with Content Aware Fill.
As far as how much to saturate, I would recommend saturating it all the way until it looks clownish, then backing off until you think it looks ok. Walk away from it for a few minutes (or hours) and then come back and take another look. If it still looks too extreme, then bring it down some more.
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Aug 17th |
| 85 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Interesting photo and story, Pete! For some reason, I was associating Tehachapi Pass with "The Grapevine". You'd think I would know better since I've traveled over that pass many times. I never knew about this loop, so thanks for capturing this picture and telling us about this railroad loop! Once again, nice composition, nice exposure, and nice post-processing without going overboard!
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Aug 17th |
| 85 |
Aug 23 |
Comment |
Interesting photos, Lisa. I have flown my drone at night only once. It was at a lighthouse but was too dark to get any good pictures. There weren't enough light sources.
I was a bit nervous because I wasn't sure if I was allowed to fly at night (supposed to be off-limits after twilight), but nighttime photography has always been my first love!
I don't have a checklist, but I do have to tell myself to calm down and relax sometimes. I stop what I am doing and just let the drone stay in one spot until I realize there is no reason to hurry, so I can think about my settings and the composition I want. The only time there is a need to hurry is when the drone is far away and the battery is getting low. :) |
Aug 8th |
| 85 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Well, to be clear, I did go back and recreate the google street view after I had captured the picture. I wanted to make sure my reconstruction was as true to reality as I could make it. |
Aug 8th |
| 85 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Pete. You are right, it is tilting a little. I'll correct that. I also got some straight-down shots. Here is one (almost straight out of camera).
It is a walkway, I guess so people can look out over the river. Someone tried to be a little artistic... it is in an artsy/restaurant district :)
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Aug 8th |
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| 85 |
Aug 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Lou. Some interesting things can be found by looking at it from above beforehand. |
Aug 8th |
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