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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Reply |
Yes, I likely would find many things a lot easier if I'd bite the bullet and upgrade my editing software to Creative Cloud. I used to give a former boss a hard time about continuing to use DOS instead of Windows, necessitating extra steps and conversions for our legal documents. Now, I'm turning into my former boss when it comes to updating my digital photo editing programs/technology! |
Apr 30th |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Reply |
That makes sense. I should have been more specific about what I was thinking. I very quickly went into the highlights slider, and then into exposure and lowered the overall exposure and the gamma slider a bit. It seemed to work okay on the right side, but just made the trees and bushes on the left look muddy to me, so I'd need to spend more time and experiment more to get a better result there, assuming it's even possible to do so. I may be pushing IR further than it realistically can go. |
Apr 30th |
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| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Reply |
Thanks for the explanation, Wes. That's interesting, but seems rather tedious to me. Alas, welcome to photo editing, right?! Have you used Nik Silver Effects Pro for monochrome conversion at all? I use it quite a bit. |
Apr 30th |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Thanks for the thoughts. I think I should have tried some of the other modes on my phone camera to see if I could have obtained a better aspect ratio here, or attempted to combine multiple images, as Somdutt suggested. I'm sure I can experiment with darkening the sky, too. It does seem a bit too flat as I've presented it. However, too much black in the sky feels unnatural to me. I've got to work some more on finding the happy medium. |
Apr 29th |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Your blending of images always looks so seamless to me, and then I try to do it and it is anything but seamless! I like the monochrome composite as you've showed it, but am debating whether I'd prefer it without the water drops. I realize it defeats a part of your purpose to eliminate something when you were trying to find more things to add to demonstrate the compositing and blending processes, but it wasn't apparent to me what the water drops were, so perhaps a bow or something else might fit better there .... ??? |
Apr 29th |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Reply |
I haven't been as active in the salons lately, but agree that it has been quite some time since I've seen the fisheye lens/effect used. |
Apr 29th |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
I hope you're feeling better, Ed. I can see why the architecture of this building interested you. I especially like the ceiling. While I personally am not crazy about the fisheye effect, particularly since it causes the landing on the stairs to tilt downward toward the right, trying to straighten this image would have been a monumental task. |
Apr 29th |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Stephen, I realize it may not have worked without harming the spider's web, but I'm wondering about inserting a piece of cardboard, cloth, or something to make the background of your subject more uniform. Of course, trying the tripod first likely is the better idea. Does your camera have any kind of close up or macro settings? |
Apr 29th |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Reply |
Wow, that made a substantial difference! Tom, you may need to request a commission from Topaz, as you've definitely sparked my interest in learning more about their new AI tools. Do you know whether PSA has weighed in on their use yet? I'm not recalling seeing anything other than the standard limitations on editing in nature, travel and photojournalism, but I've not investigated in much depth at all, so I've likely overlooked something. |
Apr 29th |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
I, too, like the white building and dark sky, and since I'm not familiar with this particular location, I didn't notice anything amiss in your reversing the image. However, I agree with Ed that the vegetation seems extra bright here. Is there a way to adjust it without darkening the image overall? Also, it's very nitpicky, but I'm seeing a slight change in tone in the sky just above the peak of the roof, so you may want to blend it a bit more. |
Apr 29th |
| 32 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
How neat to be allowed to photograph backstage at the Ballet Folklorico event. I, too, like your subject. Although I've heard of Scott Kelby, I'm not familiar with his "levels" or similar conversion techniques. Do you use them as a stand-alone, or in Lightroom or Photoshop? If you're also able to do cloning, I'd suggest cloning some of the lace from your primary subject onto the shoulder of your subject to the right. That would both add some texture and possibly darken that spot a little more, making the subject's face the brightest part of the image. |
Apr 29th |
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