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Gary – for the burning of the glass… would that be all of the glass behind the pillars or just the pieces reflecting the sky? Thanks for the shred.
Yeah I know precisely what you mean. It usually has water flowing down it, making the column somewhat interesting; however, the whole place was under construction so I tried to avoid all the equipment strewn about. I will try your idea once repairs are further along. Thanks!
I can’t reply to your message either, same as drus.
I can’t reply to your message either, same as drus.
For starters, I’d try to resave it at 149×149 just to see if the software you’re using is adding a row and column of pixels.
In either case, I’d open the file in a less-robust program such as Irfanview and resaving as a new file to make sure everything is stripped out of original as far as extra data.
That would be my diagnostic mentality.
For starters, I’d try to resave it at 149×149 just to see if the software you’re using is adding a row and column of pixels.
In either case, I’d open the file in a less-robust program such as Irfanview and resaving as a new file to make sure everything is stripped out of original as far as extra data.
That would be my diagnostic mentality.
It was unseasonably warm across the Southeast US, so I went to the beach for late-April in early-January 🙂
It was unseasonably warm across the Southeast US, so I went to the beach for late-April in early-January 🙂
I tend to agree with you personally. Slow and steady makes a stronger community on forum boards from my experience, and it’s one of the major reasons why I chose Light Stalking to register at months ago when I could have singed-up on “any old board’. Option 1 sounds best to me. I’m not an isolationist but I know how opening up the floodgates can make a place unattractive if it explodes unchecked. Just my two cents.
I tend to agree with you personally. Slow and steady makes a stronger community on forum boards from my experience, and it’s one of the major reasons why I chose Light Stalking to register at months ago when I could have singed-up on “any old board’. Option 1 sounds best to me. I’m not an isolationist but I know how opening up the floodgates can make a place unattractive if it explodes unchecked. Just my two cents.
Kit: Canon EOS xTi [really old]
Tamron 10-24mm super wide
OR
Tamron 70-200mm tele
F/16 or smaller, ISO100, usally 1/3 or 2/3-stop low
Tripod
Mirror-Lockup
Onboard
Cable release
RAW + LJPEG in AdobeRBG
9 times out of 10 no filters save a CIR Polar for Sunny 16 days
50% of the time use the Gray Card…Lightroom [Develop Module]:
As Shot
Add Blacks
Add Fill as needed
Tone Curve using S-curve
Normal OR High Contrast
+50-60% Sharp
+20-25% Vibrance
Defringe All ON
Color Channel Range/Saturation Adjustments
At top again >> Temp Adjustments
Finally >> Exposure Adjustments
Export to PSDPhotoshop CS5
Check Tone Curve for sensitivity
Duplicate >>> High Pass Filter 0.1-3.0 pix depending, usually <1.0
Soft, Hard, or Vivid >> Flatten
Brightness/Contrast sensitivity checkAdd border and Watermark
Save As: 1024×683 JPEG at Max Val [12]That would be a standard workflow without any added Gradients and Dodge/Burns. Sometimes they look great, but it’s just not consistent.
Kit: Canon EOS xTi [really old]
Tamron 10-24mm super wide
OR
Tamron 70-200mm tele
F/16 or smaller, ISO100, usally 1/3 or 2/3-stop low
Tripod
Mirror-Lockup
Onboard
Cable release
RAW + LJPEG in AdobeRBG
9 times out of 10 no filters save a CIR Polar for Sunny 16 days
50% of the time use the Gray Card…Lightroom [Develop Module]:
As Shot
Add Blacks
Add Fill as needed
Tone Curve using S-curve
Normal OR High Contrast
+50-60% Sharp
+20-25% Vibrance
Defringe All ON
Color Channel Range/Saturation Adjustments
At top again >> Temp Adjustments
Finally >> Exposure Adjustments
Export to PSDPhotoshop CS5
Check Tone Curve for sensitivity
Duplicate >>> High Pass Filter 0.1-3.0 pix depending, usually <1.0
Soft, Hard, or Vivid >> Flatten
Brightness/Contrast sensitivity checkAdd border and Watermark
Save As: 1024×683 JPEG at Max Val [12]That would be a standard workflow without any added Gradients and Dodge/Burns. Sometimes they look great, but it’s just not consistent.
