Putting the Learning Curve to Good Use.
Dec 30, 2019 15:48:00 #
There was a time when this image was too much to handle - bright brights and dark darks, without the knowhow to do anything about it. I'm glad I kept at though ...... even though this image was shot in 2012, it still had qualities about it that begged to be processed.
Dec 30, 2019 15:57:00 #
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Dec 30, 2019 21:44:20 #
will47 wrote:
How did you do it?
Highlights slider, WAAAAAYYYY left, shadows slider moderately Right, black slider Right, Vibrance Left, then a run of Luminar 4 with AI Enhance.
I've included the original photo SOOC for comparison.
Dec 31, 2019 08:59:24 #
Bob you did very well with your editing but I want to make some comments that you could find useful.
Modern sensors have a great dynamic range. Even so it is still important to meter from an important highlight to avoid clipping of those highlights. In a majority of cases the shadows can be opened without having ill effects such as noise. Another way of handling a subject such as this is to use HDR photography. Shoot several frames with the same aperture varying the shutter speed and then putting everything together during editing.
As long as the bright areas are properly exposed the rest just fall in.
Modern sensors have a great dynamic range. Even so it is still important to meter from an important highlight to avoid clipping of those highlights. In a majority of cases the shadows can be opened without having ill effects such as noise. Another way of handling a subject such as this is to use HDR photography. Shoot several frames with the same aperture varying the shutter speed and then putting everything together during editing.
As long as the bright areas are properly exposed the rest just fall in.
Dec 31, 2019 10:10:50 #
camerapapi wrote:
Bob you did very well with your editing but I want... (show quote)
I agree, camerapapi, this would have been a perfect candidate for HDR, but in my own defense, this was taken a few years before I learned the process. Good to have it the toolbox for future use.
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