AlohaJim Loc: Retired. Hawaii >> N. Arizona.

Steel work on the barn last month.
Canon 5d MK IV, Canon 135mm. "L".
Pics are Adobe RGB so best viewed with downloads (click).

Enjoy.
Aloha
Jim

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Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Cool! I like them!

Katydid Loc: Davis, CA

Interesting and very different!

AlohaJim Loc: Retired. Hawaii >> N. Arizona.

Thanks Keith,
Liked your grey hawk pics as well.
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jim

AlohaJim Loc: Retired. Hawaii >> N. Arizona.

Thanks, Katy.
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jim

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I like them all--especially the first one.

AlohaJim Loc: Retired. Hawaii >> N. Arizona.

Thanks John,
Your Hilton Head sunset was also a good one.
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jim

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent set, Jim! A different story than most.

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good set Jim.

AlohaJim Loc: Retired. Hawaii >> N. Arizona.

Thanks, Mike.
Really liked your Snowbird Resort panorama. Breathtaking.
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jim

AlohaJim Loc: Retired. Hawaii >> N. Arizona.

Thanks Earnest,
Enjoy your stories. Keep posting 'em.
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jim

Suzanne Caris Loc: Noneya, USA

I really like your photographic style. All of your posts are great. (Welder, musician and electrician are my personal favs)
I struggle with HDR, does your camera shoot HDR or do you do post processing for the effect? I've tried it a few times and only pulled it off once. If it's not top secret trade information I would really like to get some advice from you. :)
Thanks

AlohaJim Loc: Retired. Hawaii >> N. Arizona.

No HDR. Very subtle tiny tweaks through the workflow. Nothing heavy handed.

Shoot Adobe RGB RAW (all of our cameras are "zeroed out" to neutral. No in camera processing. > Capture One (general tweaks to overall tone and shading, no heavy handed exposure tweaks, levels and curves) > Photoshop CS6 (Hue/saturation, gamma, offset as needed, color tweaks) again, very subtle changes, then cleanup distracting elements, dust, garbage, etc.) > JPEG.

Also, each step of the way, I try to bring out the "depth" of the image by adjusting tonality, light and dark variations, black, white, neutrals, hues. Sort of like adjusting balance and reverb in music for each instrument when mixing recording music. For an image, it's foreground, mid, background, and everywhere in between. To me, this adds emotional content.

The idea here is that all changes are meant to bring out what was the original theme and tiny changes and corrections add up and destroy an image, add noise, etc. Sort of like shooting in JPEG and processing heavily in Lightroom which erodes an image. I want to be able to zoom in to 400% and see as much pure clarity as the camera and lens and shoot situation can render.
The standards came from my wife and I shooting high level micro-stock for many years. The standards have changed but we've stuck with the best of them and it was worth it. Shutterstock used to be absolutely brutal, still is in some ways. Part of our work is on our websites and you can see that in the images there.

However, I'd like to pick up on the awesome creativity and standards of the high level shooters here at HedgeHog. It's impressive. So much to learn. I'm excited to discover this forum.

Hope this helps.
PM me if you want more detailed image tweaks in the workflow.
aloha
jim

Suzanne Caris Loc: Noneya, USA

Thank you for your response Jim. I'm not a fan of "over cooking" an image either that's what drew me to your work. They have the gritty quality that I enjoy and would like to be able to produce similar results someday. Keep doing what your doing, they are lovely.

AlohaJim Loc: Retired. Hawaii >> N. Arizona.

Thanks Suzanne,
Appreciate the encouragement.
aloha
jim