ygelman
Loc: new -- North of Poughkeepsie!
SalvageDiver wrote:
Thanks Paul for starting this section.
This image was taken in Newport Beach at a place called the 'Wedge". . . . This wave lifted the bodyboarder up, flipped him over leaving his looking kinda silly on the beach.
There was not a lot of different colors in the original image, but the B&W version added a little more drama.
Any constructive critique is certainly welcome.
Nice shot, of course, but I'd like to know how you got the b/w conversion.
Excellent timing and very nice B&W work SalvageDiver.
Don
ygelman wrote:
Nice shot, of course, but I'd like to know how you got the b/w conversion.
The basic editing/cropping was done in LR, i.e. lightly pulled the highlights, whites and blacks down and pushed the shadows up. Then cropped before editing in PS. In PS, I did the B&W conversion using the B&W adjustment layer. Darkened the blue but left all the other colors alone. Using curve adjustment layers, I did some minor dodging and burning to increase contrast. And finally I removed some minor fringing that creeped into the edit. As a final step, I output the image to a jpg using Greg Benz Web Sharp Pro.
I only used PS for the B&W conversion, no other application or plug-ins.
Hope this answered your question. If not, PM me and I'll try to be more specific.
Mike
burkphoto wrote:
Excellent. Any critique would be silly.
Thanks Bill, for viewing and commenting.
CHG_CANON wrote:
Great B&W!
Thanks Paul for starting this section. It seems that there is a lot of initial activity in this section.
yssirk123 wrote:
Very nicely captured and processed - well done!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I haven't been contributing much lately (other family priorities) but I couldn't resist this section.
AzPicLady wrote:
Wow! An oops makes for a great photo.
Wouln't it have been interesting to see his expression after he came back up? Fortunately, only his pride was hurt.
jackm1943 wrote:
Wow, that's called being in the right place at the right time.
Thanks for viewing. Sometimes you do just get lucky.
Tabmow wrote:
Magnificent shot!! I’ll bet that hurts, though!
Thanks for your nice comment. Fortunately, the only thing that appeared to be hurt was his pride. He picked himself up, gathered his board and went right back out.
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