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Aug 12, 2016 14:43:08 #

R.G. Loc: Scotland

There's probably a presentable shot in there somewhere, if you can do something about the unfavourable lighting.

(Link to DNG below the JPG).

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Aug 12, 2016 16:35:02 #

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

Just couldn't get the colors to give me the effect I wanted. I cropped a little, adjusted contrast and sharpness, plus a little burning and a little dodging.

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Aug 12, 2016 16:41:50 #

R.G. Loc: Scotland

SonyA580 wrote:

Just couldn't get the colors to give me the effect I wanted. I cropped a little, adjusted contrast and sharpness, plus a little burning and a little dodging.

I keep forgetting that B&W is a possible answer when colours or lighting are proving difficult. You might like to know that that's Ben Nevis on the left (the UK's highest mountain). Thanks for contributing, SonyA580.

Aug 12, 2016 21:26:38 #

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

R.G. wrote:

There's probably a presentable shot in there somewhere, if you can do something about the unfavourable lighting.

(Link to DNG below the JPG).

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Couldn't work from the DNG as it wouldn't load. Edits made with Viveza 2, Perfect Effects and Topaz 5 HDR.
Cropped.

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Aug 13, 2016 03:16:51 #

R.G. Loc: Scotland

SoHillGuy wrote:

Couldn't work from the DNG as it wouldn't load. Edits made with Viveza 2, Perfect Effects and Topaz 5 HDR.
Cropped.

Very nice edit, Gaylord. It's very similar to an edit I did of a similar shot (so it must be good

). Thanks for contributing.

Aug 13, 2016 08:27:03 #

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

R.G. wrote:

There's probably a presentable shot in there somewhere, if you can do something about the unfavourable lighting.
(Link to DNG below the JPG).-

Thanks for letting us play, R.G. Here's my version. Click download for full effect. (That seems to go for everyone

)

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Aug 13, 2016 09:32:11 #

AlMac Loc: Newcastle Upon Tyne - UK

R.G. wrote:

There's probably a presentable shot in there somewhere, if you can do something about the unfavourable lighting.

(Link to DNG below the JPG).

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Let's try a colour blast, all in Lightroom.
Thanks for letting us play with your image. I enjoy trying different effects in p.p.
I have just moved house and have been without internet for a bit. Started getting the heebie-jeebies, withdrawal can be a terrible thing.

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Aug 13, 2016 09:48:37 #

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Shakey wrote:

Thanks for letting us play, R.G. Here's my version. Click download for full effect. (That seems to go for everyone

)

You're welcome Shakey. You've addressed one of the issues that I struggled with, which was getting strong, solid colours on the shadow side of the boat. I used lots of contrast there but you've given me the idea to try more saturation on that area. Thanks for posting.

Aug 13, 2016 10:00:48 #

R.G. Loc: Scotland

AlMac wrote:

Hi Al. Glad I could help with the heebie-jeebies. "Colour Blast" must be a new technique that I haven't heard of

. Whatever it is, it's effective

Aug 13, 2016 11:43:03 #

Meives Loc: FORT LAUDERDALE

Perfect sample for HDR. This makes the shadows brighter and bright areas darker.

Aug 13, 2016 11:58:02 #

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

SoHillGuy wrote:

Couldn't work from the DNG as it wouldn't load. Edits made with Viveza 2, Perfect Effects and Topaz 5 HDR.
Cropped.

I think this is the best of the bunch so far. Would a GND filter help?

Aug 13, 2016 12:35:16 #

R.G. Loc: Scotland

AzPicLady wrote:

I think this is the best of the bunch so far. Would a GND filter help?

Are you talking about shooting or post processing? It looks like the brightest bit is across the middle rather than from top to bottom, so with a GND filter the top of the image would probably need lightening a bit, but it would have made the shadows brighter and easier to extract details and colour from. Do you fancy having a go at an edit yourself?

Aug 13, 2016 12:37:04 #

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Meives wrote:

Perfect sample for HDR. This makes the shadows brighter and bright areas darker.

You're right, Mieves. Funnily enough, most of the shots I took during that break were bracketed, but this scene wasn't obviously in need of HDR treatment, so I only have single exposures of it.

Aug 13, 2016 12:44:43 #

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

AzPicLady wrote:

I think this is the best of the bunch so far. Would a GND filter help?

I'm sure it would and thank you for mentioning this filter. Similar results can, of course, be had in Raw editing.

I forgot to mention that I added a Sepia tone filter in my post.

Aug 13, 2016 12:57:22 #

rborud Loc: Minnesota

R.G. wrote:

There's probably a presentable shot in there somewhere, if you can do something about the unfavourable lighting.

(Link to DNG below the JPG).

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R.G.
If you will forgive the pun, I went in a slightly different tack in your fine composition of a forlorn boat.
RBorud

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