Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry this took a while Richard, I only just installed Elements 3.0 and a few plugins that I had to get used to before I got round to trying a few tricks on your image. Processing sequence as follows : Grey point picked from a part of the road a touch of Focus Magic to pick out the thinner twigs and the cars shadow/highlight shift in PS a warming filter a slight increase in saturation a touch more dark in the shadows I've posted your original, John's version and mine in the following sub gallery. http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS Let me know what you think regards Douglas Richard S. Taylor wrote: > John - Your "sinful" attempt to correct the image is certainly closer to > what I saw - and thanks you and to all the others who responded with > ideas and suggestions. > > What really bothers me about the photo (and about the dozen or so others > I took at the same time) is the blown out highlights. I've now looked > at the negatives more carefully and the highlights are badly blown out > there, too. (Which eliminates the scanning as an issue.) I think if > the highlights weren't so badly blown it might have been possible to > make something of the picture. > > So, I think what I've learned is: > > 1. ASA 400 color negative film really isn't universal. I should have > used a longer-scale film, ASA 100 or so, in this situation. > > 2. Overexposure really isn't OK with color negative film (though is far > more forgiving than slide film). I've always exposed for the shadows > and let the highlights take care of themselves. That obviously doesn't > always work. > > 3. Photoshop can't fix everything. > > You are forgiven. Your good works saved you. Go and sin no more... > (unless that is, you want to try again to fix one of my miserable > attempts to commit photography, in which case, sin away.) > >> May God have mercy on my immortal soul. Is this more what you had in >> mind? >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album63/another_man_s_image >> >> John Collier >> >> On Dec 5, 2004, at 5:50 PM, Richard S. Taylor wrote: >> >>> As I turned onto Memorial Drive in Cambridge last week the sycamores >>> along the drive were glowing white-gold in the mid-afternoon >>> sunlight. I quickly parked and took pictures. The results were >>> disappointing to say the least. I've posted one example here: >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/21_0021> >>> >>> Photographic qualities of the picture aside, I wonder if any of you >>> might have any thoughts on what I might have done to improve the >>> rendition of the glowing trees that I saw with my eyes. There seems >>> to be an exposure issue here since the highlights look blown out but >>> would it have been better on a slower film, or is there a scanning >>> problem, or something else? >>> >>> This photo isn't even close to the image I had in my head. >>> Manipulation in Photoshop to darken the image overall helps but isn't >>> really the solution. The posted picture is unmanipulated and uncropped. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >