Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark - I tried your suggestion of pulling down the blacks hard to try and retain more detail in the whites without losing the brilliance of the original. In a few words, it didn't work. The highlights didn't gain much in the way of detail and the overall image looked sadly gray even after compensating exposure and/or highlight adjustments. So, I went for a direct hit on the highlights. Without adjusting the exposure at all, I reduced the Highlight slider in Lightroom as much as it would allow, then tweaked the exposure up slightly to make the overall photo more brilliant and finally, as an added touch, brought the blue luminance slider down by -33 to add some detail to the sky. This time I felt no need to warm the image up at all. Overall this retains the brilliant light I remember from that day on the water and has resulted in a much improved image, IMHO. Thanks for pushing me to work on it. Wadda' ya' think? http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/Version+4_300_4001.jpg.html or http://tinyurl.com/nxz58v Regards, Dick ****************************************************************** Richard S. Taylor Phone: (617) 495-7460 Manager, IR Astronomy Group Fax: (617) 495-7490 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cell: (617) 719-8834 ****************************************************************** "Information included in this message may fall under the control of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) issued by the U.S. Department of State. Export or Transfer of this information to a Foreign Person or foreign entity requires an export license issued by the U.S. Department of State or an ITAR exemption to the license requirement prior to the export or transfer." Regards, Dick