Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks! I?ll give that a shot! Mucho thanks. I greatly appreciate people playing with an image and seeing where it goes. I certainly appreciate the feedback! Adam > On 2018 May 15, at 7:19 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote: > > I just found that I could download the image, so I played around with > de-haze on it in Camera Raw. I?m new to this aspect of Photoshop, and > maybe I?m just a hayseed dazzled by the big city, but I?ve found that some > images can be changed in remarkable (and sometimes good, often very bad) > ways with de-haze. If you haven?t tried this ?filter? on this image, you > might find that sliding the control around in the ~50% range will make the > clouds look the way you saw them. The slider will take you from a whiteout > at -100% to neutral at 0 to apocalyptic at 100%. > > ?Clarity? and ?Vibrance? have their own effects to contribute to a > mind-boggling volume of phase space in image manipulation in Camera Raw. > Sorry if I?m preaching to the choir. > > ?howard > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Incoming storm - Rocky Mountain National Park - >> May 2018 >> Date: May 15, 2018 at 22:00:15 EDT >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> Well, it?s more than ?okay?, Adam! If you feel it?s missing something, >> I?m not sure what it might be. As you?ve Photoshopped it, you?ve probably >> used or considered using the de-haze function in Camera Raw. Obviously >> you don?t want to get rid of the haze due to falling snow, but a light >> application, if you haven?t done so already, might harden the contrast a >> little and make the image pop a little. Of course, that might be the last >> thing you want it to do? >> >> But it?s a super image, very wall-worthy. >> >> ?howard >> >>> On May 15, 2018, at 18:52, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Something different: >>> >>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/organize/Travel/2018-Rocky-Mountain-National-Park/i-fr66pDn> >>> >>> Taken from Estes Park looking west to the Rockies. >>> >>> I?ve struggled a bit with this one. I still can?t quite get the details >>> in the clouds that I saw as I shot it. I find them very difficult. >>> >>> This was converted from color into b&w in Photoshop, various editing in >>> both. >>> >>> Shot with Sony A7Riii with 70-200 F4 G OSS Sony lens at F14, hand held. >>> This is stitched panorama of 4 exposures. >>> >>> The actual image is 16378 x 5046. >>> >>> I?d welcome comments on how to improve it. I feel it?s okay but I?m >>> missing something. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information