[Leica] IMG: Incoming storm - Rocky Mountain National Park - May 2018

[Tina Manley]

I think it's a beautiful image that might benefit from Silver Efex Pro.
Try Preset 19 - Fine Art Process - and increase the Structure slider until
you like the details in the sky.

Nik is free now, if you don't have it.

Tina

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Thanks, Howard!
>
> I did do a bit of de-haze on the image, perhaps not enough.
>
> There was actually quite a bit of manipulation done in Photoshop. I used a
> luminous mask aimed at the brightest four zones to work the clouds with a
> series of adjustments, and  then another to get some separation in the
> hills. The conversion to black and white did some of that task as well by
> filtering various colors.
>
> I wish I really understood everything the dehaze filter does. I sort of
> think of it as being the other side of Clarity with some color manipulation
> as well. Instead of edge contrast of midtones dehaze seems to work on
> broader areas and at either end of the tonal range. Maybe?
>
> So, that’s what I did and I appreciate your comments. I’ll continue to
> play with the image.
>
> Adam
>
> > On 2018 May 15, at 7:00 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >>
> >>
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