Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dick, This one is really beautiful Saludos Lluis El 01/08/2009, a las 1:39, Richard Taylor escribi?: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Lluis Ripoll luisripoll at telefonica.net http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll Blog: http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/ http://www.lrmusic.es