Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Lluis. Regards, Dick On Aug 04, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information