Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 12, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Wendy Thurman wrote: > Carl- > > I am working in raw and learning how to use Photoshop- after this > trip, I'll > try some of your suggestions. > > I am having a wonderful time here- it is a beautiful- and endlessly > interesting- place. Provence is a wonderful place where I have spent so much happy time...and where savoring, soaking it up photographically was always a great thrill... I am enjoying your photos and sense you are savoring it too, Steve > > That Place de l'Odeon image is stunning, Carl- really like that one. > > Wendy > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Carl Socolow <socphoto at verizon.net> > wrote: > >> Wendy, >> >> Are you working in a raw workflow? You might be able to adjust in >> raw for >> the sky and then open in photoshop and then do a second raw >> adjustment >> (sometimes even a third) for midtones, etc. and open it as well in >> photoshop. Then merge both layers one on top of the other while >> holding the >> shift key to ensure accurate registration. Finally, you can do a >> mask on the >> sky layer and conceal all but the adjusted sky. It's sort of HDR >> but pulling >> both exposures out of the same raw file. It works to an extent. I >> can get >> away with about two stops of sky overexposure. There are a couple >> other >> tricks such as loading selection using the channels palette to have >> photoshop isolate the sky. If so you might have to use some >> gaussian blur on >> the mask to soften the hard edges of the mask itself so it blends >> better. >> This is probably more than anyone wants to know but it's a >> technique I've >> used often when doing architectural photography and I want to hold >> details >> in windows or skies. >> >> Finally, regarding Les Baux, don't be afraid to shoot in the dark. >> Practice >> hand holding camera at 1/15th, 1/8th or 1/4 second. Practice your >> breathing. >> Not everything has to be tack sharp or without camera movement. >> Those are >> just conventions for people whose aesthetic subscribes to reality. >> Silhouetted figures walking at night don't have to be sharp. >> >> See: >> >> http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/europe/europe-full/Odeon_1002_R14_31.jpg >> or >> >> http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/europe/europe-full/Venice_0399_1.jpg >> or >> >> http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/europe/europe-full/Venice_0399_27_2.jpg >> >> You're in the heart of the world inhabited by the Impressionists. >> Use the >> force, young Skywalker. See and feel what they felt. There's a >> reason they >> went there: for the light, the atmosphere; even the Mistral. >> Figure out how >> to make pictures of wind. >> >> I've been to Les Baux. Check out where they threw the Protestant >> Huguenots >> off the cliffs at Cardinal Richelieu's behest. >> >> Anyway, enjoy. I'm envious. >> >> Carl Sander Socolow >> >> >> >> >> Wendy Wrote: >> >> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:56:07 +0500 >> From: Wendy Thurman <wendythurman at gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Arles & Provence >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: >> <4969c7050910121256j450de309v800aa9a999e1fce9 at mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Phillipe- >> >> I've got one decent night shot and I'll get that one up tomorrow. >> I'd have >> done more but the wind out there is wicked! >> >> I do have a street in Arles up- early morning light with what >> appears to be >> irredeemable overexposure on the small patch of sky. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_WLT1116.jpg.html >> >> Arles is difficult- the streets are so narrow that the interplay of >> light >> and shadow, while beautiful, is technically a challenge. I am sure >> Les >> Baux >> is going to be challenging as well. I'm set to be there in the >> evening >> light. >> >> Wendy >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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