Surf's up & RP

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted February 27, 2018560 views3 comments

Another surfing shot from Hawaii. This is the same surfer as in the image I posted a few weeks ago. Here is the long view...
Please view repost for correct color balance.

iso 200, 24-120 at 120 mm, f8, 500th, handheld, 75% full frame, D850, ACR 10.2, Topaz adjust, TK Luminosity masks version 6, TK sharpening action at 50%

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on February 27, 2018 at 11:19 PM

Wow, this is a great illustration of the environment of this surfer. Showing the dark clouds shows us a side of Hawaii that we seldom see. I wonder if that's rare weather, or something that surfers look for to bring the waves they want. Excellent composition. I am wondering where the magenta in the waves comes from. Was it very early or late in the day?

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on February 28, 2018 at 12:55 PM

Here's a repost with color improved. I also noticed what appeared to be a magenta cast in the waves in the front part of the image, but only in the smaller image but much less in the large image. I dropped the magenta saturation 100% and it made no difference. I then dropped the orange saturation and that seemed to improve the color cast issue. In processing this image initially, I used the latest version of TK luminosity masks which has a setting to remove color cast. I can see that there is a learning curve with this particular feature.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Genny K. on February 28, 2018 at 8:35 PM

Great action image! Good job on this. I do see the magenta cast in there...but it didn't bother me much.. Too excited about those gorgeous waves. Nice detail in there.
(This is great to look at, considering it was -5 deg F here this morning, and supposed to get colder tonight.)

Registered on June 5, 2006, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments