What delightful conditions with the snow, light, and fog. The grad effect, be it in camera or PP, seems much to strong to me - the blacks in the ULC are darker than the foreground blacks!
Very nice, Robert. The conditions look great. I agree with Floris regarding the grad effect. You might want to work on that a bit. I think this would make a nice print.
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Posted by Robert Dayton on January 16, 2010 at 2:58 PM
In light of your help suggestions, I 've tried to improve the image.
Let me know if it works for you. Thanks for the constructive criticism.
Posted by Derek Sedillo on January 16, 2010 at 5:38 PM
Robert, you caught beautiful conditions here. I've never have this much snow on the rocks while there!
As far as the update I would say the shadow/highlight or HDR, whichever was used, looks too over the top. Contrast appears a bit washed out. Plus I think it is oversharpened in this version.
What I would recommend is to take the original which I like more overall. Then add the UL corner of this for overly darkened part. Add some modest sharpening while avoiding halos/jaggies and I think you will be there.
Derek
Posted by Robert Dayton on January 16, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Thanks, Derek. You're right. Would you suggest using the "Dodge" tool to
lighten the overly darkened UL corner?
Posted by Robert Dayton on January 16, 2010 at 7:35 PM
I have tried to lighten/brighten the UL corner and have reduced the sharpening.
What do you all think? Am I getting closer?
The latest iteration looks great tonality wise. It looks a tad soft, so your sharpening should be about what it was in the intitial post. Good work!
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Posted by Eric Good on January 16, 2010 at 11:00 PM
O touch of sharpening to the latest version and you got a winner in my book. Nice work, start to finish!
Posted by Paul Duval on January 17, 2010 at 4:45 AM
Number 1 and 3 are about even IMHO, the light range at this spot at this time of day is always beyond the range a camera can handle as well as our eyes and brains. So a GND is necessary or multiple exposures and layering. I'm still on the fence about the multiple exposures simply because I have no skill at it. yet if a camera could be intuitive and see the same range as our eyes and brains, it really would be representational and loose all of the artistic expression. Sorry I'm rambling.
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Let me know if it works for you. Thanks for the constructive criticism.
As far as the update I would say the shadow/highlight or HDR, whichever was used, looks too over the top. Contrast appears a bit washed out. Plus I think it is oversharpened in this version.
What I would recommend is to take the original which I like more overall. Then add the UL corner of this for overly darkened part. Add some modest sharpening while avoiding halos/jaggies and I think you will be there.
Derek
lighten the overly darkened UL corner?
What do you all think? Am I getting closer?
The latest iteration looks great tonality wise. It looks a tad soft, so your sharpening should be about what it was in the intitial post. Good work!
-P
Paul