Posted by Cory Freeman on June 12, 2010 at 10:18 AM
So I finally got to take in the famous Tunnel View on the last day of our trip. I have never been there before and all I have to say is, WOW! Of the handful of times I have been to the valley during my life we had always gone in from 120. Well on this last trip we came in on 120 from sonora, left on 140 to visit my wife's grandma in Coursegold, and on the last day returned via 41.
What a view! Luckily the tour bus was just packing up and heading out when we pulled in. I was very fortunate w/ the clouds and lighting that was happening in the fg and mg. I handheld a few shots but then decided it was good enough lighting to get serious and pull out the tripod. Glad I did!
I converted this in CS2 using channel mixer w/ just the red channel, but then looked at it also w/ an IR effect. I printed both 8x10 proofs and preferred the IR look better which this is. I also printed this yesterday at 16x24. Having some odd issues w/ photokit sharpener making things too sharp so I'm scratching my head as to how best to sharpen this w/out going too far and giving it that "digital" look. Any suggestions?
Well I think this is the last image from the trip I will process and post. Thanks for looking and any comments you might have.
One suggestion for sharpening that I find useful is this: when viewing at 100%, sharpen until you just start to see white halos around dark pixels, then back off a little. One thing you can do to fine tune the sharpening is make sure that the layer you sharpen is a copy of everything you have done before (on a Mac, press Option and then Merge Layers), and then slowly decrease the opacity of that layer until you get the look you want.
Posted by Reno DiTullio on June 12, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Nothing wrong with taking the "Tunnel View" shot, especially when it looks like this, very dramatic with the IR conversion, a beauty
Posted by Cory Freeman on June 12, 2010 at 1:13 PM
thanks guys!
@Tony: I think I figured out my problem, I was using the wrong capture sharpener in PK, medium rez dslr which was actually way more sharpening than what the high rez dslr settings were doing. I also tried using a slight smart sharpen to remove the raw file antialiasing effect and actually liked that better. Just had to do some testing to figure it out. Thanks for the suggestion!
A view that can make an impact at any image size. Good to see you had the chance to take this all in, Cory, with or without a camera it never get's to be tiresome. Can you imagine the first people to set eyes on this site. Well done as always.
Posted by Cory Freeman on June 13, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Thanks Paul! re: "Can you imagine the first people to set eyes on this site." I was thinking that exact same thing while there. As well as the determination that it took just to get to yosemite!
Posted by Richard Wong on June 13, 2010 at 4:02 PM
This is awesome Cory. I want to get a good image of Tunnel View as well. It's been cloudy every time I've tried to shoot it.
You sure made the best out of your opportunities in Yosemite - both in the photo ops as well as what you took away from your workshop. the processing here looks great.
Now maybe it's just me, but this seems slightly tilted ccw. I say that only because of the tree on the right. I could be wrong, but my recollection of this tree is that's it's pretty straight. Actually it could be the lens bending that tree too. Minor point, but does give me the sense this is leaning.
No matter, still a great image from TV. First time eh? wow.
Lon
Posted by Steve Sieren on June 14, 2010 at 7:52 PM
Cory, this is definitely one of those must sees more then once in a lifetime. You pulled it off fantastically!
Posted by Cory Freeman on June 15, 2010 at 5:30 PM
thanks RW, Steve, and Lon! yep, first time.
@Lon: not sure if it's got a slight rotation or not. I'll have to look into it closer. thanks
Discussion
10 repliesWhat a view! Luckily the tour bus was just packing up and heading out when we pulled in. I was very fortunate w/ the clouds and lighting that was happening in the fg and mg. I handheld a few shots but then decided it was good enough lighting to get serious and pull out the tripod. Glad I did!
I converted this in CS2 using channel mixer w/ just the red channel, but then looked at it also w/ an IR effect. I printed both 8x10 proofs and preferred the IR look better which this is. I also printed this yesterday at 16x24. Having some odd issues w/ photokit sharpener making things too sharp so I'm scratching my head as to how best to sharpen this w/out going too far and giving it that "digital" look. Any suggestions?
Well I think this is the last image from the trip I will process and post. Thanks for looking and any comments you might have.
-Cory
Sierra Impressions Photography
Thaks for sharing.
@Tony: I think I figured out my problem, I was using the wrong capture sharpener in PK, medium rez dslr which was actually way more sharpening than what the high rez dslr settings were doing. I also tried using a slight smart sharpen to remove the raw file antialiasing effect and actually liked that better. Just had to do some testing to figure it out. Thanks for the suggestion!
You sure made the best out of your opportunities in Yosemite - both in the photo ops as well as what you took away from your workshop. the processing here looks great.
Now maybe it's just me, but this seems slightly tilted ccw. I say that only because of the tree on the right. I could be wrong, but my recollection of this tree is that's it's pretty straight. Actually it could be the lens bending that tree too. Minor point, but does give me the sense this is leaning.
No matter, still a great image from TV. First time eh? wow.
Lon
@Lon: not sure if it's got a slight rotation or not. I'll have to look into it closer. thanks