Mark,
Thanks for the update. BTW I think this is a cool image. Im wondering if you should crop a little more off the bottom to get rid of the fence. The colors look like they are spot on. Did you process this in Lab color?
Posted by Mark Hudon on March 18, 2006 at 11:01 AM
Thanks, Erik.
You know how this sort of photo looks flat right out of the camera? My technique for these flat kinds of photos has been to convert to LAB, work the colors and sharpen the L. The I go back to RGB and hit it with Selective Colors, this one was mainly adding black to various colors. That's it! I've ben really amazed at how little work I've had to do to get nice results.
If I took out the top of the fence I think that sloping area would be too small, I wanted that area to be about the same size as the sky.
This is just a "hmmm.. that's cool" kind of shot. I'm not too involved with it.
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3 replies70-200 @ 180mm
f/16 @ 1/25 sec
Today.
It getting green out there but no flowers as of yet. On the way back to Hood River, I saw desert parsley out on the warmer slopes.
Thanks for the update. BTW I think this is a cool image. Im wondering if you should crop a little more off the bottom to get rid of the fence. The colors look like they are spot on. Did you process this in Lab color?
You know how this sort of photo looks flat right out of the camera? My technique for these flat kinds of photos has been to convert to LAB, work the colors and sharpen the L. The I go back to RGB and hit it with Selective Colors, this one was mainly adding black to various colors. That's it! I've ben really amazed at how little work I've had to do to get nice results.
If I took out the top of the fence I think that sloping area would be too small, I wanted that area to be about the same size as the sky.
This is just a "hmmm.. that's cool" kind of shot. I'm not too involved with it.