Posted by David Kingham on October 11, 2011 at 10:36 PM
I may be too much in love with this image so please be honest and bring me back to reality if it's not 'all that'
Posted by David Kingham on October 11, 2011 at 10:36 PM
oops here it is
Posted by Stan Rose on October 11, 2011 at 11:29 PM
I think it has potential. David, but you must not have been following the Russ S threads, cause this is seriously too blue. I mean, for the trees to be more blue than the sky is just wrong. The warm colors here are what is going to make this shot--so warm them up, man--think WARM! Ok--i just noticed your avatar--your freezing and still smiling...my bad, you just like the cold, i understand...
Posted by David Kingham on October 11, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Haha thanks Stan, you're right it looks much better. Not the cold feeling I remember though
Posted by Kane Engelbert on October 12, 2011 at 12:55 AM
Huge potential here. Just love the bands of color in the pine forests. I like #2 better, but I would darken the luminance a bit and remove the greenish hue from the mountain snow. I like the snow color hue to match my sky hue; in this case the sky looks a bit warmer than the snow.
The following is just a recomendation, not tying to be an Uncle. In photoshop, try this,...
Curves, take dark slider 14-15 points to the right.
Selctive Color, pick "white" drop the cyan -60.
Selecitve Color pick "Cyan" and drop the cyan -29.
On my screen those settings really make this one pop. I think this image is stunning. That's a sweet shot David.
Posted by David Kingham on October 12, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Thank you very much Kane, that made another huge jump in quality. I also cropped out the distracting white spot at the bottom
Posted by David Kingham on October 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Having trouble with attachments this week
Posted by Stan Rose on October 12, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Man, its great to see such potential being realized before your eyes!
Posted by Morris McClung on October 12, 2011 at 11:36 AM
The last post is almost there. The trees look way to red on my monitor, but it just may be my monitor. Everything else looks good.
Posted by John Mumaw on October 12, 2011 at 7:02 PM
Looks pretty good to me! I like the mountain close up and the dawning colors of the sky. You had a mighty good run down here!
Posted by Kane Engelbert on October 12, 2011 at 10:42 PM
Your image seems to have lost its zeal due to web compression. I'm gonna do a sharpness test David.
Take your image and downsize it to 1100 to1500 on it's longest side, then go to Filter/Sharpen/"Sharpen." Next, immediately take that 1500 image and resize it to 700 on the longest side, then Filter/Sharpen/"Smart Sharpen." Smart Sharpen needs to be set at .2 radius and anywhere between 400 to 500%.
Posted by David Kingham on October 12, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Thanks again guys, Morris I brought down the reds a bit. Kane, I'm not really feeling this method, it feels very oversharpened to me
Posted by David Kingham on October 12, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Here's another one I put together with a bit more sharpening to my taste
Posted by Jeff Hackett on October 13, 2011 at 10:57 AM
The image keeps getting better and better! The last one seems a tad soft, IMO, maybe somethin in between? I use the processing tidbits picked up here as excellent starting points that start me out ahead of the curve, yet can still be seasoned to taste.
Posted by David Kingham on October 13, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Very nice Final. I have no idea what camera is used in this sharpening process, so I'm going by a 21mp experience and should have stated that earlier cuz I do think it makes a big difference. I use an old Marc Adamus sharpening tutorial on Utube and I love its results. Those rusty reds are due to the overnight feeze; They seem just a bit saturated. Selective color will work best here. But that's a personal taste thing. Great one Mr Kingham!!!!
Discussion
16 repliesThe following is just a recomendation, not tying to be an Uncle. In photoshop, try this,...
Curves, take dark slider 14-15 points to the right.
Selctive Color, pick "white" drop the cyan -60.
Selecitve Color pick "Cyan" and drop the cyan -29.
On my screen those settings really make this one pop. I think this image is stunning. That's a sweet shot David.
Take your image and downsize it to 1100 to1500 on it's longest side, then go to Filter/Sharpen/"Sharpen." Next, immediately take that 1500 image and resize it to 700 on the longest side, then Filter/Sharpen/"Smart Sharpen." Smart Sharpen needs to be set at .2 radius and anywhere between 400 to 500%.