Not a fan oft the last one but the first three are amazing.
MOAR!
Critique me… I’ve never edited anything like that last one before.
Too much contrast? (I know the focus point was weird… )
Two other splashes…
IRL there was a really pleasing gradient of GREEN -> BROWN -> TAN but I did a poor job capturing it.
Editing this one was frustrating.
I figured this one could be useful for stock use… background behind text? I was just experimenting around.
I think I over sharpened and the blacks are too deep… but whatev.
This whole round of photos was taken at Shark Fin Cove, Santa Cruz.
I would really like to see you guys discuss editing, equipment and workflow in the darkroom:
The Darkroom (Photography Discussion Mega-thread)
There’s a lot of talent here.
Ewoks are real!
Panasonic GM1 with Pana-Leica 15mm at 1.7.
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Shot on A7RII, Leica APO Elmarit R 100mm, f/16, ISO100
Two speedlights, one inside a roundflash on the camera, one behind a grid and a red gel.
Bunch of LR magic.
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I did a bit more work in post (plugging holes in the backplate mostly) and also changed the crop to get every single usable pixel out of it. Then I went completely bananas on the filters and everything.
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Levels:
Use the white eyedropper on something you know is 100% white, and the black one on the blackest black. That is a good starting point for color correction.
Manual crop of the eclipse at apex totality done on an old film camera with an aspheric pancake lens:
and exiting totality:
Do you have a RAW of the second image?
Naturally… only shoot in raw.
Epic.
I had to just sit and look for a few minutes while wishing I was the one who got to hike up there to take that photo. My jealous 1st thought was last night I played FarCry Primal to go for a virtual hike in the woods and this guy is doing it for real.
I especially like the way it has 3 layers - foreground, mountains and sky.
Thanks!
I love your screen cap. I’m totally flattered!
You are welcome.
I did tweak it a bit in Photoshop. The levels were good. I adjusted hue and saturation to make the foreground trees pop. Like -8 less blue = more green and +15 on the saturation. My changes barely affected the mountains.
Oh yea, I can see the changes now.
I think I was contented with them being a dark near object which is why I didn’t bother pulling them out. I’m also sort of a speed editor… I don’t spend a ton of time working on it. Heck, I’m still learning to edit stills in general.
Want the raw? Sending it to @noenken as well tonight when I get home. I’m curious to see how you guys would edit it. Take some screenies to show what sort of methods you use and why.
It’s a pretty good image right off of the sensor.
If I were to Pshop the hell out of it, I would leave the mountains untouched, overlay a transparent sky to tint the real sky bluer and then do more work on making the foreground pop while leaving it dark.
Sky color burn
Sky 25% transparent overlay
Mountains untouched
Trees (excluding the rocks) Levels midtones 1.02 lighter. Hue -19 greener. Saturation +37 intenser.
final
original