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.
Just gonna leave these here
^lol
^Near Pictured rocks, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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.
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.
Wait till you get the raw… lol
It was pretty bad visibility due to the fires and it was basically 100% overcast.
