I don't think it could be accomplished through dodging alone. You wouldn't have much color to recapture and you'd create a lot of noise. Perhaps a "replace color" in combination with some detail creation. But my money still says it's a composite.
Paul via phone > On Jul 27, 2016, at 6:38 PM, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > > Larry Colen wrote: > >> Mark Roberts wrote: >>> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> >>>> Great pics. But a fork, a spoon and a moon appears to be a photoshop job. >>>> The tree branches are seen in silhouette but the bird is nicely >>>> illuminated. >>>> By what? Especially against the moon background, which would have required >>>> a sunny 16 exposure. Ain't gonna happen. >>> >>> Now *that's* what we call a "very good point"! >>> >>>> From the superficial examination one can perform on a web-resolution >>> image, I think the bird has been subject to some dramatic dodging in >>> Photoshop. I don't *think* it's a composite shot, but I'd have to have >>> access to a full-res shot to be certain. Obviously, the judges do, and >>> may even have access to the raw file. Perhaps this kind of Photoshop >>> is allowed? I haven't read the contest rules but I know from going to >>> the exhibit in the past and reading the technical descriptions of the >>> photos some kinds of post-capture processing are allowed. >> >> photoshop would need to be allowed to get the Pleidies (sp?) shot. > > Also note that the Perseid meteor shower shot is acknowledged to be a > composite of multiple exposures (doesn't say how many). > > By the way, the error I alluded to in the beginning was in the > Antarctic aurora shot. They called it the "Aurora Borealis" when it is > actually the "Aurora Australis". > > >>>>>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2016/jul/27/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2016-shortlist-in-pictures > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
