I did a quick & simple levels adj & shadow/highlight adj & on you image in CS2 - the details really came out.
>When I tweaked cures to bring out more > detail in the shadow area (especially in the area just > below and to the right of the peak) it looked plain > bad to my eye. So, I left it alone. Well, you were there & know what it looked like in person so I'll defer to that. BTW - what polarizer did you use, what size is it?. I have a rear slip in filter ability in my 600 FA, but I've not gotten one due to exorbitant cost & limited usage. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan MacRae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Sample Pic - SMC Pentax M* 67 400mm f4 ED (IF) > Yeah, curves and minus blue. > > I hope it's not too dark on your monitor. It looks > good on mine (mine is also calibrated). > > I didn't want to lose the moodiness of the shot. That > meant letting some of the image stay dark as it is in > the original. When I tweaked cures to bring out more > detail in the shdow area (especially in the area just > below and to the right of the peak) it looked plain > bad to my eye. So, I left it alone. > > -Brendan > > --- Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I too like shooting landscapes with my longer lenses >> - 300 & 600mm! >> >> This image is dark on my calibrated monitor. Details >> appear to be there but >> hard to discern. >> >> Any adjustment after scanning? >> >> Kenneth Waller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Peter Fairweather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Sample Pic - SMC Pentax M* 67 400mm f4 >> ED (IF) >> >> >> > On 10/12/06, Brendan MacRae >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Here's one from over the weekend near Convict >> Lake in >> >> the eastern Sierras. This is the peak just to the >> >> south of the lake. >> >> >> >> Kodak E100G, I want to say around f8 1/90 sec, >> MLU. I >> >> used a polarizer in the rear holder. >> >> >> >> http://www.members.aol.com/figgaro/convict.jpg >> >> >> >> File size is around 158KB. May slow load on some >> >> systems. >> >> >> >> Comments always welcomed. >> >> >> >> -Brendan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> >> Do You Yahoo!? >> >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >> protection around >> >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > Dear Brendan >> > >> > These pages are supposed to be about obsolete >> equipment, fancy posting >> > a photo :>) >> > >> > Lovely picture, will save up for the lens, might >> take some time >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Peter >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
