I actually see at least as much detail in the shadows of my version. The blacks are only slightly less dense, but the glare of the stark sky has been softened. I'm sure that balance could be tweaked from now on.
Jack --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The sky is being a PITA. You brought down the sky but lost detail in > > the shadows. That's why I went with green filter and lower contrast > approach earlier. I guess it needs more work. > > Jack Davis wrote: > > P.J., I hope OK that I down loaded '40' and did a bit to pull down > the > > blinding sky. Spoiled it for me. > > It will be deleted as soon as it's been posted. > > > > Jack :) > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=274 > > > > > > --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> I decided to take some of Marnies suggestions to heart, and upped > the > >> > >> contrast a bit, made the exposure a bit lighter overall. I also > >> applied > >> a yellow filter during conversion as opposed to the green filter I > >> had > >> used heretofore, and straitened it slightly. I didn't really crop > it > >> as > >> I composed for the viewfinder. > >> > >> > >> > > > http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%2040yellowfilter.html > > > >> and the original if anyone would like to compare them. > >> > >> http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%2040.html > >> > >> Equipment: didn't change > >> > >> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > >> > >> -- > >> The difference between individual intelligence and group > intelligence > >> is the difference between Harvard University and the Harvard > >> University football team. > >> > >> -- P. J. O'Roarke > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > > > > > > -- > The difference between individual intelligence and group intelligence > is the difference between Harvard University and the Harvard > University football team. > > -- P. J. O'Roarke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
