Larry, I dunno... It's a photo that's pretty open to PP'ing. My immediate reaction to your version is that it looks a bit too dull. However I'm not sure if your friend's rendering is what I would have preferred from the same starting point. For one, I think the lightning looks far too yellow in her shot. Those giant sparks have a brutal blue hue, and the diffusion by the surrounding rain clouds wouldn't alter the colour that much. Secondly, I would like to know the direction the camera was pointed in (N, S, E, W), and how soon after sunset it was taken. This info relates to which hue of blue the sky should have.
Straightening the horizon was a good move though... :-) Jostein 2009/8/5 Larry Colen <[email protected]>: > My friend Candice saw the night lightning shots I got about a month > ago and told me to give her a copy of the raw files. > > Here's the difference between my quick and dirty in lightroom, and > someone who knows what she's doing in photoshop: > > flickr gallery > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157621826796513/ > > Mine: > http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/3790961517_792f82b65f_b.jpg > > Hers: > http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/3790960979_00061ffd0b_b.jpg > > Yup, about a week late for the night photography PUG. > > lrc > > -- > The first step is learning to take great photos, > the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. > Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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.
