Hi Marnie- Thanks for the feedback and instructions. PP is a tough area these days - i've loaded Lightroom, but think I need either more RAM or a faster processor to run it. I have Adobe PS Elements, the original, but didn't like the interface of PS 4 (or was it 5?). At this point, I'm just mucking around in Picasa.
I'm going to try your suggestions in Picasa and see what I get. If Godfrey runs his class again, I might try it. - Pat On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 10/10/2009 9:02:26 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Starting to post a few results from my recent Washington, DC trip. We > had a discussion of lenses to bring (DA 16-45 vs DA 12-24). This was > taken with the 12-24: > > http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Nn-R2KLB88M/Ssa9x08SruI/AAAAAAAAAx8/8WTu4p41wm8/s800/I > MGP3944.JPG > > - Pat > > > ============= > I like this image, like the way you got the monument and the capitol and > flags in. Like the way it leans. Like the way your SO spread eagle on the > monument. It's funny and/or seems to say something significant. > > But, I feel, it needs post processing for you to punch it up, because it > did that digital thing of turning the sky too dark, too blue. The whole > thing needs to be much lighter, to show up better. > > I bumped up the fill light and highlights in LR and bumped up the blacks > as well. (Probably needs more sharpening than I gave it too.) > > First was too gray and dark. > > http://www.mapphotography.com/patspic-1.jpg > > I also tried some very dramatic B&W variations (not showing here). So you > could go that route too. > > Just needs some work. (I might clone out part of the person on the right > too). > > HTH, Marnie :-) -- 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.
