On Monday, October 17, 2011 1:09 AM, "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Went for a walk with some friends in the nearby park today. Sometimes > when I look at this I really like it, sometimes I think that the logs are > too dark. But, this is about as much as I can lighten them without the > leaves in the background getting too light. > > Comments? Suggestion?
Very dramatic subject, well composed. I don't find the logs excessively dark although the top left of the X could benefit by just a bit more detail. If you have Photoshop or an image editing program that supports layers and masks, lightening the logs would be pretty easy. You'd just need to apply a levels adjustment layer and restrict the effect to the logs alone using a mask. Another possibility - does Lightroom have a shadows/highlights tool? Last resort - go back with a tripod and do several different exposures for later blending in software. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6252591035/lightbox/ > > I tried with a bit more fill light, then darkening the leaves back up > with green luminance, but that didn't work very well for me. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- 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.
