Alan C wrote on 5/27/19 9:41 PM:
A fascinating subject, Larry. As you say, the lighting is challenging.
The third image (almost B/W) probably shows the bridge best of all but
the sky is subdued. If you could get the sky more like the last image it
would be greatly improved. BTW, you work?
Hi Alan,
I'm at a hotel in LA, just have my laptop, which just had the versions
as I had worked on them before I got home, but I tried following your
suggestions, and had to post them to a different album. For various
reasons, things are a lot rougher on the laptop, so these are closer to
drafts, or sketches rather than a final product.
But, from:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708398198205
I think that this one might be the closest to toning down the unpleasant
stuff in reality, and boosting the nice stuff, but still not looking too
unrealistic:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/47949213213/in/album-72157708398198205/
This one gets further from trying to make the photo seem like (an
idealized) reality.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/47949193712/in/album-72157708398198205/
and
This is a much smaller (and easier to work with) panorama, I think that
while it has the least "pop" it's also the least unreal looking.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/47949250588/in/album-72157708398198205/
Alan C
On 27-May-19 10:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Unfortunately, I have to leave right now for work. I've done a bit
more work on the night photos of the Chitwood bridge. Post
processing is taking a lot of work with the adjustment brush, dodging,
burning etc. in various areas.
I'd appreciate feedback on these intermediate steps, what works, what
doesn't, what I need to tone down or dial up and I'll beat on them
again in a few days when I get back. I think they've got some
promise, but it'll take work to bring them out. It's rather
challenging lighting.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708789408687
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