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Photo Of The Day - December 2017
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Walrus pair - Svalbard
Tips from a friend of mine, images posted here in POTD, lots of reading and tons of experimentation and practise is giving me a new outlook on B&W processing. Still learning with a long way to go.
Tips from a friend of mine, images posted here in POTD, lots of reading and tons of experimentation and practise is giving me a new outlook on B&W processing. Still learning with a long way to go.
lol learning. If you've got a long way to go, I'm not sure where that leaves me!Walrus pair - Svalbard
Tips from a friend of mine, images posted here in POTD, lots of reading and tons of experimentation and practise is giving me a new outlook on B&W processing. Still learning with a long way to go.
Nice shot by the way. Love the B&W processing.
But before @kenoh chimes in, isn't the one at the back quite old? He looks a big long in the tooth!!!
lol learning. If you've got a long way to go, I'm not sure where that leaves me!
Nice shot by the way. Love the B&W processing.
But before @kenoh chimes in, isn't the one at the back quite old? He looks a big long in the tooth!!!
Damn you ! damn you sir! I was getting ready to fire that one in!
Yes the processing is lovely... share the tips! be a pal @Cheese&Apple !
Awwww.... that's the nicest thing you have said to me on here...
no really... you are normally cruel... He isnt the only one!
@Mark0, @The Bad Guy.... looking at you two....
lol learning. If you've got a long way to go, I'm not sure where that leaves me!
Nice shot by the way. Love the B&W processing.
But before @kenoh chimes in, isn't the one at the back quite old? He looks a big long in the tooth!!!
Thanks AFB but with jokes like that...there's no hope for you I'm afraid.
Tutorials? Me? Not when there are so many people far more adept with this sort of thing than I am. But thanks for the vote of confidence AFB.
Thanks Ken!
There's an extraordinary amount of work that goes into the B&W images that are very well done - just go back and read Joe King's post on page 8. It may surprise some that, as Joe mentioned, processing B&W is a lot more work than colour. And of course, much of the processing is done in Ps.
If you're like me and like the video tutorials here's a good starting point by Blake Rudis of f.64 Academy. It's short, to the point and well explained.
The video demonstrates use of a gradient map, curve adjustment layers and masking for B&W. Then you keep going from there with other stuff. For the walrus shot, I also used a gradient mask and motion blur filter. The possibilities are endless with Ps but I think the techniques in the video are a good place to start.
~ Peter
And you said such nice things about my robin on Flickr!Awwww.... that's the nicest thing you have said to me on here...
He isnt the only one!
@Mark0, @The Bad Guy.... looking at you two....
_DSC0982 by apple fanboy1, on FlickrActually I'm sure you could teach us a thing or two as well. Especially some of your travel stuff you've done this last year. Progressing well.
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I'm sure you are more than capable.Thanks AFB but with jokes like that...there's no hope for you I'm afraid.
Tutorials? Me? Not when there are so many people far more adept with this sort of thing than I am. But thanks for the vote of confidence AFB.
Thanks Ken!
There's an extraordinary amount of work that goes into the B&W images that are very well done - just go back and read Joe King's post on page 8. It may surprise some that, as Joe mentioned, processing B&W is a lot more work than colour. And of course, much of the processing is done in Ps.
If you're like me and like the video tutorials here's a good starting point by Blake Rudis of f.64 Academy. It's short, to the point and well explained.
The video demonstrates use of a gradient map, curve adjustment layers and masking for B&W. Then you keep going from there with other stuff. For the walrus shot, I also used a gradient mask and motion blur filter. The possibilities are endless with Ps but I think the techniques in the video are a good place to start.
~ Peter
Just a quick edit of my picture to go on the desktop.
Oh, I forgot to mention another aspect of B&W processing that I think is very important - careful selective sharpening.
With digital noise more obvious in the dark areas of an image, how you sharpen can be critical. I do like the easy sharpening and masking feature of Lr but, if I'm editing in Ps, I'll use Ps for much greater control of how and where I sharpen an image.
Here's a link to a short video by Photoshop Video Academy that explains how to use a high pass filter to sharpen in Ps. If you use Ps, it's very easy and as I said, it provides a lot of control of sharpening an image.
~ Peter
With digital noise more obvious in the dark areas of an image, how you sharpen can be critical. I do like the easy sharpening and masking feature of Lr but, if I'm editing in Ps, I'll use Ps for much greater control of how and where I sharpen an image.
Here's a link to a short video by Photoshop Video Academy that explains how to use a high pass filter to sharpen in Ps. If you use Ps, it's very easy and as I said, it provides a lot of control of sharpening an image.
~ Peter
And you said such nice things about my robin on Flickr!
Actually I'm sure you could teach us a thing or two as well. Especially some of your travel stuff you've done this last year. Progressing well.
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I'm sure you are more than capable.
I love that Robin shot. Lovely simple composition, speaks volumes about context lovely lighting... WB is right to keep @MacRy happy... a winner...
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Just a quick edit of my picture to go on the desktop.
Nice selfie Tony...
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Ah... right... I have been reading the same bible Joe has I think... yes I know the work it takes... was hoping for the cliff notes version...
Thanks Ken. I got him to hold my Color Checker passport to make sure it was okay! I paid him in nuts and raisins. Also it was shot from my dinning room which meant I got to stay warm and dry!I love that Robin shot. Lovely simple composition, speaks volumes about context lovely lighting... WB is right to keep @MacRy happy... a winner...
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Nice selfie Tony...
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Ah... right... I have been reading the same bible Joe has I think... yes I know the work it takes... was hoping for the cliff notes version...
Awwww.... that's the nicest thing you have said to me on here...
He isnt the only one!
@Mark0, @The Bad Guy.... looking at you two....
Post a tutorial? Like for actual shooting or PP? I'm far from a pro, but it's something I could look into if there was enough interest.
Go for it. I think we need more of the technique talk from the pros and less of the gear talk from the amertures like me!
Mate I would pay good money to come watch you take an image the post process it!
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Notice no change requested to the bad jokes... woohoo! I am a value add member!
I'll think about coming up with something the next time I'm out. I don't think it will be on video format or anything, you know - where you see the desktop and the cursor moving about with the picture-in-picture style thing. I've no idea how to do that sort of thing.
Another LE from Hallet Cove Beach. I have to investigate why the jpeg has the banding in the sky, in Lightroom it's not there! I might make the effort and take this one into PS, remove the rock on the left foreground and shift the framing a touch further to the right, to get all of the large rock in frame.
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Formatt-Hitech Firecrest 16 Stop ND Filter
ISO 100, 47mm, f/16, 4.5 minutes
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Formatt-Hitech Firecrest 16 Stop ND Filter
ISO 100, 47mm, f/16, 4.5 minutes
Another LE from Hallet Cove Beach. I have to investigate why the jpeg has the banding in the sky, in Lightroom it's not there! I might make the effort and take this one into PS, remove the rock on the left foreground and shift the framing a touch further to the right, to get all of the large rock in frame.
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Formatt-Hitech Firecrest 16 Stop ND Filter
ISO 100, 47mm, f/16, 4.5 minutes
I really like this one too. I'd like to see it with the change you propose, I think it will flow in nicely from the right to left, hooking the eye round
Thanks again, Mark. I'll have a good play with it this afternoon, and re-post it tomorrow.I really like this one too. I'd like to see it with the change you propose, I think it will flow in nicely from the right to left, hooking the eye round
Went to the New England Aquarium in Boston this morning. It's a great aquarium--very relaxing. I often walk away from trips to aquariums happy with the experience but dissatisfied with the pics. The lighting is usually low with lots of distracting reflections. The glass is usually dirty. Fish swim fast which requires fast shutter speeds made challenging by the often low light. And the fact thatFaster lenses can help, but DOF then becomes an issue when shooting with a large aperture. I haven't yet solved the puzzle of the best way to shoot in an aquarium.
I usually shoot with a normal or wide angle lens, but for today's foray I used a 135mm f/2.8 prime. Still missed with the moving fish (I think need to shoot in shutter priority mode at maybe 1/300th sec and let the ISO creep up as much as it needs to for moving fish--but that may not be a fast enough shutter speed).
Liked this pic of a starfish which was thankfully still.
I usually shoot with a normal or wide angle lens, but for today's foray I used a 135mm f/2.8 prime. Still missed with the moving fish (I think need to shoot in shutter priority mode at maybe 1/300th sec and let the ISO creep up as much as it needs to for moving fish--but that may not be a fast enough shutter speed).
Liked this pic of a starfish which was thankfully still.