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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On 2017-05-18 03:55:30 +0000, Eric Stevens said:
On Wed, 17 May 2017 16:46:58 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-17 23:30:06 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Wed, 17 May 2017 09:06:45 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-17 09:08:57 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:58:44 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams said: On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote: Savageduck wrote: I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC, loaded into my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to Dropbox. I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG. These are a few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer exposures with fast running water. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg Anyway I am spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the morning. Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all a bit underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with just a slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice. Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day. Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual suspects: https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg To me, they all seem to have a steely-gray look - almost a drab look. Well both days were pretty overcast and drab. The weather is always wrong when you take a special trip. Nevertheless I suspect it's not just the weather and the lighting of the time. OK. Yeah, the granite had quite a lot to do with it. There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 I first had a go at haze in Lab mode and then applied individual curves to R, G and B channels. Then I found it beneficial to slightly increase the exposure and gamma. Finally I applied smart sharpening. Sorry to say that looks very wrong, and a tad oil paintish. However, since you are in a tinkering mood, here is an RAF for you to play with. I will leave it up for 24 hours. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj7bmsr7vabc9dt/_DSF4603.raf I should also add. until my X-Rite i1 arrives I am having to rely on the original factory calibration of my monitors which are currently set to AdobeRGB. This should really only affect the greener greens of which there are few so it shouldn't be too wrong even when viewed in sRGB. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On 2017-05-18 04:07:46 +0000, Bill W said:
On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... You noticed. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote:
On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? -- PeterN |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, PeterN
wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I wish I could do better... |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On 2017-05-18 04:49:46 +0000, Bill W said:
On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I wish I could do better... Here is the RAF if you care to try. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj7bmsr7vabc9dt/_DSF4603.raf -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On Wed, 17 May 2017 21:56:22 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2017-05-18 04:49:46 +0000, Bill W said: On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I wish I could do better... Here is the RAF if you care to try. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj7bmsr7vabc9dt/_DSF4603.raf Since my PC is back in action, I'll probably give it a try tomorrow. |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On 2017-05-18 05:02:48 +0000, Bill W said:
On Wed, 17 May 2017 21:56:22 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-18 04:49:46 +0000, Bill W said: On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I wish I could do better... Here is the RAF if you care to try. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj7bmsr7vabc9dt/_DSF4603.raf Since my PC is back in action, I'll probably give it a try tomorrow. Have fun. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On Wed, 17 May 2017 21:18:10 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2017-05-18 03:55:30 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Wed, 17 May 2017 16:46:58 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-17 23:30:06 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Wed, 17 May 2017 09:06:45 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-17 09:08:57 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:58:44 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams said: On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote: Savageduck wrote: I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC, loaded into my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to Dropbox. I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG. These are a few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer exposures with fast running water. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg Anyway I am spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the morning. Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all a bit underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with just a slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice. Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day. Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual suspects: https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg To me, they all seem to have a steely-gray look - almost a drab look. Well both days were pretty overcast and drab. The weather is always wrong when you take a special trip. Nevertheless I suspect it's not just the weather and the lighting of the time. OK. Yeah, the granite had quite a lot to do with it. There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 I first had a go at haze in Lab mode and then applied individual curves to R, G and B channels. Then I found it beneficial to slightly increase the exposure and gamma. Finally I applied smart sharpening. Sorry to say that looks very wrong, and a tad oil paintish. However, since you are in a tinkering mood, here is an RAF for you to play with. I will leave it up for 24 hours. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj7bmsr7vabc9dt/_DSF4603.raf I've got it, but it will be tomorrow before I play with it. I should also add. until my X-Rite i1 arrives I am having to rely on the original factory calibration of my monitors which are currently set to AdobeRGB. This should really only affect the greener greens of which there are few so it shouldn't be too wrong even when viewed in sRGB. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On 5/18/2017 12:49 AM, Bill W wrote:
On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I. wish I could do better... You can. The same way you get to Carnegie Hall. Practice, practice, practice. ;-) Seriously, the only one you need to please is yourself. We don't all like the same thing. When, not if, I produce something that others don't like, I try to sit back and see is it me, or the viewer Two examples: In this image I deliberately oversaturated the colors, and oversharpened for the effect. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qg51cxzw9xlp8io/Inedible.jpg?dl=0 A more realistic view of the wild turkey: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao4wqtcalfsrlma/Thanksgiving%20escapee.jpg?dl=0 If you decide to enter competitions, have a thick skin. Here is one that i really like. It did very well at my local CC and in our parent organization, but it did not get a ribbon at NECCC, several years ago. when I picked up the print, one of the judges volunteered that they really liked the image, but if I had shown the eyes, it would have won some placement. To me the image was the chimps appearing to be studying. Had I lightened the eyes of the right hand chimp, it would not be the same image. i simply thanked the judge. https://www.dropbox.com/s/w752wmkxu6aqg5r/the%20cxonference.jpg?dl=0 -- PeterN |
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X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC
On Wed, 17 May 2017 21:56:22 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2017-05-18 04:49:46 +0000, Bill W said: On Thu, 18 May 2017 00:37:33 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 5/18/2017 12:07 AM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0 Now the sky is purple... Hmm. Talk about ambiguity. Song, or LGBT? Nah, I'm a boring person. It's neither, just an objective comment. I wish I could do better... Here is the RAF if you care to try. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj7bmsr7vabc9dt/_DSF4603.raf Okay, here's what I did: https://www.flickr.com/gp/48982192@N05/19e11z I would guess that this is not an accurate rendering of what is actually there, at least as far as the white balance is concerned. I fiddled with it until I thought it looked okay, and that's that. I agree with someone else (Eric?) who said the original looks hazy, but you did say the conditions weren't so great that day. |
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