Well one more different capture from the Schooner series, with three variations. After conversion to a Tiff, I used a moderate amount of noise reduction.. Then in Photoshop I tried something a little different, I tried the curves -> options and set [Find Dark and Light Colors] with [Snap Neutral Tones]. I'm not sure I like the results in color but it made the B&W conversion look a bit better. Well anyway. I'm interest in what people think. Due to the long distance there was a definite lack of contrast in the main subject of the image. Yes I know the horizon isn't exactly level. I'm going back to the original image to fix that before the ocean runs out, eventually...
http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_schoonerpassesfaulknersiii.html Note: As described. http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_schoonerpassesfaulknersiiib&w.html Note: Starting with the Color version. I used a curves layer to brighten the mid tones, a second curves layer to impart a bit of a slight s curve on top of that, a Hue/Saturation layer to modify color response, (sort of a continuously variable color filter) and a second Hue/Saturation layer to simply remove all color, then a brightness/contrast layer to modify the overall contrast. http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_schoonerpassesfaulknersiiis.html Note: From the B&W version converted to grey scale, I used a tritone method of sepia toning the image, using three different base colors for highlights, mid tones and shadows. Since the general consensus seemed to be that the last attempt was a bit heavy handed, probably because the highlights were too orange, I used a slightly different color for the highlights, it does look a bit more subtle, at least to my eye. Technical Data: Pentax *ist-Ds ISO 1600 @ 1/1250sec (Av) smc Pentax A 300mm f4 & SMC Pentax F 1.7x converter @ f11 -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
