For whatever reason, I don't care a lot for either sepia. Maybe it reminds me of the silty Sacramento River running through this valley. I find the blue version somewhat too blue. That leaves the b&w as my choice. I'm wondering about more of a silhouette of the schooner and light. I suppose I'd fiddle with this endlessly and wind up confused about what I liked. Not uncommon. Bottom line, an interesting shot.
--- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
