Great posts so far from Marc (no surprise here ), and both Dans . Being one of the six other workshop participants it's my turn to post a few pics. Some of my pics are similar to ones already posted so I will refrain from posting those on this thread. Please feel free to browse my gallery if you like for more.
Where to start? Here are a couple of panos from the Sitka bridge.
1.
2.
3.The "Zanndam" taken from Dan's boat.
4. Fishing for Salmon, longline style.
5. Fishing for salmon, by net.
6. On our way to the uninhabited Islands.
7. A Seagull sunrise.
8. Tails of Whales.
9. Just tail.
10. Yes, it's true that no two whale tails are the same, like fingerprints.
11. After I saw no Puffins at the Acadia shootout last year, I was thrilled to see them here in Sitka. They were very cooperative for the camera.
12 Some of the Islands looked more tropical than Alaskan.
13. Then there was the Land of Starfish.
14. ......and tidal pools of Sea Eneminie.
15. More tidal pools.
16. An HDR sunset pic on the last day of the workshop.
There's plenty more to post, but that will have to wait for another post on another day.
I am eagerly watching for Jim's, Kathy's, and Chris's pics soon.
Great Fred! Especially the pools. I don't remember seeing those.
Puffins???? I am pleased someone got some cool shot of puffins....I only got blur
Have you posted the rest of your shots on your site? I would love to see the rest.....I really liked your comp on the star fish
Puffins???? I am pleased someone got some cool shot of puffins....I only got blur
Have you posted the rest of your shots on your site? I would love to see the rest.....I really liked your comp on the star fish
Hi Dan. I'm Still doing processing. My Mac Pro blew a graphics card just before the Workshop. It is out getting fixed and beefed up with another 4 MRAM and second 1TB drive. I have been doing all my processing on my 15" laptop with only 1 MRAM memory so it's been slow going :cry. I have about a 1/3 of what I expect to process done and in my gallery. Thanks for the comments.
Last week Marc e-mailed me comments and critique on the first pic I posted in this thread.
On Sep 7, 2010, at 12:23 AM, Marc Muench wrote:
Hello Fred
I thought I would give a crit on what you posted thus far. First off, the images show a good variety of composition, style and technique. This is something that requires much more work than simply shooting everything the very same, GREAT job!
The first pano shot of the harbor has a issue with the dark corner of the sky in the far left, it looks like the mask made for the sky which you darkened protruded down into areas that should remain unaffected. I think the tonality of the majority of sky is great. The dark areas are not difficult to fix. I would use the brush tool and change the opacity of the brush to about 30% and begin painting the mask away in those areas. You will need to make sure the layer mask is chosen and your background color is black. It may take several swipes at 30% to finish the job and you may need to change your background color to white or switch to adding to the mask by depressing the "X" key. Will you have time over this next week to work on this or would you like me to comment on the others first?
Cheers
Marc Muench
Marc,
Thanks for your comments and critique. I have re-processed my first pic by re-doing my sky section "curves" mask layer. I also selected "refine mask" and adjusted radius and feather to enhance the mask edge between the treeline and the sky. Here are the before and after versions. Thanks again for your critique and recommendations. I'm looking forward for any additional crit on my other pics.
Big difference Fred...great job. The picture looks so much more natural and does not have that awful photoshoped look.
I was just thinking yesterday that in my 5 workshops i have gone to, I have never been critiqued. I think that is bad....right Maybe Marc and Andy are just quietly trying to tell me something. You know what all mothers tell their kids...."if you have nothing good to say....."
Big difference Fred...great job. The picture looks so much more natural and does not have that awful photoshoped look.
I was just thinking yesterday that in my 5 workshops i have gone to, I have never been critiqued. I think that is bad....right Maybe Marc and Andy are just quietly trying to tell me something. You know what all mothers tell their kids...."if you have nothing good to say....."
:uhoh Ack! We critted live in person at Catalina and DV.... I'm going back to your Journey's post on Sitka and critting that now.
Big difference Fred...great job. The picture looks so much more natural and does not have that awful photoshoped look.
I was just thinking yesterday that in my 5 workshops i have gone to, I have never been critiqued. I think that is bad....right Maybe Marc and Andy are just quietly trying to tell me something. You know what all mothers tell their kids...."if you have nothing good to say....."
Hey, thanks Dan. It was also a lot easier editing on my 24" desktop monitor then on my 15" laptop.
Hope you get a good critique, I think you just asked for it.
Hey, thanks Dan. I was also a lot easier editing on my 24" desktop monitor then on my 15" laptop.
Hope you get a good critique, I think you just asked for it.
I love getting Andy riled up
I have to say, I have learned a ton from these two guys. They help me see my own pictures since I am mostly blind when it comes to critiquing my own shots. I know there is so much I can learn but it is when your own shots get deconstructed do I learn the most.
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif]I may not always be right, but I am never in doubt! [/FONT][/FONT]
0
Marc MuenchRegistered UsersPosts: 1,420Major grins
edited September 16, 2010
This is great Ross, how about some final tweaks
I will start at the bottom.
This image needed a black point set, more contrast in the center region and minus saturation in the sky. This is the general idea:
In my example, curves 1 is a black point. I opened a curves adjustment layer and drug the lower left corner to the right. Recall, by holding down the opt key and clicking on the lower left node you will see a white image. As you move left it will begin showing areas of black pixels.
Hue/Sat adj layer is done on a selection I made with quickmask and choosing the gradient tool.
Curves 2 is a curves adj layer to darken the sky. I re-loaded the same mask made for t he hue/sat layer for this adj.
Curves 3 is a quick mask made with a large soft edged brush. Then a curves adj layer was made from the mask and some contrast was added. Most of the change was brightening.
Comments
I don't think you did either. I was just enjoying what I found so much that I was trying to think of a way to not miss others!
Thanks for sharing
Jane B.
Anyway: Alaska Salmon Date with Destiny
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1453329#post1453329
MOD EDIT (Andy): added to post 1 of this thread, too
Where to start? Here are a couple of panos from the Sitka bridge.
1.
2.
3.The "Zanndam" taken from Dan's boat.
4. Fishing for Salmon, longline style.
5. Fishing for salmon, by net.
6. On our way to the uninhabited Islands.
7. A Seagull sunrise.
8. Tails of Whales.
9. Just tail.
10. Yes, it's true that no two whale tails are the same, like fingerprints.
11. After I saw no Puffins at the Acadia shootout last year, I was thrilled to see them here in Sitka. They were very cooperative for the camera.
12 Some of the Islands looked more tropical than Alaskan.
13. Then there was the Land of Starfish.
14. ......and tidal pools of Sea Eneminie.
15. More tidal pools.
16. An HDR sunset pic on the last day of the workshop.
There's plenty more to post, but that will have to wait for another post on another day.
I am eagerly watching for Jim's, Kathy's, and Chris's pics soon.
http://photosbyfred.smugmug.com/
Puffins???? I am pleased someone got some cool shot of puffins....I only got blur
Have you posted the rest of your shots on your site? I would love to see the rest.....I really liked your comp on the star fish
My Photo Blog -->http://dthorpphoto.blogspot.com/
Hi Dan. I'm Still doing processing. My Mac Pro blew a graphics card just before the Workshop. It is out getting fixed and beefed up with another 4 MRAM and second 1TB drive. I have been doing all my processing on my 15" laptop with only 1 MRAM memory so it's been slow going :cry. I have about a 1/3 of what I expect to process done and in my gallery. Thanks for the comments.
http://photosbyfred.smugmug.com/
Sitka, Alaska, Day 2
These are not meant to be my "official"photos for critique, although anyone is welcome to do so.
Day 3. Looks like these Day1, etc are becoming my critique posts. So be it.
On Sep 7, 2010, at 12:23 AM, Marc Muench wrote:
Hello Fred
I thought I would give a crit on what you posted thus far. First off, the images show a good variety of composition, style and technique. This is something that requires much more work than simply shooting everything the very same, GREAT job!
The first pano shot of the harbor has a issue with the dark corner of the sky in the far left, it looks like the mask made for the sky which you darkened protruded down into areas that should remain unaffected. I think the tonality of the majority of sky is great. The dark areas are not difficult to fix. I would use the brush tool and change the opacity of the brush to about 30% and begin painting the mask away in those areas. You will need to make sure the layer mask is chosen and your background color is black. It may take several swipes at 30% to finish the job and you may need to change your background color to white or switch to adding to the mask by depressing the "X" key. Will you have time over this next week to work on this or would you like me to comment on the others first?
Cheers
Marc Muench
Marc,
Thanks for your comments and critique. I have re-processed my first pic by re-doing my sky section "curves" mask layer. I also selected "refine mask" and adjusted radius and feather to enhance the mask edge between the treeline and the sky. Here are the before and after versions. Thanks again for your critique and recommendations. I'm looking forward for any additional crit on my other pics.
http://photosbyfred.smugmug.com/
I was just thinking yesterday that in my 5 workshops i have gone to, I have never been critiqued.
My Photo Blog -->http://dthorpphoto.blogspot.com/
:uhoh Ack! We critted live in person at Catalina and DV.... I'm going back to your Journey's post on Sitka and critting that now.
I promise that Marc will critique, too!
Portfolio • Workshops • Facebook • Twitter
Hey, thanks Dan. It was also a lot easier editing on my 24" desktop monitor then on my 15" laptop.
Hope you get a good critique, I think you just asked for it.
http://photosbyfred.smugmug.com/
I love getting Andy riled up
I have to say, I have learned a ton from these two guys. They help me see my own pictures since I am mostly blind when it comes to critiquing my own shots. I know there is so much I can learn but it is when your own shots get deconstructed do I learn the most.
Please rip and tear Andy
My Photo Blog -->http://dthorpphoto.blogspot.com/
Finally got Day 4&5 posted. Day 4&5
Some of these have already been commented on. But these are the ones I will print and/or order on the "metal"
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1461042&posted=1#post1461042
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif]I may not always be right, but I am never in doubt!
[/FONT][/FONT]
I will start at the bottom.
This image needed a black point set, more contrast in the center region and minus saturation in the sky. This is the general idea:
In my example, curves 1 is a black point. I opened a curves adjustment layer and drug the lower left corner to the right. Recall, by holding down the opt key and clicking on the lower left node you will see a white image. As you move left it will begin showing areas of black pixels.
Hue/Sat adj layer is done on a selection I made with quickmask and choosing the gradient tool.
Curves 2 is a curves adj layer to darken the sky. I re-loaded the same mask made for t he hue/sat layer for this adj.
Curves 3 is a quick mask made with a large soft edged brush. Then a curves adj layer was made from the mask and some contrast was added. Most of the change was brightening.
GO GO GO
Muench Workshops
MW on Facebook