Mini-Shootout: Carrizo Plain--The Photos

DavidTO

Schmoo, I am so jealous of that 2nd IR shot. Not one of my IRs was worth processing.

Harumph!

anonymouscuban

One I'm not too sure about...

schmoo

That last one is a little warm, but I like the focus in the mid-range.

This one is still one of my faves with a really nice balance of sky and flowers, even though it's a 50/50 comp:

Qarik

*whew* no barechested alex shots.

anonymouscuban

Last few:

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schmoo

anonymouscuban wrote: »

This!

DavidTO

No, this!

anonymouscuban wrote: »

DavidTO

I finished off the roll with the rest of the pano shots. These shots really kicked my ass, color-wise. I think they must have been overexposed a bit. Some shots are much easier than others, in my workflow. And these were really tough. Still trying to figure out why!


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ian408

They are definitely brighter on the right [or|and] left edges in some--almost like the shutter speed isn't consistent through the frame.

schmoo

DavidTO wrote: »

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This alone was worth the wait!!!

DavidTO

ian408 wrote: »

They are definitely brighter on the right [or|and] left edges in some--almost like the shutter speed isn't consistent through the frame.

Yes. The left side is more pronounced than the right. Lighter and less contrast. A bit of a pain in black and white, and a totally different beast in color. Maybe I'll write them, but I have a feeling that they'll just say it's the nature of lomography. We'll see.

ziggy53

DavidTO wrote: »

16 image 180° pano. Not sure it was really worth it in the long run, but there you go.

David, do you mind if I try a "treatment" of this image?

DavidTO

ziggy53 wrote: »

David, do you mind if I try a "treatment" of this image?

Go for it!

ian408

schmoo wrote: »

This alone was worth the wait!!!

Alexis?

:hide

ziggy53

Looking at this image I felt it could use both "drama" and "punch", along with some selective color attention. The ultimate goal is something that probably "feels" about like your intentions for the original scene.

I see 2 basic opportunities:

The sky could use a more dramatic treatment.

The landscape could use more sharpness, color adjustment and saturation.

From my experience the easiest way to add drama to a scene is to use DynamicPhotoHDR. This software is designed for use in an HDR, multi-sequence situation, but the software also has an "FHDR" mode for dealing with single exposures. FHDR stands for "Fake-HDR", but that really is a misnomer because it doesn't explain how the process works.

Anyway, using FHDR it was able to achieve several goals at the same time, namely, to add some drama to the scene as well as add some "punch". Unfortunately, FHDR also adds too much contrast and reduces detail. The highlights especially seem to suffer.

I wound up taking the FHDR results, reworking the yellow and green channels for both Hue and Saturation (along with a little on the orange) in ACR, sharpening the landscape in a separate layer, adding back some of the original sky highlights in another layer, and then merging the 3 layers back into a singular image. Finally, I cropped some of the sky out for more emphasis of the landscape:

DavidTO

Thanks for the alternate take on my shot, Ziggy. I could see wanting some more punch in the original, but for my taste yours is way too far.

Ultimately, I guess the question for me is whether the shot really warrants more work.

ian408

I like the contrast between the sky and the plain but like David, I find it it to be too much.

What attracts me to the shot is the expanse.

jeffreaux2

Looks like a fun afternoon.

I just had to look...at every shot...to see if Steph was shooting a TLR yet.:D


..and David...I really dig the panos.

schmoo

No, not TLR but several of the shots I posted in this thread were shot with film from my rangefinder. I bet it's pretty obvious.

annnna8888

It seems you all had a great time! I won't even try to pick favorites (except for the obvious one with the umbrella ).


Ana