Split Rock Lighthouse

SteveF

Hello,

One of the big "icons" of the Lake Superior north shore. It seems as though a large percentage of my landscapes involve this. :rolleyes

Anyway, here's one I just found in the archives which had been missed - thought it was worth a second look.

c/c welcome - thanks for looking.

Nikolai

Steve,
It's a realy nice place and a nice composition.
However, the whole purple tint kinda sets me off.
Was it really *that* purple? Or was it something you didn't want/have time to fix?
Just wondering....

SteveF

Hello,

I'll have to check my RAW conversion - you've got me wondering.

I set the WB with an expodisc. As far as color I ran Fred Miranda's Velvia Vision at a level of 10 (out of 100), to add just a touch of saturation. I didn't do anything else to the colors.

Just heading to bed - I'll check the conversion tomorrow.

Mike Lane

the color looks believeable to me. I like it!

Nikolai

Maybe...

Mike Lane wrote:

the color looks believeable to me. I like it!

It's another case of Mac-related sRGB vs AdobeRGB problem? Mike, do you see the purple tint, or is it just me?

I took the liberty to download the image, converted it to LAB and checked a few points:



As it easy to see, markers #1 and #2 shows rather strong presence of positive A (magenta) values, while placed on more regular blue sky #3 shows plain zero, as it should.

Again, if it's what the artist wanted I'm totally cool. And if it's not - it's very easy to fix (LAB to the rescue:-)

HTH

ian408

At first, I was going to complain that the lighthouse was too small. And then
I scrolled down the page a bit and got the full view. I love how the beach
leads to the water and to the lighthouse. Very nice work.

Ian

Mike Lane

Nikolai wrote:

It's another case of Mac-related sRGB vs AdobeRGB problem? Mike, do you see the purple tint, or is it just me?

I took the liberty to download the image, converted it to LAB and checked a few points:



As it easy to see, markers #1 and #2 shows rather strong presence of positive A (magenta) values, while placed on more regular blue sky #3 shows plain zero, as it should.

Again, if it's what the artist wanted I'm totally cool. And if it's not - it's very easy to fix (LAB to the rescue:-)

HTH

I think it's the blue sky and the gray stones that makes it work for me. I've absolutely seen a sky like this before. I'm betting the sun was below the horizon to the right or left of the camera (my guess is camera right and slightly behind) and causing the clouds above the camera to turn red-purple. Those clouds are cropped out of the top but their reflection is in the water (thus causing it to be purple).

No pixel peeping required for me. I just happen to like it.

DavidTO

Nikolai wrote:

It's another case of Mac-related sRGB vs AdobeRGB problem? Mike, do you see the purple tint, or is it just me?

I took the liberty to download the image, converted it to LAB and checked a few points:



As it easy to see, markers #1 and #2 shows rather strong presence of positive A (magenta) values, while placed on more regular blue sky #3 shows plain zero, as it should.

Again, if it's what the artist wanted I'm totally cool. And if it's not - it's very easy to fix (LAB to the rescue:-)

HTH

Why wouldn't a sunset sky have magenta in it? Makes total sense to me.

I really like the shot quite a bit. It's got a nice dynamic to it.

SteveF

Hello,

My attempt was to capture things about as they were - I appreciate the input so far. I'd like to lay out exactly what I did to the photo to see if I introduced colors that were not there, as this was not my intent.

exif is 3.2 seconds at f/11 with a 50/1.4, ISO 100. Color space on the camera is Adobe 1998. Metering is evaluative. I had thought I used a custom WB but that was my mistake - it was on auto.

This was converted in ACR (I usually use C1 - I guess that G&T was a little stronger than usual last night ) - only change introduced there was the levels - it was just a touch dark and so I bumped the EC about 1/3 stop.

In PS here's the changes I made:



I removed the velvia vision wondering if that was causing trouble.

I resized, sharpened a little and added a frame. It was Converted (not Assigned) to sRGB for the web.

Oh yeah - I think the sun had just set - it was behind my right shoulder as I looked through the camera. If there were clouds there weren't many - it was a fairly clear night.

Anyway - no hocus pocus intended - but I'd appreicate hearing if I've done something in the workflow that might have introduced false colors in the sky or a tint that likely was not there.

Rohirrim

Lovely landscape. I like it.

MuskyDude

Superb shot Steve, a wall hanger for sure!


AJ

Dani

Steve...

the colors are perfect.. .its an absolutely stunning shot...

leave it as it is and ignore the pixel peepers!

mwgrice

ian408 wrote:

At first, I was going to complain that the lighthouse was too small. And then
I scrolled down the page a bit and got the full view. I love how the beach
leads to the water and to the lighthouse. Very nice work.

Ian

What lighthouse?

No, no, I liked the shot too. I see a purple tint, too, but I don't think it hurts.

Nikolai

Steve,

SteveF wrote:

Hello,
My attempt was to capture things about as they were
...
Anyway - no hocus pocus intended - but I'd appreicate hearing if I've done something in the workflow that might have introduced false colors in the sky or a tint that likely was not there.

Hey, as I said in the beginning, it it was like that - then there it was:-).
It's just I never saw anything like that myself before, hence my first motion was that maybe this was a WB fluke. But it looks like I was wrong, so let me just congratulate you on a beautiful shot . It would be a great contender for the "Quiet/Still" challenge
Cheers!