Planting Fields Arboretum IR's

4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
edited April 12, 2006 in Holy Macro
Any comments would be apreciated..

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    IR should be very high key but these seem blown to me. I want detail not all white....
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    Thnxs Andy, the original Raw files weren't blown.. I'll try and rework them.. Thnxs for the input..
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    4labs wrote:
    Thnxs Andy, the original Raw files weren't blown.. I'll try and rework them.. Thnxs for the input..

    It's not unusual to need to do some wacky curves with IR, or some masks, etc...
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    Any better? I need to brush up on my PS skills for sure..

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  • SewermanSewerman Registered Users Posts: 115 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    ir shots
    Where these taken with a ir camera or worked with Photoshop? The second shot is better but seems very brite on the bottom to me.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    4labs wrote:
    Any better? I need to brush up on my PS skills for sure..

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    The trees and skies look great. The foreground is still too hot, tho.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    4labs wrote:
    Any better? I need to brush up on my PS skills for sure..

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    Yo E,
    Send me the .nef raw file. Help@smugmug.com ATTN Andy.

    :)
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    On its way. Thnxs!
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    4labs wrote:
    On its way. Thnxs!
    Thanks for the .nef. This file is a great example for all the tutes on
    http://dgrin.smugmug.com!

    It's also a really wonderful shot.

    I loaded it into your gallery (same one as the others...)
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    OK, so...

    opened in Adobe Camera Raw, set the wb, and -1.75 exposure
    http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1111417

    in photoshop, basic bw conversion:
    http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1126557

    in photoshop, recover the highlights (the grass comes back nicely, and so do the edges of the pine trees):
    http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1077611

    in photoshop, a luminosity toning (22%)
    http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1077316

    in photoshop, a little bit of low-opacity cloning on a new layer, to repair the fully blown and not-recoverable chimney. I simply used part of the cottage near the door, at about 50% opacity on a new layer, and cloned over the blown areas on the chimney.

    all in, about 5 minutes - but I do this for a living. I'd work it much better, this is a printable shot, E, if it were mine I'd spend some fair bit of time on it. I'd go a bit less dark on the grass. And a tiny bit less on the house color. Probably do this by going with a 14% luminosity toning layer, maybe as low as 10%. I do like the darker sky. IR skies should be very dark IMO. Oh to get that, I did a final curves layer, only working the sky bits.

    I hope this helps!
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2006
    4labs wrote:
    Any comments would be apreciated..



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    I thought that cottage looked familiar
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    and I did an IR version too
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2006
    Andy. Thnxs so much! You really go above and beyond!
  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    I thought that cottage looked familiar


    and I did an IR version too

    Harry, I am lucky to live 5 minutes from this place. Planting Fields is full of Ir goodness as Andy would put it..
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2006
    Nice thread i loved the Andy version
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2006
    4labs wrote:
    Any comments would be apreciated..

    Hi there Mr 4labs :D I see Master Andy has responded to your post in a very helpful way .......he's a good boy rolleyes1.gif

    I like these coloured IR Shots you folks do, and that little cottage is just too cute ........ I see Harry's been to the same place.

    Blown hightlights are something that I struggle with too, but glad to see you got some good help to sort that out........ Skippy (Australia)
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