Club racing at Summit Point

HarveyMushman

One question: Does this image appear underexposed and flat? It looks fine on my home monitor but is noticeably darker on my monitor at work. I think my home monitor is correct, but . . .

Seamus

It looks fine to me tim.

mercphoto

At work looks fine to me as well.

HarveyMushman

Thanks, gentlemen. Here at work I have the brightness cranked to 100% but it's still dark. The monitor is just old and tired, I guess.

W.W. Webster

HarveyMushman wrote:

One question: Does this image appear underexposed and flat?

The overall ambient brightness comes through about right on my monitor, but the detail of the bikes and riders could, perhaps, be drawn out a little. I don't know what application you are using for post-production work, but in Lightroom (my system of choice) I'd be winding up the 'fill light' slider a touch.

Nice shot BTW.

HarveyMushman

W.W. Webster wrote:

The overall ambient brightness comes through about right on my monitor, but the detail of the bikes and riders could, perhaps, be drawn out a little. I don't know what application you are using for post-production work, but in Lightroom (my system of choice) I'd be winding up the 'fill light' slider a touch.

Nice shot BTW.

Thank you. I use Capture NX. I wonder if it has a similar feature?

W.W. Webster

HarveyMushman wrote:

Thank you. I use Capture NX. I wonder if it has a similar feature?

Dunno, I'm not familiar with it!

However I notice the brochure refers to this feature, which suggests you may have something similar -

Capture.jpg

Are you familiar with this feature? A Nikon/Capture expert might come along to assist further.

HarveyMushman

W.W. Webster wrote:

Dunno, I'm not familiar with it!

However I notice the brochure refers to this feature, which suggests you may have something similar -

Capture.jpg

Are you familiar with this feature? A Nikon/Capture expert might come along to assist further.

I have a new toy! Thanks.

As posted above:



Very quick, first try with D-Lighting:

2whlrcr

I'm no expert, but on my monitor I like the first one better. Maybe you could try splitting the difference between the two images?

W.W. Webster

HarveyMushman wrote:

I have a new toy!

Nice wheelie!

HarveyMushman

2whlrcr wrote:

I'm no expert, but on my monitor I like the first one better. Maybe you could try splitting the difference between the two images?

So do I. But it's a tool to consider in the future.

maczippy

Looks alright to me mate...although the shadow tool is cool you have to watch for washing out those other areas that are considered okay...

Andrew

wxwax

HarveyMushman wrote:

I have a new toy! Thanks.

As posted above:



Very quick, first try with D-Lighting:

The second one is much, much better. Much more detail in the shadows. Great shots, Tim!

mercphoto

wxwax wrote:

The second one is much, much better. Much more detail in the shadows. Great shots, Tim!

I agree, the second one is better. Now, could it be better still? Dunno. But step in right direction.

I like to use Photoshop CS2's shadow/highlights adjustment for stuff like this but I've found you have to be careful with it. Too much boosting of the shadows makes the whole thing look washed out.

HarveyMushman

mercphoto wrote:

I like to use Photoshop CS2's shadow/highlights adjustment for stuff like this but I've found you have to be careful with it. Too much boosting of the shadows makes the whole thing look washed out.

Which is exactly what happened in my quick-n-dirty attempt above. Thanks for the help, all. I'll keep workin' at it.