Playing with Levels in my backyard
I use adjustment layers a lot, from levels to curves to saturation, etc. What I tried to do this time was ONLY use levels.
I used a levels adjustment layer to intially deal with brightness/contrast. I created a flattened layer and then adjusted the color balance with another levels adjustment layer to get rid of the blue color cast.
To saturate the color of the sky I selected the sky using color range and then used another levels adjustment to increase the intensity of the blue (for only the sky).
Final edits included removing the rake and adding a border.
I use adjustment layers a lot, from levels to curves to saturation, etc. What I tried to do this time was ONLY use levels.
I used a levels adjustment layer to intially deal with brightness/contrast. I created a flattened layer and then adjusted the color balance with another levels adjustment layer to get rid of the blue color cast.
To saturate the color of the sky I selected the sky using color range and then used another levels adjustment to increase the intensity of the blue (for only the sky).
Final edits included removing the rake and adding a border.
Just for the record, the cokin P series only differ from the A series in size and cost. The P series are larger.
For your camera the A series filters will work just as well and cost less and are smaller.
Even if you do not have threads on the front of your lens for filters it still may be usefull to have the filter. On shots with shutter speeds 1/15th or more it is possible to just hold the filter in front of the lens with your other hand. Hold it as still as you can and you wil likely get the result you are looking for.
This shot was taken while hand holding the graduated nuetral density filter in front of the lense.
Thanks Greaper (and Sid and Pathfinder), I love this shot. I guess I'll have to get one of these filters. My lens adapter has threads so I should be able to get one to fit. I have tried holding the filters from my old camera in front of the lens - it works pretty well when I can use the view screen. Sometimes the screen is not very visible in bright daylight and of course you can't see what you've got through the viewer. I'll give B&H a try. Got the camera from them. I was happy with their service.
Frog Face I have been so wrapped in trying to find "People in My Neighborhood," that I have really accomplished little with regard to the forum... But that being said, here is my entry. "Frog Face"
adjusted Levels, Color and Balance, and slight acceleration to Contrast.
Frog Face
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Frog Face
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"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
I have been so wrapped in trying to find "People in My Neighborhood," that I have really accomplished little with regard to the forum... But that being said, here is my entry. "Frog Face"
adjusted Levels, Color and Balance, and slight acceleration to C
You made the frog look scarier, so it must have worked.
I used levels, for the first time posting to another list. I had posted the same photo before without levels. With levels, we all realized that I am starving the poor dog and she has many areas of her face indicative of stress, including the recessed eye pockets.
All from levels. And other times no difference. Love the frog. Can you do a cockroach? I can't catch one.
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Thanks, in your absence David found it and posted a link. You're off the hook.
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I use adjustment layers a lot, from levels to curves to saturation, etc. What I tried to do this time was ONLY use levels.
I used a levels adjustment layer to intially deal with brightness/contrast. I created a flattened layer and then adjusted the color balance with another levels adjustment layer to get rid of the blue color cast.
To saturate the color of the sky I selected the sky using color range and then used another levels adjustment to increase the intensity of the blue (for only the sky).
Final edits included removing the rake and adding a border.
(this photo is over my backyard fence)
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After
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Nice work, Brad.
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Thanks Greaper (and Sid and Pathfinder), I love this shot. I guess I'll have to get one of these filters. My lens adapter has threads so I should be able to get one to fit. I have tried holding the filters from my old camera in front of the lens - it works pretty well when I can use the view screen. Sometimes the screen is not very visible in bright daylight and of course you can't see what you've got through the viewer. I'll give B&H a try. Got the camera from them. I was happy with their service.
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I have been so wrapped in trying to find "People in My Neighborhood," that I have really accomplished little with regard to the forum... But that being said, here is my entry. "Frog Face"
adjusted Levels, Color and Balance, and slight acceleration to Contrast.
Frog Face
before
Frog Face
after