Thank you, Moose. What would you charge if I send you about a million
photos to process ;-)
Tina
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/11/2013 2:24 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > PESO:
> >
> > More extreme light from Central America. I took a whole series of photos
> > of Lucinda using a backstrap loom to weave material. The problem is that
> > she's sitting in the bright sun and the porch is in deep shade. This one
> > is just scanned with Vuescan, imported into LR5 and Auto Toned:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/150741009
>
> I'd say the scan is a success, as it looks just like a KR slide in that
> light. :-)
>
> > I tried making three exposures and using Photomatix.
>
> As some folks have been saying about another topic, I think the three
> exposures is over thinking. Unless your histogram
> is climbing the ends, you don't need that.
>
> > I tried PS Shadows/Highlights. They both look too fake.
>
> Yeah, I know, nobody really needs masks. :-) Then again, two different
> applications of Shadow/Highlight and one of
> Brightness/Contrast, on different levels, with different masks, looks
> pretty good to me.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Manley/Lucinda_Perez.htm>
>
> One could, of course, back off any of them with an Opacity tweak. I've
> leaned toward more to show what's possible. As
> with some other fairly extreme brightness adjustment, it tends to look too
> extreme when flipping back and forth. Let it
> sit for a while on the altered version and see if it doesn't look rather
> natural.
>
> > Is the original too extreme or acceptable for the situation?
>
> A matter of taste and intended use. It looks like what it is, a 20+ year
> old KR shot in extreme DR conditions. And it
> tells the story. Exposure is pretty darn good for capturing both prime
> subject and the interior.
>
> Corrected, it looks like something else, with more detail in highlights
> and shadows, possibly a more recent, digital
> shot. Still tells the story, but it looks perhaps more like it was shot at
> a different altitude, latitude and/or on a
> slightly overcast day.
>
> What I particularly like about my version is the way it brings up the
> finished work hanging in the shadows. For a
> production version, I'd likely let the stony ground go a little lighter,
> but leave her about as she is.
>
> Shadowy Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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