Right, Chris... Rub our noses in it.
Rick, just in from scraping the windshield.
On Jan 15, 2015 5:02 PM, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >Flash no
> >Contrast and/or black slider certainly - then adjust midtones and
> >highlights to taste
> >
>
> I did apply an 81A and then 81B warming filter by way of FilterSim,
but it did not help matters much. I maybe should have encroached on
overexposing the image and later correcting back.
>
> As you saw in the last photo, there was quite a bit of overcast,
which was a few thousand feet thick. We rarely see this out here, and I
can only say that I was unprepared for such conditions and failed to take
proper measures to adjust for the adverse light. I'm going to see if I
have a set of 62mm metal stacking caps so I can take a short set of warming
and cooling filters in addition to the polariser.
>
> In striking contrast, we now have clear skies and this weekend the
temperature will be in the mid-70s. Ideal weather for our group cycling
expedition from here to Tucson and back, a distance of some 240 miles.
>
>
>
> >;-)
> >
> >Ph
> >
> >
> >Le 15 janv. 15 à 22:43, Chuck Norcutt a écrit :
> >
> >> No, I don't think a flash was necessary. The light level was pretty
> >> low and a bit on the blue side. I think a little bit of extra
> >> contrast would make a big difference. If you want to brighten them
> >> a bit and move then a little toward yellow that would probably also
> >> help. But they're not daylight balanced pictures... and they don't
> >> need to be. That light has its own useful characteristics.
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>
> >> On 1/15/2015 9:16 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> The gray weather of the approaching cold front has left your photos
> >>>> lacking in contrast. They could do with a little boost.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Yes, you're right. When I reviewed these after returning home
> >>> I realised that I should have used the flash at the lowest power
> >>> setting to as to provide a more sufficient light spectrum. They
> >>> came out looking like something out of "The Lathe of Heaven" where
> >>> Steve Orr turned everyone into a uniform gray so as to eliminate
> >>> racial discrimination.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> >>> - Hunter S. Thompson
> >>>
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