Glennie Passier
03-10-2016, 09:19 PM
Another crested pigeon on my home made perch. I have a few different species using the perch now. The pigeons are a bit more nervous.
In ACR - Exposure increased by a full stop. White to the right +15, Blacks to the left -17 a touch of vibrance. Yellows and greens desaturated.
IN PSCS6 - Curves Layers adjustment on bird and one on BG. HSL Layer. Cropped. Cloned out some bright spots and dark spots in the BG. NR on BG and smart sharpened for posting.
Some PS questions:- 1. I normally do the NR as a last thing in the workflow. I have seen today where NR should be one of the first things. Is one better than the other?
2. When making a selection, on say, the bird, how much would you feather by, and would you then "contract' by the same amount so the selection doesn't spill out of the bird?
3. Is there a way to copy the selection from one layer to another? e.g. I have made a selection for a HS layer and then want to use the same selection for a curves layer without having to make the selection all over again.
Some ACR questions:- I've been checking my histogram every time I make an adjustment. I have noticed now that I have a lens profile, if I do this first, the histogram can change quite a bit before any adjustments and also cropping first can get rid of a lot of histogram problems. I have been cropping in PS, but on the assumption the histogram is OK from ACR. Should I be making a looser crop first in ACR?
Late afternoon. Once again, the light has beaten me. I need my hours in my day!
Canon 5D2
Sigma 150-600mm @ 200mm
ISO pushed to 1000
SS a slow 1/160 (so not too sharp) @ f8
evaluative metering
Tripod
C&C Always welcomed and appreciated!
In ACR - Exposure increased by a full stop. White to the right +15, Blacks to the left -17 a touch of vibrance. Yellows and greens desaturated.
IN PSCS6 - Curves Layers adjustment on bird and one on BG. HSL Layer. Cropped. Cloned out some bright spots and dark spots in the BG. NR on BG and smart sharpened for posting.
Some PS questions:- 1. I normally do the NR as a last thing in the workflow. I have seen today where NR should be one of the first things. Is one better than the other?
2. When making a selection, on say, the bird, how much would you feather by, and would you then "contract' by the same amount so the selection doesn't spill out of the bird?
3. Is there a way to copy the selection from one layer to another? e.g. I have made a selection for a HS layer and then want to use the same selection for a curves layer without having to make the selection all over again.
Some ACR questions:- I've been checking my histogram every time I make an adjustment. I have noticed now that I have a lens profile, if I do this first, the histogram can change quite a bit before any adjustments and also cropping first can get rid of a lot of histogram problems. I have been cropping in PS, but on the assumption the histogram is OK from ACR. Should I be making a looser crop first in ACR?
Late afternoon. Once again, the light has beaten me. I need my hours in my day!
Canon 5D2
Sigma 150-600mm @ 200mm
ISO pushed to 1000
SS a slow 1/160 (so not too sharp) @ f8
evaluative metering
Tripod
C&C Always welcomed and appreciated!