Douglas Bolt
08-21-2008, 06:27 PM
Canon 5D, 24-105 @ 24, f22, .8 sec, +/- 0, ISO 50, slight crop, tripod.
This is the middle image out of three that I had intended to process via HDR, but I didn't like my results from either CS3 or Photomatrix.
PP included Threshold to set RGB black and white points at 10 & 245, Screen Blending to bring out the shadow detail (didn't like my efforts with reverse contrast curve), Selective color and H/S to bring out yellows in the bushes and moss, selected highlights and did a Multiply blend per Robert's suggestion on my previous waterfalls post to tone down the highlights (good tool!), some selective sharpening, resize, output sharpening.
The harsh, direct light was more of a challenge in this image that the previous waterfall. I'm not sure this image has much to offer other than to illustrate the nature of the falls. Maybe someone will see some potential.
This is the middle image out of three that I had intended to process via HDR, but I didn't like my results from either CS3 or Photomatrix.
PP included Threshold to set RGB black and white points at 10 & 245, Screen Blending to bring out the shadow detail (didn't like my efforts with reverse contrast curve), Selective color and H/S to bring out yellows in the bushes and moss, selected highlights and did a Multiply blend per Robert's suggestion on my previous waterfalls post to tone down the highlights (good tool!), some selective sharpening, resize, output sharpening.
The harsh, direct light was more of a challenge in this image that the previous waterfall. I'm not sure this image has much to offer other than to illustrate the nature of the falls. Maybe someone will see some potential.