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    Sorry for posting a similar image twice, but Jonathan brought up a good point in the original post. I would like your take on the processing (feel free to take the original and process and repost). All I did was warm it up a bit and brought back some details in the whites.

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    And the original straight out of camera.

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    Hi Miguel,

    I took the first image in PS. That's what came out of it. :))
    Curves ( mask . selective ), as good I can so far :)


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    Hi Miguel, I do think the fundamental issue with the image, is that it's just too tight, both to the LHS & bottom. You need to give you subject a little more latitude for cropping, unless you get the crop 'bang on' in camera.

    I would drop Roger Clark a PM on how to set up a link, where members can download the RAW file for processing purposes only. A web size file is OK for general direction or pointers, but I think you are look perhaps for a bit more?

    This may also be better suited for ETL Forum and therefore may get moved, but lets see. If you are able to set the link up i will gladly take a look too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Hi Miguel, I do think the fundamental issue with the image, is that it's just too tight, both to the LHS & bottom. You need to give you subject a little more latitude for cropping, unless you get the crop 'bang on' in camera.

    I would drop Roger Clark a PM on how to set up a link, where members can download the RAW file for processing purposes only. A web size file is OK for general direction or pointers, but I think you are look perhaps for a bit more?

    This may also be better suited for ETL Forum and therefore may get moved, but lets see. If you are able to set the link up i will gladly take a look too.

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    Thanks for the input Steve. Truly appreciated. I can host the original file through dropbox and provide a link if that works. Let me know.

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    Hi Miguel, if you want to fire the RAW file off via Dropbox then fine.

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    Miguel,

    Anette did a good job bringing out the detail in the house lacking in the previous attempts.

    To me the composition is a problem. The horse is to tight in the lower left of the frame. The large tree does not balance well with the horse. It looms over him, diminishing him. ANd because the tree is out-of-focus and so prominent in the image, it detracts by drawing the viewers eye to it more then the horse.

    To me a better approach here would have been to concentrate on the horse with a tighter composition. Either whole body shots, torso shots or portrait shots.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Hi Miguel, if you want to fire the RAW file off via Dropbox then fine.

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    Steve, just sent the Raw (NEF) file over.

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    Hi Miguel, if you park the space issue to one side, I do think now, looking at the RAW there is a 'critical' sharpness issue to the subject. Applying some high/low sharpening at the initial stage (personal preference) I had to apply a lot more that I normally do, at least a third again? The techs look OK, so you might want to check the calibration of the lens & camera.

    I've not tried to replicate exact colour as I couldn't, so this was set to 'daylight'. I also just brushed in some exposure, highlights & a little contrast into the horse. Stems and blades of grass which caused highlights were very roughly doctored. I also cropped tighter to give more emphasis to the subject and to help on the imbalance of space. It can go tighter or wider, personal preference, but you will have the Tiff shortly to play with. Certainly there is more detail now, I think?

    hope this helps.

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