Prong Horned Antelope
Missouri river.jpg by Leigh Cojocar, on Flickr
This guy walked towards me as I had my truck parked on the road, crossed right in front of me and then just kept on walking as if I wasn't even there.
Adjustments in LR, Crop,Sharpen,highlights,shadows,whites,blacks,clar ity. Canon 60D, 70-200mm,ISO 200,1/800,f4.5.
All comments and critique always welcome and appreciated, especially on the editing.
Thanks.
Hi Leigh, looking at the image overall, it looks a little 'light'. Importing the image back into LR and adjusting the Exposure sliders brings back much more tone, depth & detail, although the 'traffic lights' in the Histogram still indicate clipping, but nothing serious. I would also look at a 2 degree CW rotation, however unless you have more image area all around it does create a slight issue then in cropping, however the horizon will then be level. I like the pose/look back, but a bit more space to the left, or just re cropping would help IMHO. Upping the ISO to 400 would have given you more SS and so increase you DOF to say f/8, f/4.5 is a little shallow I feel. No visible here, but adjusting the Exp highlights a sharpening halo along the bridge of the nose. I would also watch the blue coming through on the white rump too.
Hope this helps.
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Hi Leigh - I like the wide open field and feel to this. I too immediately noticed that it needs some rotation and the blue in the whites by the rump. I also would have gone for more dof in the field. It does seem a little thin and Steve's suggestions for pp will take care of that.
TFS,
Rachel
Alright, I took your guys advice and revamped the picture. I think one of my issues is I might need to get a monitor calibrator.
I followed a tutorial on here how to get your image ready for web, but It had me sharpen the image twice at 300/.3/1 and then at 100/.2/0 and I think it really over sharpened it.
Edit: Maybe it just looked over done on the Raw file, doesn't seem to have the same effect on the Jpeg.
I love photography but the editing aspect of it is going to be the death of me.
Last edited by Leigh Cojocar; 09-23-2013 at 11:57 PM.
I'm just gonna throw this one up as a second test to see how the photoshop auction works with sharpening
Leigh, if you do not calibrate your monitor on a regular basis, or when it tells you to do so, then it doesn't matter how good the image is, as you need to have a constant basis/platform to work from. Calibrating you monitor is absolutely must and a main role in your Workflow.
ALL digital images require sharpening, fact! However, each image needs to be taken on it's own merits and therefore sharpening figures may vary depending on the image. Certainly the figures you have highlighted seem way excessive, especially applying it twice. Sharpening should only be applied after your have cropped the image so you are applying it at the actual 'output' size.
No idea what a 'photoshop auction' is?I'm just gonna throw this one up as a second test to see how the photoshop auction works with sharpening
With Digital photography using software like LR/ACR/DPP/Capture One etc is the only option to start the conversion of your RAW files, likewise Photoshop for those final tweaks. It can be a daunting climb, however understand the basics and you are ALL set.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Thank you for your reply Steve.
lol no such thing as a photoshop Auction, but there is a Photoshop Action.
As for the sharpening twice I was just follow a guide by Arthur Morris on prepping a photo for a 800 Pixel Jpeg.
Next we sharpen the image. With 800 pixel images to be used for the web we do two rounds of sharpening. The first round is at 300/.3/1.This is followed by another round at 100/.2/0. These generic settings usually do a great job with digital images; some scanned film images may require an additional round or two of sharpening after the fact. (If you have lots of scanned film images you may wish to create a separate action for those images with higher sharpening settings.) While it is true that a given image may look somewhat better with a bit more sharpening, the amount of time saved by using an action is considerable; I have almost never had an image that looked over-sharpened using the settings above.
Maybe I am misunderstanding it.
I will have to make a Calibrator my next purchase, as I could never get the test strip at the bottom of the page to show a difference in colour in the last 3 blacks, or last 3 whites. You would think you would be able to with a MBP Retina Display.
Thank again.
Leigh, I have been Mac based since the very early 90's and I love them, but the screens are another 'ball game' IMHO. I would have a Mac HD, but a separate make of screen. There has been truck loads of stuff written & questions on screens in the Worflow forum, however it comes down to budget and how much usage it will get, but buy the best you can afford or just wait a few months then buy.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
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