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    abheekg
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    Dear All
    This is my first posting to this wonderful forum.
    I am starting off by posting 2 pics (one camera jpeg and the other a photoshop edit of the same pic) of a typical scene that you see on Indian Highways.

    When composing the shot, I was looking at a ray of light that was filtering out of the cloudy skies and I tried to create an exact scene as i was looking at it.

    The exif data of my original pic is as follows :

    Exposure Time = 1/320"
    F Number = F11
    Exposure Program = Normal program
    ISO Speed Ratings = 800
    Date Time Original = 2008-07-06 0692
    Shutter Speed Value = 8.32 TV
    Aperture Value = 6.92 AV
    Exposure Bias Value = +1EV
    Metering Mode = Partial
    Flash = Off
    Focal Length = 35mm
    Exposure Mode = Auto exposure
    White Balance = Auto white balance
    Scene Capture Type = Normal
    Contrast = Hard
    Saturation = Normal
    Sharpness = Normal
    Image Type = Canon EOS 20D
    Firmware Version = Firmware 2.0.0


    When I reviewed my image and played around in photoshop ( I am trying to learn photoshop), I came up with the second image.
    I basically did a levels adjustment, slight tweaking to the exposure and experimented with the curves till I got this present edited pic.

    Please do take a look at both the pics and give me your comments. I want to know what settings should I have used to get a pic as I was seeing the scene. Also comment on my photoshopped version and tell me what do you think of it and how it can be made better.
    Better still, you may tweak my original image and come up your edited versions. May I upload a full resolution jpeg of the original as well ?

    I am here to learn.

    warm regards,
    Dr. Abheek Ghosh
    Last edited by abheekg; 07-31-2008 at 05:55 PM.

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    abheekg
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    Here is the original pic again.
    Last edited by abheekg; 07-31-2008 at 05:56 PM.

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    abheekg
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    And here's the photoshopped version

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    Robert Amoruso
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    Image moved from Landscape forum. Please help Dr. Ghosh by offering suggestions and critiquing the image versions as he has requested. A PM was sent to him regarding forum policy on posting multiple images, so that has been covered.

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    Robert Amoruso
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    Dr. Ghosh,

    Welcome to BPN and thanks for posting. The initial problem I see with the exposure is that because you are aiming into the sun, the scene is exhibiting high contrast probably greater then the camera dynamic range. You exposure is biased towards the bright sun so the shadows are low in detail.

    I downloaded the original version and did the following.

    1) Created a background copy and performed a Shadow/Highlight adjustment on it. I increased the shadow amount slider to my liking with a 25% tonal width. I also added some correction with the highlight slider at 25% tonal width. The white correction pixelated the sky greatly - a problem with using S/H on an 8-bit low-res JPG image so I did not try any other corrections to it.

    2) I did a levels correction and set a white point at the brightest point in the sky (white point set at an RGB value of 242) and a black point at the darkest point in the image (black point set at RGB value of 15).

    3) This resulted in a flat looking image so I added a curves adjustment using a modest s-curve.

    4) I then did a selective color adjustment and added 2% black to the black color channel and the neutral color channel. This increase inherent contrast by darkening up the blacks and grays in the image w/o blocking up the shadows.

    If you are creating JPG's only, they are in 8-bit. Photoshop tweaks to these files will result in less then optimum results. I suggest you consider using RAW files. Take a look at this link http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ead.php?t=5598 where Arthur Morris discusses his two main educational resources for digital workflow, The Art of Bird Photography II on CD and Digital Basics PDF file. Both have extensive coverage of Photoshop workflow. You noted you were just starting out with Photoshop and I am sure these resources can help out.

    Your Photoshop'ed version is very interesting and surreal looking and I like it, but I do not feel it is a accurate interpretation of the scene if that is what you are aiming for. My repost attempts a more subdued approach as explained above. I hope this helps you out.

    Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

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