Thanks, it's a 10 second exposure, which is why the clouds and water are amorphous. There was just enough wind that it was difficult to keep the tripod completely stable for that long, this was the best of a dozen tries. I have others at 3 to 4 seconds that were easier to capture, but didn't quite have the same effect.
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Originally posted by Katy Lied View PostLike your photoshop edit. Creamy.
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Just iPhone pics. But I'm not sure I could have done much better with my SLR setup. Silver Falls State Park is amazing. Some of the falls rival those I've seen in Hawaii."...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
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Originally posted by Northwestcoug View PostJust iPhone pics. But I'm not sure I could have done much better with my SLR setup. Silver Falls State Park is amazing. Some of the falls rival those I've seen in Hawaii.
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This took about 5 minutes in Lightroom. And that's just using the posted jpeg, I'm sure the original is higher resolution, and more could be done with it, especially the waterfall.
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And number 2, which I don't like as much, a lot of areas of pure black that can't be recovered (at least easily). Shoot RAW with a DSLR and you'd be surprised what's hiding in the shadows (though you have to deal with noise issues). I'm by no means an image manipulation expert, there is a whole lot that can be done with Photoshop and I've heard good things about the NIK plugins which I may have to purchase some day for the detail recovery tools. Lightroom wasn't too hard to learn the basics, you can improve quite a bit in just adjust 9 sliders that are grouped together.
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Thanks SF. I really should make the jump to RAW. It's just too easy to manipulate jpgs when you have a lot of MBs to work with."...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
- SeattleUte
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Originally posted by Northwestcoug View PostThanks SF. I really should make the jump to RAW. It's just too easy to manipulate jpgs when you have a lot of MBs to work with.
Many (possibly most) professional photographers consider the source image the canvas from which they will produce art. "A photograph is made, not taken." -- Ansel Adams. The pictures above were processed very quickly and I just copied the pixels from the screen to my computer (not a good place to start). I used some basic "dodging and burning" to selectively lighten some areas and darken others, I brushed out some highlights on some trees (too much light reflection from the sun). Raised the saturation just slightly, upped vibrance (which selects only unsaturated pixels and adds saturation), upped the clarity (which looks for edges and does a very controlled contrast adjustment at the boundary). Sharpened a bit, removed noise from areas where dark areas were lightened. Used tone curve to selectively lower the exposure on just the whitest pixels (waterfalls).
I'm an amateur, but I've recently printed some of my own for use in the home, the largest was 24 x 36, and then some that are 20 x 30. When images get that big, it's a whole different ball game. The most I ever learned about what I'm actually doing didn't occur until I had some images printed at 8 x 12 at Costco. It's something like $1.25 per print for this. Find your favorite 8 pictures you've taken and have Costco print them at 8 x 12. $10 very well spent.
You want to see what a pro does? Look here: http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2014/...-blonde-chick/
The second image cycles between the original and what Mr. Morris refers to as the "optimized" image. I love successful artists with egos, because they've earned the right to be arrogant. I view the arrogance as passion, and you can learn a ton from passionate people that have turned that passion into success.
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Part of the allure of that sequence is that I can't tell if the background includes some sky, or if it's all water."I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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Originally posted by Pelado View PostPart of the allure of that sequence is that I can't tell if the background includes some sky, or if it's all water.
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