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I was waiting for the City Offices to open the other morning and took a walk around the city. Here's the first 2 results. Any criticism welcome, thanks

Andy

The link below the thumb is bigger...




http://www.sierrafirerescue.com/gallery/urban/sunrise_01.jpg



http://www.sierrafirerescue.com/gallery/urban/three_crosses.jpg

I like the composition of the first one Andy. Find the second a bit underexposed, any reason you picked f22 for that exposure, would have thought you had plenty of depth of field?

Andy - try a contrast mask on the second shot - tried it on your thumbnail and it looks great

sirhc55 wrote:Andy - try a contrast mask on the second shot - tried it on your thumbnail and it looks great

Not sure I know what you mean by this. I tried a few different apertures and this was the most useable. The others were all WAY overexposed. I wasn't sure about the pic in the first place, but like it after...

Andy

atencati wrote:

sirhc55 wrote:Andy - try a contrast mask on the second shot - tried it on your thumbnail and it looks great

Not sure I know what you mean by this. I tried a few different apertures and this was the most useable. The others were all WAY overexposed. I wasn't sure about the pic in the first place, but like it after...

Andy

Andy - Matt. K is the author of the contrast mask at http://forum.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?p=26029&highlight=contrast+mask#26029

I have set up an action PS and can apply it to any image that I feel may benefit from this procedure

wow- I completely missed that thread somehow, thanks. I made an action out of it and will play around with it soon. here are a few more pics from the walk....

#2 should be fixed now....thnx

Andy

A better view of the church

http://www.sierrafirerescue.com/gallery/urban/steeple_01.jpg

I liked the water/sunlight/shadow combo

http://www.sierrafirerescue.com/gallery/urban/fountain_01.jpg

I am fascinated with clocks, watches, etc...

http://www.sierrafirerescue.com/gallery/urban/clock_01.jpg

Arnies house right after dawn

http://www.sierrafirerescue.com/gallery/urban/captiol_01.jpg
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