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 by Chica on Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:34 pm
Hi everyone Tom and I are back in Australia after a wonderful holiday and now we are trawling through photos and working out which ones work well! This photo is bugging me... I cant seem to quite get the colours right - the front of the hoodoo seems too bright but if I reduce the contrast the rest of the image seems too dull. I cant seem to get it 'just right'.... and I guess my lack of Photoshop skills aren't really helping! Does anyone have any suggestions? I really like this shot (in theory!!) and I'd like to get it right. 
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by chrisk on Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:45 pm
cathy the image is too small to try and see or edit what you are talking about. what software are you using ?
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by Chica on Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:47 pm
I uploaded it from Red Bubble.... umm, I'll try another versio and see if I can get it bigger. Link to the photo in Red Bubble is http://www.redbubble.com/people/cathyco ... yce-canyon but I will upload again.
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by Chica on Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:50 pm
Take 2.... 
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by -=Monty=- on Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:56 pm
 Depends on the look you're going for. D300|D70|24-70mm|70-200mm VR II|10.5mm Fisheye|70-300VR|50mm F1.8|Rokinon 85mm f1.4|SB-900/800/600 flickr
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by Chica on Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:59 pm
I already like it more!!!!! .... what did you do?
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by -=Monty=- on Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:06 pm
Bumped up the highlights and mids a little, added some contrast. Changed the red hue.
There still isn't enough separation between the foreground and background for me though.
Did you shoot raw?
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by Chica on Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:12 pm
Yep, I shot it in raw. I got that bit right  The image I posted was fiddled with, I can post the origianl if you think that would be useful. Appreciate the help
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by surenj on Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:24 pm
Chica wrote:I can post the origianl
Would like to see the original (or TIFF) if you don't mind. Also what look are you looking for? Is your monitor calibrated? Otherwise you might be seeing what others are not.
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by Chica on Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:33 pm
Heres the original, just converted so I could upload it. 
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by -=Monty=- on Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:34 pm
We can get a lot more out of post processing a RAW than a JPG. Not so much you can do to a JPG, not enough information in them.
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by Chica on Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:35 pm
If you like I could email the RAW file? Not sure if I can upload it.
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by -=Monty=- on Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:41 pm
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by surenj on Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:44 pm
I tried with your jpg but it's so small. If you are worried about uploading the RAW file (since someone can steal it etc) post up a LARGE jpeg somewhere like mediafire and send us (or other interested parties) the link in PM. Delete the mediafire file after everyone concerned has downloaded a copy. One has to be careful throwing RAW files around in the web... 
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by aim54x on Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:33 pm
Can i say that i dont like the change in the colours in Monty's version? Too yellow/orange for me.
if i have time I may have a crack at a RAW/TIFF
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by aim54x on Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:34 pm
 I dont have colour calibration set up so my colours may be off....*ducks* Cameron Nikon F/Nikon 1 | Hasselblad V/XPAN| Leica M/LTM |Sony α/FE/E/Maxxum/M42Wishlist Nikkor 24/85 f/1.4| Fuji Natura BlackScout-Images | Flickr | 365Project
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by aim54x on Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:37 pm
surenj wrote::ot: Cameron you are in desperate need of calibration. Your contrast is quite off.
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by surenj on Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:57 pm
Hmm.. Cameron, Now that I have checked this image out, I think I am going to take back that comment. This was one difficult image to work with!!  The problem that I identified was the color scheme does not match. The un-natural orange doesn't go with the sky. The clouds are slightly blown. The dark greens add to the horrid colors! [Also the light is harsh and not that nice] Can I convince you to go BW Cathy?   Last edited by surenj on Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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by Chica on Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:32 am
I really appreciate all of the wonderful people who have had a play with my photo. All of you have made it look sooooo much more effective. As for black and white.... well, I'll give it a go!!!
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by biggerry on Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:23 pm
The image is a bit of trick to the eye, the image looks like it was shot into the sun, however the face of the phallic rock is so bright it gets confusing where the light is coming from. Here is my quick edit - I went for trying to reproduce the realism in the scene as I would imagine it. If you need a detailed edit process let me know and i'll type it in. Basically selectively darkened the phallic rock, underexpsoed the scene, contrast and brightness... 
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by Chica on Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:38 pm
Hi Gerry Thanks so much.... really like your version too! Its fabulous having some different ideas and then playing with my original in PS. Really appreciate your help 
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by biggerry on Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:04 pm
Chica wrote:Hi Gerry Thanks so much.... really like your version too! Its fabulous having some different ideas and then playing with my original in PS. Really appreciate your help
in hindsight, I think mine needs a bit more to make it pop...
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Cameron you are in desperate need of calibration. Your contrast is quite off. 
