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Postby darb on Mon May 23, 2005 6:37 pm

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and FYI purposes ... this is a JPEG dumped straight out of the nef !





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Postby big pix on Mon May 23, 2005 6:44 pm

number 3 works for me as it has a lot more detail along with the mood of the moment and the right amount of contrast.......... on my screen this on e works for me.

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Postby Killakoala on Mon May 23, 2005 7:53 pm

The last one is better as it has much more saturation. It is visually pleasing.
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Postby Alex on Mon May 23, 2005 7:58 pm

No.2 works for me.

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Postby Geoff on Mon May 23, 2005 8:16 pm

Darb - I think 3 is the business mate. You are very lucky and talented, you have a great area for taking some killer shots and you ALWAYS seem to be out and about shooting!! What do you do for a crust?
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Postby coolbeer6 on Mon May 23, 2005 9:38 pm

hi darb correct me if i am wrong -- is the last one #4 the origanal - and the first #1 with a slight contrast fix ..????
i like the first one the best, as it it is just alittle brighter than the last but still looks verry natural with great colours and a nice contrast ......
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Postby dhess on Mon May 23, 2005 10:00 pm

I like first one too.
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Postby darb on Mon May 23, 2005 10:28 pm

cool beer :

#4 is pretty much straight off the nef. #1 is certain channels and levels boosted.

#2, #3 are actually a bit of dodge/burn use and saturation tool, ontop of what was already done on #1
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Postby darb on Mon May 23, 2005 10:31 pm

geoff : just an IT monkey mate, nothin special, no big bucks here!
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Postby Click on Tue May 24, 2005 3:00 am

darb wrote:geoff : just an IT monkey mate, nothin special, no big bucks here!

And a damn good photoshopper! All credit to your pics mate!
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Postby flipfrog on Tue May 24, 2005 5:35 am

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Postby Nikon boy on Tue May 24, 2005 7:51 am

No 3 looks great to me
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Postby darb on Tue May 24, 2005 9:30 am

Click wrote:
darb wrote:geoff : just an IT monkey mate, nothin special, no big bucks here!

And a damn good photoshopper! All credit to your pics mate!


heh thankyou ... one of the few times i actually pull out a dodge / burn / sponge tool and selectively modify parts ... usually ill stick to overall levels / saturation. I figure the scene is surreal in any case, and besides which, horribly underexposed.

Then again unless I put ISO through the roof, or went for a 4-5 minute exposure I doubt i'd have easily got a good exposure. A couple of them are intentionally dark n moody... but perhaps a little too much (too risky due to the wind, conditions, and CCD heating, with lack of NR due to not having time to run NR jobs onsite.)
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Postby Greg B on Tue May 24, 2005 9:33 am

Number 3 Darb, great shot, well PP'd, fantastic
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