woodyspedden Posted January 29, 2007 Share #41  Posted January 29, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) One last try to get the saturation close to the original image.  Woody Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/14710-how-to-make-this-photo-better/?do=findComment&comment=156183'>More sharing options...
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Hans Roggen Posted January 29, 2007 Share #42 Â Posted January 29, 2007 Hope removing the pole is not heresy on this forum! Â [sarcasm]Wow, you can hardly see where it used to be[/sarcasm] Â Â Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrisc Posted January 29, 2007 Share #43  Posted January 29, 2007 My remark was not intended to be sarcastic if I have offended you I am truly sorry.  Best   Melvin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 29, 2007 Share #44  Posted January 29, 2007 Okay ready for a masterpiece. Yes i am patting my own back here. This rocks now.  Look VERY carefully here Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/14710-how-to-make-this-photo-better/?do=findComment&comment=156212'>More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted January 29, 2007 Share #45 Â Posted January 29, 2007 Hey Guy--nice retouching, man! I bet you're just about cross-eyed right now from using the darned clone stamp, though LOL!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 29, 2007 Share #46 Â Posted January 29, 2007 I'm joking of course. Took 15 minutes to get it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 29, 2007 Share #47 Â Posted January 29, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yes I am seeing 4 M8's . Hmmm that maybe a good thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorflow Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share #48  Posted January 29, 2007 Wow, that has been really fun. Thanks all for your help. I did some more Kelvin and color adjustments in C1LE and here they are. I am pretty happy with these now - pretty much what I remember that day, end of a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky, sun setting fast, everything appeared golden, saw my favorite horse (the tan one) under the oak on my way home, pulled over wishing I had my 90 or 135 with me. But the 75 performed admirably.  Guy, may I have a uncompressed file of your masterpiece?  I do have question about gray card, wouldn't it adjust the white balance to look like the photo was taken during the middle of the day?  Again thanks everyone, Alan Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/14710-how-to-make-this-photo-better/?do=findComment&comment=156283'>More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 29, 2007 Share #49  Posted January 29, 2007 Alan send me a e-mail for you send it .com my e-mail is guymancuso at cox.net  it really looks good on screen bet a print would be really nice of it. i will give it a few more retouches Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorflow Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share #50 Â Posted January 30, 2007 Thanks Guy. got it. Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 30, 2007 Share #51 Â Posted January 30, 2007 You like it. I thought about his afterward a nice big white puffy cloud in the top right would be reall nice and also balance the image. Oh and stay away from power lines, geez what a nightmare air brushing those out even in the tree's. Â Guess no one noticed the horse on the left had no head and was hiding behind the poll . I cloned the other horse and rotated his head down like he was eating the grass. Lot's of tricks in that one , little blurring on the bottom . Lot's of dodging and burning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted January 30, 2007 Share #52 Â Posted January 30, 2007 @ Guy--I noticed You said it was a masterpiece, and it was! Horse's heads that don't exist!! It looked great! Â @Alan--you're absolutely right--you don't want to shoot a grey card and white balance at sunset, because that will take all the color out of the light and restore it as neutral. So you do need to convert these "by eye" but the nice thing about RAW is that you really can adjust the shot to your memory of the colour, and it's overall impact, too, without messing the shot up too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 30, 2007 Share #53 Â Posted January 30, 2007 I was joking about the masterpiece but thanks and absolutely correct on the grey card but also you can white balance it too than go back in and play with your color temp and lower it down to get a nice warm effect. I played with the color temp on this than the sky was a little cyan and i replaced it to more blue. As Melvin says it was Guyvia style , i liked his B&W too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorflow Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share #54 Â Posted January 30, 2007 Guy, this is really great work!!! You must have 20-20 eye sight and a surgeon's steady hands to get rid of the power lines in the trees. Â Is this type of posting for help OK? I really had fun. If it is, I'd like to post another one - this time involving flesh tone in late afternoon. ( I guess I have a thing about the setting sun). Â Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 30, 2007 Share #55 Â Posted January 30, 2007 I think stuff like this is great excercise for people to learn and see what can be done. Frankly this is how you REALLY learn to be a photographer is by doing. I'm sure many Pro's would agree with me on this. Obviously this is a site that is sponsored by leica and there rules apply to what is being posted and in what context. If we kept this related to the M8 and technical aspects than i believe we are okay here. Personally i like these kinds of things instead of my lens is better than your lens. Although i do like the gear talk but the ART part is more fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyspedden Posted January 30, 2007 Share #56 Â Posted January 30, 2007 Yes I am seeing 4 M8's . Hmmm that maybe a good thing. Â as always Guy you are at the cutting edge. But for my eyes, are the blues too saturated now. As I look at the top edges of the trees i see blue rendering along the edges. Maybe me but i think this is an anomaly. Â Please help me understand where my eyes are not correct! Â Woody Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 30, 2007 Share #57 Â Posted January 30, 2007 Woody I noticed that too looks like fringing up there , it was there before i took the cyan and made it bluer. Let me look at the raw again. i did burn up in the sky also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 30, 2007 Share #58 Â Posted January 30, 2007 It was me i messed up. I used Edmunds new linear profile which is fine but I had it on Film standard instead of linear response. My bad, and I warned everyone not to do this on the other thread and i did it. Too much in a hurry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 30, 2007 Share #59  Posted January 30, 2007 Here Woody this was the correct way. Good catch  of course without all the extra's Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/14710-how-to-make-this-photo-better/?do=findComment&comment=156564'>More sharing options...
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