TonyW Posted July 18, 2006 Share #1 Â Posted July 18, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Albufeira, Portugal. M6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Hi TonyW, Take a look here Gaudy colours. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wda Posted July 18, 2006 Share #2 Â Posted July 18, 2006 Tony this is an interesting and colourful building, but I wonder if your rendering is spot on? The sky is inky black and the pastel colour betray symptoms of incorrect white point. Is this straight from the camera or have you made some adjustments? Â David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted July 18, 2006 Share #3 Â Posted July 18, 2006 Tony, I tried to find a white point in your image; very difficult. But a slight adjustment in levels improved your image on my monitor. Is your monitor calibrated? Â Not sure if I have attached it properly. The procedure has changed since the old forum. Â David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 18, 2006 Share #4 Â Posted July 18, 2006 Tony - Â Terrific strength to the geometrics and bold swatches of color, but IMHO I agree with Dave that it needs some adjustment. Dave's version has more impact without seeming false. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted July 18, 2006 Share #5  Posted July 18, 2006 Tony,  this building would be perfect shot in black and white  Just kidding; nice picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share #6 Â Posted July 19, 2006 David, Â Thanks for your comment (and others). The shot is from neg scanned by my local deveolper without any adjustment. I'm not familiar with the term 'white point', could you elaborate ? I do see the difference. Â Cheers, Â Tony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 19, 2006 Share #7 Â Posted July 19, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Tony - Â All of the picture adjustment software I've seen have a tool to let you sample (usually by an icon of an eyedropper) a very small specific part of a photo to use that as a reference in automatically adjusting the white balance, and thereby, the overall color. Typically it is a "white point" or "gray point". By this I mean a portion of the photo at least as big as the opening on the eyedropper that shows as gray or white on the photo, and should be gray or white. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted July 19, 2006 Share #8 Â Posted July 19, 2006 Interesting. Although I am only a novice my reaction to the first picture was that it must have been taken on a digital camera because the picture was dull - a problem I've noticed with my own D-LUX 2. However, the change in white balance has created an eyecatching image. Â LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted July 20, 2006 Share #9 Â Posted July 20, 2006 Tony, Stuart has answered your question before I could get back to you. Â Learning how to improve images cannot be done instantly. I have a collection of books which I constantly refer to and use as inspiration to learn new techniques. It is a neverending quest to improve one's knowledge. Â Finding a white point in your image was difficult because there is hardly any white! I ringed and enlarged a tiny section at the bottom of the frame and magnified it until I could see the pixels. One pixel came near to being what I assumed should be white. I sampled it with a white eyedropper and the improvement is seen instantly. If it is not to your liking, you can back out and start again. However, the main improvement came from sliding the highlight marker in Levels to the left until it met the end of the histogram. That produced a remarkable improvement. Try it on your image. Â Good Luck! Â David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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