hm1912 Posted July 29, 2006 Share #1 Posted July 29, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Looking up at the famous Azrieli skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. Taken with R9 and 28-90 lens. Black and white print, scanned, very little touch up (I'm not very familiar with photoshop). Thanks for looking. 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/2371-azrieli-in-tel-aviv/?do=findComment&comment=21390'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 Hi hm1912, Take a look here Azrieli in Tel Aviv. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jmr Posted July 29, 2006 Share #2 Posted July 29, 2006 Ilan, good idea nicely shot. Very simple, strong and graphic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share #3 Posted July 29, 2006 Thanks JR. It's one of my favourites. Best, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semrich Posted July 29, 2006 Share #4 Posted July 29, 2006 Ilan, John has said it very nicely, not much more for me to add except that it has shown me an new way to look at photographing tall buildings. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share #5 Posted July 29, 2006 For someone to say that one of my photographs has given a new perspective on how to take a photograph is really a great honour. Thank you Richard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 29, 2006 Share #6 Posted July 29, 2006 This is a lovely shot, but I am going to be hypercritical here. There are what look like finger prints on the print, which spoil the sky. I am sure a little time in PS would sort them out. (Do you print these yourself, Ilan?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share #7 Posted July 30, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Andy: These are pictures that a friend scanned for me from my negs. But I developed them myself (enlarged them too). I didn't notice the fingerprints in the scan until you pointed them out. I've got photoshop but I'm not sure how to remove them. Best, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 30, 2006 Share #8 Posted July 30, 2006 Easily fixed, Ilan, if you have a healing brush in your version of Photoshop. The fingerprints are in a nice smooth area of sky, so should be treatable. (Edit, I have just had a play on your posted image, and, yes, the finger prints disappear very nicely. You might want to have a play with the Levels, too, but it's your call, obviously) Which version of PS do you have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share #9 Posted July 30, 2006 Photoshop CS 8.0 I'll try that later on today Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 30, 2006 Share #10 Posted July 30, 2006 One other thing, there are a lot of faint horizontal lines in the image, probably scanner artifacts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 30, 2006 Share #11 Posted July 30, 2006 One other thing, there are a lot of faint horizontal lines in the image, probably scanner artifacts. They can be healed out too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share #12 Posted July 30, 2006 I noticed those too Steve. All I can say is am I glad the actual prints I made don't have so many glitches! This scanning business is harder than I thought... I've got a bunch of other scans I'll be posting in the near future (I'm super busy with work at the moment -- so unfortnately my time on the forum has decreased of late). Let's hope the other pics don't have the same problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 30, 2006 Share #13 Posted July 30, 2006 Ilan - I'm glad you found some time amid your writing and studies to post this. Most impressive angle giving a an imense feeling of power and size. While "healing" it please try punching it up just a bit -- I'm not sure if that will make it even stronger or not, but it's worth a try. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share #14 Posted July 30, 2006 Hey Stuart, thanks for the kind words. How do I "punch it up"? It was very nice of my friend to scan so many of ny negs for me, so I'll be posting some photos with some regularity before I go away for a bit in August. At this point, playing with photoshop is a welcome distraction from writing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 30, 2006 Share #15 Posted July 30, 2006 Hey Stuart, thanks for the kind words. How do I "punch it up"? It was very nice of my friend to scan so many of ny negs for me, so I'll be posting some photos with some regularity before I go away for a bit in August. At this point, playing with photoshop is a welcome distraction from writing. Just adjust the levels, so that the histogramme spreads over the entire width of the graph. This will improve the blacks and the whites. I did it when I healed the fingerprints and it was an improvement to my eyes, as I said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share #16 Posted July 30, 2006 Is this better? 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/2371-azrieli-in-tel-aviv/?do=findComment&comment=21699'>More sharing options...
vic vic Posted July 30, 2006 Share #17 Posted July 30, 2006 hi ilan very good pic indeed. like it very much. i will also add some critic... it lucks a little punch. i know - the building is about the same color as the sky, but a little leveling and contrast control will be better here. and also, some cleaning is needed too. and ya - scaning is a science too :-)))) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share #18 Posted July 30, 2006 Hi vic, I agree. What I would like to know how to do in photoshop is give it that glossy look as if it were on a print. I'm having a tough time figuring out how optimize the leveling and contrast in photoshop, but then again, I've never really used them before. I've got some good pictures of Haifa too, but they are mostly of family and I haven't scanned them. I've got a few more of Azrieli, I''ll try to get to them next week and give them some more punch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vic Posted July 30, 2006 Share #19 Posted July 30, 2006 hi ilan... im not sure if it works the same on windows but what u do is this: 1. adjustments->level or use key command+L will open the level dialog box. move the sliders to the avalable information. u will need to move the left slider alot as i see. u can do auto-level as well. 2. command-m or adjustment->curves. now point and click on the 3/4 of the dark on the curve line and drag it to make it darker. no worries if all the image gets too dark. the sewcond step is to point and click the 3/4 of the bright and drag it so that the picture will be brighened again. now u will have a much puncheir image. this is a very basic operation. with practice u will take a much better control over it. i highly encourage u to play with curves manually. if u will study it properly u will have great control over the image wether b/w or color. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm1912 Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share #20 Posted July 31, 2006 Thanks Victor, I'll try that. (I've got a Mac so your instructions are crystal clear!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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