elansprint72 Posted November 15, 2006 Share #1 Â Posted November 15, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) One of the problems I seem to be facing with digital is the range of contrast; in the "good" old darkroom days I would have burned in the thin bits with a shot like this; what should I do with PS? Bear in mind that I only have PSE 2, should I upgrade the software... I'm sort of waiting for Lightroom (the beta version will not run on ths ancient computer), or.... should I shoot in B&W on my D2, something which I have never done. Help! :eek: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jackart Posted November 15, 2006 Share #2 Â Posted November 15, 2006 something like that? I osed shadows/highlight tool, available in PSE5. Still, subject is quite difficult. Very intense sky and dark shadows. Â -jaak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted November 16, 2006 Share #3 Â Posted November 16, 2006 Shoot RAW and use something more modern that PSE2, which in software terms is ancient. Â You need to be using at least the Curves function, which is not available in PSE2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share #4 Â Posted November 16, 2006 Jaak, Andy, Thanks, that has gone a lot of the way towards what I was aiming for but as you say, a difficult situation, of course it would have been a struggle had I been using something like Pan F. So, two votes for PSE5, looks like I'll have to get my wallet out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted November 16, 2006 Share #5 Â Posted November 16, 2006 Pete, Â obviously, with digital you need to protect the highlights as you take the shot, and trust that if there's not too much tonal range you'll be able to get at the detail in the shadows in post processing. Â What I'd do is create a mask for the left side and a complementary one for the right, and use levels, altering especially the mid-point, to get an overall effect like you saw at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted November 16, 2006 Share #6  Posted November 16, 2006 Pete  Don't know if you need to get the wallet out quite yet. In RAW you should be able to achieve some good results use Lightroom Beta which I use almost exclusively shooting in RAW with my D-LUX 2.  LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted November 17, 2006 Share #7 Â Posted November 17, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) I agree with Louis - but occasionally I feel the need for perspective correction which Lightroom doesn't have (yet?). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lykoudos Posted November 17, 2006 Share #8 Â Posted November 17, 2006 Hello Jaak, Â Impressing admission in completed perspective and composition. I believe, you have the perfect searchsee from birth. Â Wolfgang (PM grey hammertone, 2,8/28; 1,4/50; 2/90) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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