PJ, Looks pretty good for such a high contrast scene. I don't know how I feel about that short column on the left. The textures of the wall are pretty interesting and the snow looks cold! Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:42 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I was looking back over some of my early digital images shot with the > *ist-D, when I was still feeling my way with digital exposure. I made a lot > of mistakes but a bit of work makes some of the images almost salvageable. > This one looks a lot better on my desktop than on my laptop, I guess I've > calibrated one better than the other. Not sure which though. This was taken > back when the 28-200mm hadn't been so beat up that it couldn't produce a > fairly sharp image across the full APS-C frame. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20www2005.html > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-D/w smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 > > Notes: The highlights in this were pretty blown out as the dynamic range of > the scene really exceeded the sensor's range by quite a bit. I was able to > get some them back using the Dynamic Range expansion tool in Pentax Digital > Photo Utility. I then imported the image into my ancient version of > Photoshop and made a minor sharpening and curves tweak then converted to B&W > using the Photomatic B&W Plus Plugin. Added a grain layer, (from a frame of > actual developed and scanned B&W film) to add a bit of texture to the blown > highlights more than anything, added a curves adjustment layer to increase > contrast because adding the grain layer kills some of the contrast, resized > for the web and then adjusted the micro contrast. Then a Platinum tone, > because I always liked the idea of platinum printing. Whew, still not > perfect but maybe good enough for the web. > > It was a very cold, and I do mean very cold day... > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > > -- > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid > a lengthily search. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
