From: "P. J. Alling"
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.
Without your description, I wouldn't have noticed the blown highlights.
They're not really apparent in a snow scene where you expect the
highlights to be white. It's a good rescue.
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