It looks to me as though making the sky blacker is the key difference. It works a lot better.
Very nice shot! Rick On Nov 25, 2013, at 20:12 , Igor Roshchin wrote: > > I reworked the contrast and the levels (black) a bit, and > possibly played with sharpening (although I think that remained almost > the same). > Here is the reloaded version: > http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09639.jpg > > That seems to have made it looking more crisp. > Here is the previous version: > http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09639_1.jpg > > Further comments are still welcome. > > I also did a similar treatment for the second bridge, "Russky": > http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09674.jpg > > > Igor > > > >> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 12:56:25 -0500 (EST) >> From: Igor Roshchin >> >> >> Attila, >> >> The conference was Euro-Asian Symposium "Trends in MAGnetism" >> (EASTMag-2013). It was held on the same campus where APEC was held in >> 2012, on Russky Island. Now it is a campus of Far Eastern Federal >> University.. >> >> As for sharpening, - I am not sure, - I've done some substantial >> sharpening in LR, but I am afraid to oversharpen. >> >> Igor >> >> >> Sun Nov 24 10:56:03 EST 2013 >> Attila Boros wrote: >> >>> Interesting architecture and good composition. A little more >>> sharpening may help. >>> >>> What was the conference about? >> >> >> >> Bruce, >> >> I hope it is not the lens, - at least I haven't seen anything wrong >> with it in other shots since that. Unless, of course, it is the >> night-flare effect. - It is FA-35/2.0. >> >> I don't remember what was the air condition that day. >> Based on all shots from that night, I suspect that it was probably >> a combination of the the city-lights polution with some haze in the air, >> leading to diffuse light in the shot. >> >> Here is the other bridge, "Russky" at a distance: >> http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09674.jpg . It has even more of that haze. >> >> That haze must've spread even into the message, causing the name >> confusion. Don't worry about it... :-) >> >> ("No, I'm not Byrom.. err. Boris, I am, yet, another...") >> :-) >> [Boris will get this reference] >> >> >> Igor >> >> >> >> Sun Nov 24 10:21:12 EST 2013 >> Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> Fascinating view, Boris. Beautiful architecture there. It looks a >>> little indistinct to me though -- lens issues or haze? >>> >> >> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Igor Roshchin <str at komkon.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> Even though some people call Vladivostok "Russian San Francisco", >>> this bridge is not "Golden Gate", but is called "Zolotoy" which means >>> "golden" in Russian. >>> It is called this way because it is built across "Zolotoj Rog" >>> ("Golden >>> Horn") bay. >>> http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09639.jpg >>> >>> >>> It was one of the two bridges built for the 2012 APEC (Asia-Pacific >>> Economic Cooperation) summit. >>> The other one, - "Russky Bridge", built across Eastern Bosphorus >>> strait >>> is seen in the background. >>> That one is the world's longest cable-stayed bridge, with a 1104 m >>> (3622 ft.) long central span. >>> >>> I attended a scientific conference in Vladivostok (on Russky island) >>> two months ago, and had a few chances to take photos that I am going >>> through now. >>> >>> All comments (and suggestions) are welcome. >>> >>> Igor >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > 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.
