California dreaming

[Angelo]

A stroll around the neighborhood yesterday... some attempts at adjusting curves, wb, etc. Still learning the program stuff.

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[Cosmic]

I really like the third one! The composition and the fog around the moutains-- breathtaking!

I'd like to see the front trees sharpness, or maybe saturation adjusted a tiny bit. Just to stand out a smidgen more from the lighter, foggy mountains.

Again, well done. :thumb

~Heidi~

[Angelo]

I'll give that a try. TFYC



I really like the third one! The composition and the fog around the moutains-- breathtaking!

I'd like to see the front trees sharpness, or maybe saturation adjusted a tiny bit. Just to stand out a smidgen more from the lighter, foggy mountains.

Again, well done. :thumb

~Heidi~

[Matthew Saville]

I'll give that a try. TFYC


I'm thinking, go into selective color and dial down the yellow in yellow. (I'm refering to that third shot) Or maybe the green in gree, I can't tell too well. Digital cameras have issues with green and yellow since those are the colors furthest from the WB settings you can control. Especially green sometimes. Yellow is more of a RGB / sRGB kinda thing, I suspect.

Cheers!

[Angelo]

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[bfjr]

Angelo, Polarizer?? Maybe??

[jwear]

angelo is this silver lake ?? first 2

[Angelo]

angelo is this silver lake ?? first 2No it's Lake Hollywood, up by the sign. For trivia buffs, it's the lake Sheriff Andy Taylor and son Opie are strolling along in the opening credits of the Andy Griffith Show c1960s.

[dkapp]

I think you have a good start here with colors in post processing. Using curves can help make the colors jump out of an image.

A few pointers for your Nikon Capture workflow.

Use the LCH Editor to help get your histogram centered. Using the automatic feature really works well until you get the hang of it. Also raising the Chroma for some of these shots will help with the colors. Just don't go too far, or it will start to blow reds.

When you use curves, the general consensus is a nice gradual, almost "S" shaped curve will really help the colors pop. The only downside is losing shadow detail in the process. The bottom part of the grid (leftmost) is your shadow area. If you find yourself losing too much detail, go ahead and use "D-Lighting" tool to get the detail back while still holding most of the colors. Play with this tool until you get the feel for it & like the results.

If you ever need help w/ the software, send me a message.

Dave

[Angelo]

I think you have a good start here with colors in post processing. Using curves can help make the colors jump out of an image.

A few pointers for your Nikon Capture workflow.

Use the LCH Editor to help get your histogram centered. Using the automatic feature really works well until you get the hang of it. Also raising the Chroma for some of these shots will help with the colors. Just don't go too far, or it will start to blow reds.

When you use curves, the general consensus is a nice gradual, almost "S" shaped curve will really help the colors pop. The only downside is losing shadow detail in the process. The bottom part of the grid (leftmost) is your shadow area. If you find yourself losing too much detail, go ahead and use "D-Lighting" tool to get the detail back while still holding most of the colors. Play with this tool until you get the feel for it & like the results.

If you ever need help w/ the software, send me a message.

Dave
Dave - thank you, I will be taking you up on the offer. The LCH Editor is the most confusing to me. I'll pull up a picture and try some things and get back to you. Thnaks!

[Harryb]

A stroll around the neighborhood yesterday... some attempts at adjusting curves, wb, etc. Still learning the program stuff.





Hey Angelo,

I like the composition in all 3 shots. Good pics. I think you have received enough advice already. When I took a workshop with Ron Reznick he gave us a set of presets for each Nikon camera to be used when processing shots in Capture (its does some initial sharpening, etc). It speeds up my post work. If you want I can e-mail you the presets for the D-70.

[Lucky Hack]

I especially like the first one, there is an unusual sense of quiet and stillness conveyed.
Nicely done. -Ian

[Angelo]

Hey Angelo,

I like the composition in all 3 shots. Good pics. I think you have received enough advice already. When I took a workshop with Ron Reznick he gave us a set of presets for each Nikon camera to be used when processing shots in Capture (its does some initial sharpening, etc). It speeds up my post work. If you want I can e-mail you the presets for the D-70.
that would be fantastic, thank you Harry!

[Angelo]

I especially like the first one, there is an unusual sense of quiet and stillness conveyed.
Nicely done. -Ian
Thanks Ian. I too love the 3 compositions but I'm not happy with the color nor light. I'm hoping to learn how to better control these factors. Thanks for looking.