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spockling
Apr-04-2005, 11:06 PM
Last one...
http://lonepine.smugmug.com/photos/18970833-L.jpg

Enjoy
Jerry Curtis
Apr-05-2005, 02:49 AM
That is a superb image! The silhouette layered between two lighter bands - the water and the sky - is an excellent design... the colors are wonderful... and the composition couldn't be better, with that tower and windmill adding focal points.
rutt
Apr-05-2005, 04:03 AM
Very nice. Show what an understanding of DM can do, eh?

I suppose you decided not to try to open up the shadow detail here. Would it have been possible, just not desirable?

Sky and water colors are way great.
Angelo
Apr-05-2005, 04:41 AM
beautiful. the light is magical and the contrast between sky and water is great.
bfjr
Apr-05-2005, 05:19 AM
:agree
spockling
Apr-05-2005, 07:33 AM
Thanks All. The "water" is actually ice. I didn't try to open up the shadows. I'll give it a wirl and see what I can come up with.

And in that regard I have a question for Rutt. I've noticed that the shadow/highlight tool works a lot more when used after a curves adjustment. Is it more desirable to do a shadow/highlight adjustment before anything else or does it matter?
spockling
Apr-05-2005, 07:42 AM
Here is the same picture using some shadow/highlight in it. I masked out the tree line of the adjustment to keep the silhouette, but it opened up the shoreline.

http://lonepine.smugmug.com/photos/18991587-L.jpg
ginger_55
Apr-05-2005, 08:15 AM
I like that much better. I seem to see a bit in the rest of the silhouette, too. I am old enough that I remember when details in the shadows was kind of a mandatory thing, so it bothers me when I can't see anything.

I really like your shoreline standing out. It helps that it also stands out from what is behind it. I wouldn't close that out completely, but neither would I open it much more.

ginger
rutt
Apr-05-2005, 08:27 AM
Here is the same picture using some shadow/highlight in it. I masked out the tree line of the adjustment to keep the silhouette, but it opened up the shoreline.

http://lonepine.smugmug.com/photos/18991587-L.jpg

You seem to have answered your own question. I like convert raw->16 bit; shadow/highlight; curves. I find I usually want curves after shadow/hightlight to restore contrast (which shadow/highlight degrades by definition.)