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09/16/2006 08:05:30 PM |
| Hopefully this location is close to you and you can retake the shot. In fact you might want to take several at various times of day... a night shot with lights reflected in the water might be wonderful. Even as it is, it's lovely. |
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09/16/2006 03:05:19 PM |
| I'm one of those that actually like blown highlights. And I think this is indeed a marvelous shot! It conveys to me the peacefulness and quiet coolness that I'm sure you experienced on your walk. |
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09/16/2006 11:14:08 AM |
I agree that the sidewalk on the right is blown and detracts from the rest of this excellent image. That doesn't mean it can't be fixed by someone that knows Photoshop though.
When you are shooting from within a dark area into a lighted area, even if it doesn't look like it to your eyes, you are going to get a situation like this. The reason is the high contrast between your shadow area and your lightest highlight area (the sidewalk). In some cases, even film might not have the lattitude to cover both areas successfully. What I do is take 2 or more pictures. I'll take one metered for the shadows, one metered for the highlights and if the lattitude is several fstops apart I'll take one for the mid-tones. I think combine all the images in Photoshop using a action I got from Fred Miranda's site (his action does it a lot smarter and quicker than I could ever do) which takes the best parts of all images and combines them into one.
You can do this with one image as well... take two copies and adjust one for the shadows. Then take the 2nd copy and adjust it for the highlight area. Then merge the two together. Photoshop CS2 has the builtin HDR feature that can do this although I've not used it yet. I just use my action.
It's a great shot and I think it's worth your time in trying to tone down the sidewalk a bit and see if you can bring out it's full potential.
Mike |
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09/16/2006 10:33:21 AM |
| What blown highlights? Beautiful composition. Reminds me of an Asian moon bridge. |
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09/16/2006 10:13:45 AM |
| To be honest I don't think the blown highlights is that big of an issue here. It could use a bit of sharpening, but other than that it's a very pleasing image. |
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