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hank moon · Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 840

From Snoqualmie last year

Win · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 403 Location: Toquerville

Last nite LaVerkin Cr behind my house was really flashing. I didn't use a tripod but did open to F13 and 1/3 sec. IS really helped in this case.

Normally this is a few inches deep, running clear.

Win

shagster · Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 541 Location: Somewhere in Utah

Amazing Pictures :hail2thechief: :hail2thechief:

JP · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 4690 Location: Shelton, CT.

tmartenst · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 65 Location: Holladay

Little Cottonwood Creek

sparker1 · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject:

Waterfall of Provo River, taken recently along Mirror Lake Highway. (Used 3 stops of neutral density filter. Still, bright sun will over-expose shots of water.)

JP · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 4690 Location: Shelton, CT.

:2thumbs:

goofball · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject:

one thing i am finding out is i get much beter results shooting w/ my contrast set as low as possible (-4 on my 400d). it has really helped to keep highlights from blowing out and givees me the maximum shadow detail (really a little muddy, but that is where editing comes in). then in post processing i can push my tones around where i want them, bringing down the shadows so they aren;t so muddy yet keeping some detail and texture, while being able to keep the highlights from going bulletproof and losing any texture at all. unless i want to lose texture in either. i prefer having the choice to make myself instead of having it made for me.

CarpeyBiggs · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1739 Location: Fairbanks, AK

Goof, you shooting in RAW?

goofball · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject:

CarpeyBiggs wrote: Goof, you shooting in RAW?

yeah, that way my edits are non-destructive if i wanna print to hang. just using dpp for now unitl i can afford lightroom and probably elements. plus, i have always been about maximum quality and control. i miss control strips, iso and exposure tests, densitometers, all my stinky acids and alkalis that got me coughing blood one summer before i decided to tong it and get a respirator... ahhhhh, good times. good times.

CarpeyBiggs · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1739 Location: Fairbanks, AK

goofball wrote: yeah, that way my edits are non-destructive if i wanna print to hang. just using dpp for now unitl i can afford lightroom and probably elements. plus, i have always been about maximum quality and control. i miss control strips, iso and exposure tests, densitometers, all my stinky acids and alkalis that got me coughing blood one summer before i decided to tong it and get a respirator... ahhhhh, good times. good times.

Yeah, RAW is definitely the way to go. You realize though, that your settings on your camera don't mean anything when you shoot RAW. For instance, your -4 contrast doesn't do anything to the image, except for the preview on the back of your camera.

As for software, I highly recommend Photoshop CS3. Lightroom is good as well, but Photoshop is a necessity if you want to print yourself. The new camera raw 4.2 is pretty impressive stuff.

goofball · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject:

CarpeyBiggs wrote: Yeah, RAW is definitely the way to go. You realize though, that your settings on your camera don't mean anything when you shoot RAW. For instance, your -4 contrast doesn't do anything to the image, except for the preview on the back of your camera.

As for software, I highly recommend Photoshop CS3. Lightroom is good as well, but Photoshop is a necessity if you want to print yourself. The new camera raw 4.2 is pretty impressive stuff.

yeah, i know the shot setting doesn't really matter. it is only one interpretation of the capture, so to speak, right ? the raw can be pushed or pulled post processing to whatever other setting the software has to offer as well.

but it makes a huge difference in my whole work flow by starting out so flat, whether shot flat or bumped down in dpp. i have taken to starting it flat in processing and adjusting my rgb curves as well as my raw. i've found it much easier to start w/ a lifeless image, just data, no interpretation. and from there push my values around to achieve what the image tells me it wants to be.

i trial'd lr and liked it, even though it edits universally. i relly want that local control ! case in point - that damn bush in the upper left of the water fall. it needs to come down. i look at that image and my eye goesa right to it. it is just soooo expensive, this digital world ! and now i'm trying to find an affordable way to scan my old 35mm b/w and still get results i would be pleased w/. NOTHING will ever beat a silver halide print though, in my opinion.

CarpeyBiggs · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1739 Location: Fairbanks, AK

I always find it fulfilling when you discover a new technique that you become really confident with. I really like the final image, and that bush in the corner? I didn't even notice it until you said something. :nod:

goofball · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject:

CarpeyBiggs wrote: As for software, I highly recommend Photoshop CS3. Lightroom is good as well, but Photoshop is a necessity if you want to print yourself. The new camera raw 4.2 is pretty impressive stuff.

just downloaded photoshop cs3. pretty nice.... all the raw edits of lr, plus local control. now that hot spot is tolerable !

Summit42 · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 1937 Location: 127.0.0.1