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imported_Tanja
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Postby imported_Tanja » Wed May 01, 2013 4:47 pm

This little guy had his 15th birthday a few days before...
Raw conversion, channel blendings, cm + sharpen.

Greetings, Tanja
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Postby imported_artmar » Sat May 04, 2013 9:12 pm

Today my wife asked me to take a photo of the rear of our garden. The converted RAW file was very contrasty, so, in view of this week's assignments,  I used an inverted L-channel as a contrast mask, adjusted colour in CM, and then sharpened. (Unfortunately, the reduction in file size reduces the flower detail quite a bit, but you can get the idea.)

Cheers,
Art
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Postby imported_Tanja » Sat May 04, 2013 9:41 pm

Hi Art,

wow, you have a wonderful garden. So much nice flowers.
Wish I could come for tea.
Is this a hdr? Looks a little bit like that.

Greetings, Tanja

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Postby ggroess » Sat May 04, 2013 9:47 pm

Art,
The color variation and depth look wonderful.  I hope your time here has added that to your tool box.
I too would like to come over for tea...

Greg

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Postby imported_artmar » Sat May 04, 2013 9:58 pm

You're both invited for tea (and scones).
Thanks to you both.

Tanja, not HDR, entirely the effect of the contrast mask. A JPEG of the minimally adjusted RAW file is attached.

Greg -- it certainly has. I'd go further and say it's created the tool box (but it's also made me understand that the box itself gets bigger and bigger so that it's never nearly filled.)

Cheers,
Art
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Postby ggroess » Sat May 04, 2013 10:02 pm

I'm Glad...

It makes my day thanks!
Greg

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Postby imported_Tanja » Sat May 04, 2013 10:54 pm

Ahh, contrast mask! You are addicted like me, it seems  ;)
I used it on nearly every picture of this week and playing with the channels (overdone it at the pilot-picture  ;)  ).
Is this the "bigger hammer"-version with a layer, which darkend up? I tip on "no".
Definitely a hdr-look-alike and I really like it.
Thanks again to Dan, to bring this up!

Same opinion: tool-box grows a lot the last weeks.

Greg, let's find a time together for tea by art!  ;)

Greetings, Tanja


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Postby imported_artmar » Sat May 04, 2013 11:07 pm

Yes, I agree, -- good for Dan for bringing it up, and then for Greg who investigated and deepened and extended it.
It's a great tool in conjunction with CM masks.

I'll get the kettle out now...

Cheers,
Art

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Postby imported_artmar » Tue May 14, 2013 8:38 pm

Hello all--
When my wife and I were in Devon last fall, I took a photo of a 13th century church. It was mid-day, and the bright sun overhead was very harsh, and seemed to drain the colours from everything.  Before taking Greg's CM course I tried hard to restore the colour, at least as it looked in my mind's eye, without much success. So, I had another try in CM over the past last two days and this is what I came up with.  (One thing I may change in the future: decrease the saturation of what are in the enhanced version reddish orange patches in the church -- they shouldn't be so conspicuous I think.) 

Cheers,
Art
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Postby imported_Tanja » Tue May 14, 2013 11:13 pm

Hi Art,

huh, hard to say, which one is better. I like the contrast and the colors of the church from the first one, and the lighter version of the plants in the second one. Is there maybe a possibility to bring these points together in one picture, without having two pictures painted together?
Wonderful church! I agree with the reddish orange. Too "light" for an old church like this in my feeling.

Greetings, Tanja


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