Hello all! New guy here. I am getting started in the class a bit late, but so what else is new. A little about me- I am an IT pro by day and I have been an avid amateur photographer for about 10 years, and I like photographing nature and wildlife. I live in Massachusetts, and the weather outside is a bit cold (8 deg F this morning) and the light is short. My photography is mostly confined to the weekend now since its dark when I get up and dark when I get home. So I am now concentrating in the digital darkroom, and have come across this wonderful program Curvemeister. I am caught up to week 2's class material and am now starting on week 3's assignments. I have always been fascinated by Curves adjustments but have never had much success. I have already learned a ton! I decided to post this image I tweaked with Curvemeister that I found on the challenge site and would like to get your feedback.
Basically did the following:
- Basic highlight/shadow set points ( in LAB)
- Adjusted neutrals by selecting the waves
- Brought midtones up in the middle of the curve
- Various tweaks to the curve to adjust contrast in various areas (sand, waves, etc.)
- Found quite a bit of noise in the color channels and some weird colors (magenta, etc) so I blurred the color channels in LAB to smooth things out. It seemed to work in this image since the color was the same in so much of the image.
- Had trouble pulling out detail in the mountains, so any suggestions would be appreciated.
Here is my result, please tell me what you think:
