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Tiffany Hix
{K:5012} 3/25/2005
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That looks great with the lighted areas. Thanks for all your help and suggestions!
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David Hofmann
{K:22223} 3/25/2005
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wow, how could I have missed this one! Very beautiful. Those low clouds really make a difference. Intensifing the ground would probably be a very good idea.
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Rob Graziano
{K:6678} 3/23/2005
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I totally agree and very much respect your work. I am just struggling with the whole concept that I was talking about. I am very new at the UF but I really, really love it and have taken the suggestions to heart.
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 3/23/2005
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Rob, first thank you for the open minded but unagitated discussion - some people get really excited over this issue... It is of course Tiffany who decides what to convey with the photo, it`s not our job. It was only a proposal, an idea what I would do if it was my shot. But I think that is UF for - to show your work and get feedback from others, right ?
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Rob Graziano
{K:6678} 3/23/2005
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Carsten, Your work is amazing and I believe it is true art. I certainly don't want to stir up an argument that has gone on since the beginning of photography and I do know how our eyes compensate for lighting that the camera simply can't do I am just posing it out for people that in this particular scene if that is what it looked like in person. People can do all of things suggested to enhance/change the picture and we would know that it didn't look like that, I am just asking..."because we can do a thing doesn't mean we should do that thing" And I do believe the artist needs to ask themselves, "What emotion am I trying to convey/evoke with my photograph" What do you think?
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 3/23/2005
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Rob, old discussion. But are you sure that the dark foreground was that what the eye saw at that moment ? We all know the phenomenon that we see a contrasty scenery and are disappointed when our camera does not reproduce that (subjective !) impression. The reason is that our eyes correct "exposure" quickly with our iris when we look at bright parts and then at dark parts of a scenery, and the camera is "objective" in the sense that the camera shows the lighting "as is". Dodging and burning is not an invention of digital photography, it was a tool for film photography also (Ansel Adams used it heavily...)
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Rob Graziano
{K:6678} 3/23/2005
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Tiffany...we all have our opinions and mine is...I really like the picture just the way it is. To me lightening the foreground is ok if your not trying to present what you saw but what "Could Be" It is so easy to mess with photo in the digital world and it is neat to do so but I think we all must ask ourselves what we are trying to convey; What "we saw" or what "we would like to see" Sorry for the diatribe but I like your pic just the way it is because I have a feeling that was reality.
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Alex Pieroni
{K:15506} 3/22/2005
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Great landscape!
A superb sky effect, I like it.
Well done.
Alex
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Marco Grandi
{K:16680} 3/22/2005
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Wow!!Magnificient sky,Tiffany!!
Fantastic clouds formation!!
Congrats,a very beautiful view!
A big kiss,Marco.
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 3/22/2005
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Voilą:
Duplicate the background layer
For selective layer adjustment, select on the top layer only the forground with the marquee select tool
Image > Adjustment > Levels
You see a narrow peak around the darker tones: adjust the highlights with the right slider (for my taste, 117 level is ok)
Adjust contrast a bit with the middle slider > for my tast, 0,80 is ok
Leave the Levels dialog (dont apply it)
Deselect the marquee tool
Again, open the levels dialog and put the sliders to the selective values (0,80, 117)
Apply the Layers
Add a layer mask, hide all
Paint with the white brush (opacity, flow about 30%), unmask what you want to be lightened
If you like more vivid colors, set the blending mode to Color Dodge (optional)
Flatten
Thats it !
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Tiffany Hix
{K:5012} 3/22/2005
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Carsten, thanks for your comment. I'm new to using Photoshop and using 7. I know CS has a handy dandy shadow/highlight adjustment but haven't figured it out in PS7. Do you know how I could do that in 7?
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 3/22/2005
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An awesome cloudscape, good idea the panoramic format / cropping. Exposition is spot on for the sky, but I would second that what Margaret said about the foreground. If you don`t mind the manipulation, I would create an uneven lighting for the ground, makes certainly more suspense than just make a general shadow/highlight adjustment there (PS: copy the background layer, shadow/highlight adjustment for the copy, then add a layer mask and unmask with the brush or radial gradient tool)
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Gregory McLemore
{K:35129} 3/22/2005
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Beautiful work.
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Hanggan Situmorang
{K:37833} 3/22/2005
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Very nice composition, Tiffany. Might want to add a little contrast on the mountains a little, imho..:)
Good work, my friend, congrats!
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Margaret Sturgess
{K:49403} 3/22/2005
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What an awesome sight, fanatastic sky, like the panoramic composition. Only thing I might have tried would be a tiny bit of lightening up of the foreground, but it may also take away some of the dramatic look of it
Margaret
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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 3/22/2005
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great panoramic Mary
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Andrew Aldridge
{K:949} 3/22/2005
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This is a great landscape!
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