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Edit: 22-04-2008
I need a big canvas print of this so I had to reprocess the whole thing.
Firstly, I merged the 6 shots 2 photos at a time, which resulted in flawless merging of the clouds and 'better' merging of the waves. After that I still spent about 20 minutes on the waves. You can only see merging traces at 100% zoom on the 7000*3600 resolution, on the previous one there was merging mistakes everywhere, visible at full view on the 1200*700 resolution...so big improvement there.
Huge improvement on shadows and highlights too. There's barely a blown-out highlight or black shadow, where as the previous one had a lot of both.
Colour and contrast: This version has much less contrast and it has true colour. All I did was increase the black of yellows and reds with selective colour. minor levels adjustments( too much blows out highlights and blackens the shadows).
So overall, a much more natural look. And much more pleasing to look at. I think I'm probably gonna lose fav's with this version because the colours are less interesting. But I'll gain fav's from the people who appreciate a properly exposed and processed nature photo?
Strand, South Africa
Canon 18-55mm @ 18mm
6 vertical shots [][][][][][]
Processing done in CS3
All rights reserved, this may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever.
I've uploaded a big resolution of the old one here: [link]
I need a big canvas print of this so I had to reprocess the whole thing.
Firstly, I merged the 6 shots 2 photos at a time, which resulted in flawless merging of the clouds and 'better' merging of the waves. After that I still spent about 20 minutes on the waves. You can only see merging traces at 100% zoom on the 7000*3600 resolution, on the previous one there was merging mistakes everywhere, visible at full view on the 1200*700 resolution...so big improvement there.
Huge improvement on shadows and highlights too. There's barely a blown-out highlight or black shadow, where as the previous one had a lot of both.
Colour and contrast: This version has much less contrast and it has true colour. All I did was increase the black of yellows and reds with selective colour. minor levels adjustments( too much blows out highlights and blackens the shadows).
So overall, a much more natural look. And much more pleasing to look at. I think I'm probably gonna lose fav's with this version because the colours are less interesting. But I'll gain fav's from the people who appreciate a properly exposed and processed nature photo?
Strand, South Africa
Canon 18-55mm @ 18mm
6 vertical shots [][][][][][]
Processing done in CS3
All rights reserved, this may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever.
I've uploaded a big resolution of the old one here: [link]
Image size
1428x818px 887.83 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Shutter Speed
1/80 second
Aperture
F/7.1
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Dec 9, 2007, 7:37:55 PM
© 2007 - 2024 hougaard
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Eustace: "In our world, a star is a huge ball of flaming gas."
Ramandu: "Even in your world, son, that is not what a star is, but only what it is made of."
- C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, chapter XIV
"The sun? Conscious? How?" "In a way lower organisms like you have difficulty to grasp. One thought from the source takes longer than a human life. A conversation with other stars takes thousands of your years." "All the stars are conscious?" A dry laughter resounded. "Of course. They are the original inhabitants of the cosmos. Without them there would be no organic life, let alone organic consciousness."
- Elian Lazaro, Elysium
"The sun alone appears, by virtue of his dignity and power, suited for the duty of moving the planets, and worthy to become the home of God himself."
- Johannes Kepler, The Harmony of the World
Ramandu: "Even in your world, son, that is not what a star is, but only what it is made of."
- C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, chapter XIV
"The sun? Conscious? How?" "In a way lower organisms like you have difficulty to grasp. One thought from the source takes longer than a human life. A conversation with other stars takes thousands of your years." "All the stars are conscious?" A dry laughter resounded. "Of course. They are the original inhabitants of the cosmos. Without them there would be no organic life, let alone organic consciousness."
- Elian Lazaro, Elysium
"The sun alone appears, by virtue of his dignity and power, suited for the duty of moving the planets, and worthy to become the home of God himself."
- Johannes Kepler, The Harmony of the World