A few from the weekend... (con't)

[NJPete]

"Tent City"

http://www.aculabs.com/petesimages/tentcity800.jpg

Canon 1Ds with 35-350mm lens

Tv: 1/125, Av 4.5, Focal Lenth 60, Iso 100, WB:Cloudy

[who10]

Ocean Grove... ?

[NJPete]

Yeah.

Have a beach house a few blocks away. It was a first attempt and a bit overcast, but I thought it was a decent shot.

[who10]

Thought the little bungalows looked familiar... without the old Asbury Casino shots I probably wouldn't have recognized them.

I remember the Casino when it was full of life - hard to believe it's the same building (used to ride my bike from W Long Branch to the boardwalk in the early 70's as a kid...) times certainly change!

For this particular shot you might think about adjusting the tonal range (levels) a touch and adding a s-curve in Photoshop to pronounce a more dramatic contrast.. nice pics either way.


David


Here's a link showing an example of what I mean... hope you don't mind my playing with it a bit.

http://www.haskellct.com/photos/tentcity800b.jpg

[arogop]

For this particular shot you might think about adjusting the tonal range (levels) a touch and adding a s-curve in Photoshop to pronounce a more dramatic contrast.. nice pics either way.




This is one part of Photoshop that I have tried and not been too successfull with.

Would it be possible to explain what you did so an "idiot" like myself can pick up on the technique.

[rick barclay]

Another stupid newbie question: When you adjust the levels in Photoshop or
add an s-curve, do you have to do these things on their own respective
levels or does it not matter?

The adjusted picture looks much better (sorry, Pete).

[who10]

This is one part of Photoshop that I have tried and not been too successfull with

When you adjust the levels in Photoshop or
add an s-curve, do you have to do these things on their own respective
levels or does it not matter?

arogop/rick,

I feel a little like I stomped on Pete's pic. I was just impressed with the amount of detail and subtlty he was able to catch washed out a bit by the overcast conditions... my post was meant to accent what a nice shot he captured with his 1Ds "behind the clouds" - so to speak :wink:

I'll send you guys a PM describing the steps I applied, you also might want look up drisley's posts with a forum search. He has some great examples of similar PS work with curves.


Again Pete - very nice capture!

[rick barclay]

Thanks. Always looking to improve.

[NJPete]

Who10,
Not to worry, i appreciate any/all input. I have never played with PS much, even when i was using my D60. My experience has been limited to "Auto Levels" for the most part, so i appreciate the info on using PS.

NJP