Surfing in Pensacola

islandtime · 13th of March 2006 (Mon)

I shot these on Sunday in Pensacola, FL at the pier. I used the tips that hooookup and marcusg6 suggested in another post. While they suggested 1250 at f/5.6, I was having to shoot at 4000/5.6 and 2000/5.6 due to the mid day sun. This was to keep from over exposing the shots.

My workflow on these shots was convert RAW to jpg, unsharp mask, resize to 800. Some have been resized to 800 after a 100% crop. All work done in PSCS2. If anyone is interested in giving me a few pointers for post processing here are the orriginal RAW files for the picture below:

Picture1: http://dauphinislandsurf.com/test/CRW_3811.CRW

Picture2: http://dauphinislandsurf.com/test/CRW_3795.CRW

All the photos:
http://dauphinislandsurf.com/DISPhot...s.php?album=63

islandtime · 15th of March 2006 (Wed)

Anyone?? I could really use some post processing pointers.

Palladium · 15th of March 2006 (Wed)

I DL the raw and opened the image twice - once adjusting the water scene to taste and again adjusting the surfer to taste. placed the surfer adjusted above the water adjusted and masked out the water from the surfer adjusted scene. flattened and saved for web.

islandtime · 15th of March 2006 (Wed)

Great work, thanks for your help. I'll try your approach and see what I come up with.

SurfKahakai · 16th of March 2006 (Thu)

Honestly, I like your original edit better. The second edit looks a little fake. The surfer is nice and bright while the wave is dark. Your original edit looks great considering the uneven lighting. There's nothing you can do to fix that and if you did, it would look unnatural.

Hatch1921 · 16th of March 2006 (Thu)

Not sure if this is what you are looking for? I can send over the psd files so you can see what I did.

coryjohnson · 16th of March 2006 (Thu)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palladium

I DL the raw and opened the image twice - once adjusting the water scene to taste and again adjusting the surfer to taste. placed the surfer adjusted above the water adjusted and masked out the water from the surfer adjusted scene. flattened and saved for web.

great shot and great PP!

13th of March 2006 (Mon)	#1
islandtime Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 223 IMAGE EDITING OK	Surfing in Pensacola I shot these on Sunday in Pensacola, FL at the pier. I used the tips that hooookup and marcusg6 suggested in another post. While they suggested 1250 at f/5.6, I was having to shoot at 4000/5.6 and 2000/5.6 due to the mid day sun. This was to keep from over exposing the shots. My workflow on these shots was convert RAW to jpg, unsharp mask, resize to 800. Some have been resized to 800 after a 100% crop. All work done in PSCS2. If anyone is interested in giving me a few pointers for post processing here are the orriginal RAW files for the picture below: Picture1: http://dauphinislandsurf.com/test/CRW_3811.CRW Picture2: http://dauphinislandsurf.com/test/CRW_3795.CRW All the photos: http://dauphinislandsurf.com/DISPhot...s.php?album=63 __________________ Canon 20D with BG-E2 grip EF 50mm 1.4 USM \| EFS 17-85 IS USM \| EF 100-400mm IS f/4.5-5.6L \| 580EX Flash Kenko Tubes Bogen/Manfrotto 3021BPRO Tripod Legs, 488RC2 Midi Ballhead, 680B Monopod Lowepro CompuTrekker Plus AW

15th of March 2006 (Wed)	#2
islandtime Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 223 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Surfing in Pensacola Anyone?? I could really use some post processing pointers. __________________ Canon 20D with BG-E2 grip EF 50mm 1.4 USM \| EFS 17-85 IS USM \| EF 100-400mm IS f/4.5-5.6L \| 580EX Flash Kenko Tubes Bogen/Manfrotto 3021BPRO Tripod Legs, 488RC2 Midi Ballhead, 680B Monopod Lowepro CompuTrekker Plus AW

15th of March 2006 (Wed)	#3
Palladium Goldmember Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Not the Left Coast but the Right Coast - USA Posts: 3,822 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Surfing in Pensacola I DL the raw and opened the image twice - once adjusting the water scene to taste and again adjusting the surfer to taste. placed the surfer adjusted above the water adjusted and masked out the water from the surfer adjusted scene. flattened and saved for web. __________________ For Sale: Gitzo GT3541LS Tripod http://photography-on-the.net/forum/....php?t=1234081

15th of March 2006 (Wed)	#4
islandtime Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 223 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Surfing in Pensacola Great work, thanks for your help. I'll try your approach and see what I come up with. __________________ Canon 20D with BG-E2 grip EF 50mm 1.4 USM \| EFS 17-85 IS USM \| EF 100-400mm IS f/4.5-5.6L \| 580EX Flash Kenko Tubes Bogen/Manfrotto 3021BPRO Tripod Legs, 488RC2 Midi Ballhead, 680B Monopod Lowepro CompuTrekker Plus AW

16th of March 2006 (Thu)	#5
SurfKahakai Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 1,131 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Surfing in Pensacola Honestly, I like your original edit better. The second edit looks a little fake. The surfer is nice and bright while the wave is dark. Your original edit looks great considering the uneven lighting. There's nothing you can do to fix that and if you did, it would look unnatural. __________________ California Photographer www.benquesinberry.com

16th of March 2006 (Thu)	#6
Hatch1921 Cream of the Crop Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 6,804	Re: Surfing in Pensacola Not sure if this is what you are looking for? I can send over the psd files so you can see what I did. __________________ NEW SITE Lighting Diagrams and more

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