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Is it all in the mid tone point?

 
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Mar 31, 2015 16:00 |  #1
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Ahoy,

I've been trying to figure out how photographer Adrian Schulz (external link) produces his exterior photographs: they just look luminous: high-key without blown out highlights. I'm wondering what would the postprocessing procedures be to obtain something similar. Any ideas?

I'm wondering if it has to do with the setting of the mid-tone point in the curve. I've experimented a bit and if it's placed dead in the centre the images look rather darkish. What I've been doing for quite a while is to place find the highest peak in the histogram and place the mid-tone point there, but the results aren't always optimal.

Again, any ideas anyone?

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Mar 31, 2015 22:30 |  #2

Lucky for you, Adrian Schulz has, literally, written a book about architectural photography:

https://www.rockynook.​com …-photography-2nd-edition/ (external link)

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Yeah, I've that one –the first edition–. Rifling through the postprocessing section now....

Unlike myself, he uses ACR and extensive PS with some plugins for noise and sharpening. Hmm..


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