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Aug 07, 2007 07:55 |  #1

I am trying to get the photo below so as that the people are nicely silhoutted, any suggestions?Phil


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Aug 07, 2007 08:08 |  #2

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Aug 07, 2007 08:13 as a reply to  @ Twin-X's post |  #3

I just did a quick levels adjustment to get this.

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Aug 07, 2007 08:17 |  #4

yeah i did that but wasn't that chuffed with it. Just wondered if there was a better way of doing it.


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Aug 07, 2007 08:18 |  #5

cheers for taking the time tho todd


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Aug 07, 2007 08:20 |  #6

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cheers for taking the time tho todd

No problem. What don't you like about it? Do you want the silhouettes totally black?



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Aug 07, 2007 08:22 |  #7

Think it's the blueness of the sky I am not too keen on.


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penfolduk wrote in post #3683374 (external link)
Think it's the blueness of the sky I am not too keen on.

That's pretty easy to adjust. What color sky do you prefer? Here I adjusted to Blue/Cyan saturation...
Also burned and cloned out some of the highlights in the grass.

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Thats better nice one!


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I used curves to get this one. It is quite easy to black out the grass and the riders because the difference between the sky and the foreground is so stark, so I was thinking a little bit of the jerseys and the grass being visible is useful, plus, I ensured their faces were totally black, however, if you like the totally black silhouette, I can see the attraction.

I think the pics are pretty good as well.

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Aug 07, 2007 08:52 |  #11

cheers Pat they were taken on my p&s kodak as well, havent got my new bigger bag yet to be able to take my 300D


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Aug 07, 2007 09:05 |  #12

Curve, three control points, luminocity blend (So it doesn't affect saturation in the grass)


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Aug 07, 2007 14:07 as a reply to  @ René Damkot's post |  #13

Could you just spot meter for the sky and if that didnt give you the look. then take it too levels or curves like Rene and RT did and adjust there,




  
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Aug 07, 2007 14:26 |  #14

freebird wrote in post #3685216 (external link)
Could you just meter for the sky

Exactly right. If the sky is significantly brighter than the subject, you will get a silhouette.

First shot: metered for sky, no flash.
Second shot: fill flash...

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