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Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon

01/05/2007 11:35:13 PM · #1

I thought this was a dud at first, but now I am starting to really like it. I was thinking perhaps some photoshoping or cropping could make it nicer. Any tips or ideas? This type of photography is new for me, but I am finding it fun and challenging to try and think outside my box, which is just taking photos of people.

Greetmir

Nikon D60

01/06/2007 12:48:36 AM · #2

Well, If it was me, I would crop it thus.

Cropped

... then pull out a little more detail and colour with blended levels as shown in the DPChallenge tutorial on fruitstands) ... a wee touch of Unsharp Mask and get something like this ...

Sunset 2

... the second part would be up to whether you wanted to keep it more mysterious or pull that little bit of extra blue and detail out of it, but now it's got the "rule of thirds" all OVER it and it's nicely balanced. All that extraneous busy stuff is bye bye :)

What do you think?

.... OH yeah! ... cloned out that lens flare first thing and threw the noise despeckler at the whole thing.

Message edited by author 2007-01-06 01:00:12.

01/06/2007 01:00:40 PM · #3

I like the color. No wthat you mad it smaller though,that flower on the right feels like it should not be there. It seems bigger and more intrusive. distracting from the main flower.
I love how you cropped out the flare.

Sunniee

Canon EOS-40D

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/06/2007 01:31:10 PM · #4

Id probably do something like...

personal preference, really...

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

01/06/2007 01:54:09 PM · #5

For what it's worth, you can recover quite a lot in shadow/highlight on this one. It would be less noisy if it were done from a full-size original.

01/06/2007 11:00:38 PM · #6

I'll have to look at these when I get home tommorow. I am at work and the monitor here is ancient. Everything is too dark on it. That's the state for ya!

Thanks for playing with the photo, I cannot wait to get home tommorow and see what it really looks like.

JerseyGenie

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/06/2007 11:14:23 PM · #7

How about a crop like this?
Well, nevermind, I haven't been able to figure out how to attach my crop of your photo. I did place it on my portfolio page under workshop, if that helps.
Love those colors.

Message edited by author 2007-01-06 23:21:11.

_eug

Nikon D50

01/06/2007 11:35:24 PM · #8

Originally posted by JMI1:

Get us the image number and click the icon that's second from the right (the mouseover for that icon says, "Insert thumbnail link to site image." Only put in the number. Nothing else. 6 digits. ;)

Greetmir

Nikon D60

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon

01/07/2007 01:43:56 AM · #9

Bear Music said ... "For what it's worth, you can recover quite a lot in shadow/highlight on this one. It would be less noisy if it were done from a full-size original. "

WOW! ... would you please share how you recovered all THAT!?

ignite

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon

01/07/2007 03:28:38 AM · #10

Originally posted by Greetmir:

Like he said, Shadow/Highlights tool in Photoshop ;-)

Greetmir

Nikon D60

01/07/2007 05:20:21 AM · #11

What drag-down/menu item/path is THAT tool under?

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/07/2007 05:57:40 AM · #12

JMI1- I couldn't find a workshop section in your portfolio.
I will check again when I get home and see if I can find it.

_eug

Nikon D50

01/07/2007 10:59:24 AM · #13

Originally posted by Jewelly:

JMI1- I couldn't find a workshop section in your portfolio.

That's because the WORKSHOP is a private section. You can't see images inside the workshop unless a link is posted to a specific image.

JerseyGenie

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/07/2007 11:07:19 AM · #14

Many many many thanks for the tutoring all! I'm trying it again.

Now I know what the workshop section is really for.

Message edited by author 2007-01-07 11:07:56.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

01/07/2007 12:01:58 PM · #15

Originally posted by Greetmir:

What drag-down/menu item/path is THAT tool under?

In Photoshop CS and higher, Image/Adjustments/Shadow-Highlight; it gives you a bunch of sliders to play with. You need to be very careful with it or you get really unnatural results, and if the shadows were really dark on the original you will build up a LOT of grain/noise if you push it too far.

R.

01/07/2007 02:40:49 PM · #16

Bear, Now that I am home, I can see your version much better. It is very nice. I am amazed at how much detail you were able to pull out of it. Thanks for the work.

I still cannot see the workshop image. I agree, it is nice to know why that section is there.

JerseyGenie

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi