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05/21/2004 08:50:29 AM · #1 |
I forgot I had taken this shot, I meant to post it earlier! I took this while on the Fishing Pier at Myrtle Beach, and this one wasn't a candid like the other =) Comments/Critiques/Suggestions muchly appreciated!
It was taken the same day as the Bad Habit shot, but at this point it had become very overcast and cloudy, so I think the sky needs a lot of work. How could I have fixed this Prephotoshop, IE from the camera (what kind of filter?)
Message edited by author 2004-05-21 08:51:54.
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05/21/2004 10:01:27 AM · #2 |
| If you're referring to fixing the high contrast and avoiding the overexposed areas, then you'd need graduated filters (technically "split neutral density filters"). Being a digital photographers, I've never really used them, but I know they are a pain unless you're experienced enough to know what you're doing. There's a lot of them and like selecting your aperature and shutter speed, you also have to know what degree of filter you want to use.. perhaps a more experienced photographer can speak more to this than I. |
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05/21/2004 10:34:04 AM · #3 |
I agree that filters would help with the blown out sky. It looks like you wound up with a smaller aperature, which you need to capture the detail of the landscape. This makes for a slower shutter speed so the subject is a teeny bit blurred. If you went manual and chose the smaller aperature but also used a faster shutter speed, your sky would have been less blown out and the subject sharper. He would also likely be nearly sillouhetted but fill-flash may have helped. Do you know what the ISO rating was set to? If it was set rather low, you would wind up with a longer exposure.
Anyway you look at it, a contrasty scene like this can be hard to shoot with perfect results (unless you become a whiz with filters).
Edited: I meant to say, I like the shot quite a bit, actually, and it is worth fixing up in Photoshop. I'm no whiz at PS but what I would do is use the dodge tool to bring out some detail in the water and sky. Also, there's a good DPC tutorial on restoring detail in contrasty scenes. That would likely be your best fix at this point.
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