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06/05/2004 03:54:19 PM · #1 |
I've been trying for a while to get some decent pictures of sun rays. I got an unusual one yesterday, which prompted me to dig up and edit a couple it turns out I took exactly a month before. All of these are taken while driving on the freeway, not from a tripod ...
Blue Gums and Rainbow Rays
Ridge Rays
Sunrise Panorama
Comments or suggestions welcome!
Message edited by author 2004-06-05 15:54:47. |
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06/05/2004 04:03:22 PM · #2 |
These look great Paul. I know how difficult it is to capture, I've tried with little success.
Tell me what is a one tone curve ? pardon my ignorance I haven't really mastered using the curve adjustment yet.
Paul. |
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06/05/2004 04:08:38 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by peecee:
Tell me what is a one tone curve ? |
I'm using the Photoshop Curves control on an adjustment layer. Here, I mean that I've only used a single adjustment layer; I often stack two or three adjustment layers to fine-tune the cumulative effect.
Curves are one of the most powerful adjustments you have -- I highly encourage playing around with them a lot. It becomes quite intuitive after a while. It's just a line graph mapping input values to output values. By dragging various points on the graph around you can achieve quite subtle or extremely dramatic effects. |
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06/05/2004 04:17:32 PM · #4 |
Paul, they are all great, but I do love the third one the best.
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06/05/2004 04:27:59 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by peecee:
Tell me what is a one tone curve ? |
I'm using the Photoshop Curves control on an adjustment layer. Here, I mean that I've only used a single adjustment layer; I often stack two or three adjustment layers to fine-tune the cumulative effect.
Curves are one of the most powerful adjustments you have -- I highly encourage playing around with them a lot. It becomes quite intuitive after a while. It's just a line graph mapping input values to output values. By dragging various points on the graph around you can achieve quite subtle or extremely dramatic effects. |
Thanks Paul, I'll have a mess about with it. |
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06/05/2004 04:43:42 PM · #6 |
Here's a screenshot of the tone curve for Ridge Rays:
Here's a screenshot of a "Before+After" to show the effect:
Note that for some "idiotic" reason, Photoshop's default setting for curves is to have the 100,100 (black) point at the lower-left of the graph (opposite of my shots here). If you click on the gradient below the graph you can flip the orientation to a more normal 0,0 point at the lower left (or not, if you already do it the other way!) |
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06/05/2004 07:51:31 PM · #7 |
thanks for the screen shots Paul
that really helps me understand what you are ment to do with curves
most tutorials just say adjust curves but don't show you how they are ment to look
does anyone have links to tutorials with this type of before and after screenshots with the curves showing for a range of different looks
using google brings up lots but it is hard to go through them all tring to find good ones with the curves showen
edit: have just seen the Calling on PS Pros! thread will look there for replys
Message edited by author 2004-06-05 20:50:39.
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07/06/2004 11:30:02 PM · #8 |
I finally set one of these (the last one) up as a printable image ... the image is so small I set it up like a "motivational poster" ... went searching for suitable quotations and found two ...
Dreamers ...
The Dawn of Eternal Peace
Message edited by author 2004-07-06 23:30:27. |
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