Undecided » Photoshop http://www.datarave.net/zfh An open notebook Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:05:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Tale From Afar by *Gate-To-Nowhere http://www.datarave.net/zfh/2012/01/22/a-tale-from-afar-by-gate-to-nowhere/ http://www.datarave.net/zfh/2012/01/22/a-tale-from-afar-by-gate-to-nowhere/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:44:11 +0000 John Williams http://www.datarave.net/zfh/?p=1744 [...]]]>
A Tale From Afar by *Gate-To-Nowhere on deviantART

This beautiful artwork was brought to my attention by Phil Plait @ Bad Astronomy. This is the piece that Phil liked.

If you like the art, the artist is selling their work via DeviantArt. (I don’t get a commission, sadly.)

]]> http://www.datarave.net/zfh/2012/01/22/a-tale-from-afar-by-gate-to-nowhere/feed/ 0 HDR Take 3.x http://www.datarave.net/zfh/2007/07/13/hdr-take-31/ http://www.datarave.net/zfh/2007/07/13/hdr-take-31/#comments Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:17:46 +0000 John Williams http://www.datarave.net/zfh/?p=42 [...]]]> In a previous HDR post, I posted another attempt at HDR photography.  I continue to play with the post processing on ways to improve the quality of the finished composition.

version 3.2

versus

version 3.1

versus

version 3.0

versus

original

As you can see, improvement is being made…  but, I’m still not as pleased with the work as I would like to be.

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Sunset in Dublin California Here is my attempt at a sunset.  I took the photo using the Camera RAW setting and tweaked it a bit.You might also notice that compared to the original version, there is a bit of lens-flare on the original to the left of the sun.  I healed that out of the final version to remove the distraction from the eye.
 
Here is that same photo without tweaking. You can tell that I took a bit of warmth from the photograph and added a bit of vignetting to the edges.

I can tell I’ve let my shape slide when I try to tackle these hills.  150-200 feet along a 12-15% grade (rises 12-15 feet for each 10 feet you move horizontally) and I’m winded.

At least I’m getting the exercise going after these photos.  Hopefully I’ll feel driven enough to go get more photos on a daily basis and my shape will improve.

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Photo: May 20, 2007
Technical notes; Nikon D80, 18-135mm ED-IF AF Nikkor Lens (stock), 135mm focal length, F/5.6, ISO-160, 1/500 exposure, no flash
Post production; Photoshop 7.0

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