Historic Site for Play

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7460924/DSC_1912.NEF 

Hi all, nearby local beauty spot for play also Raw File included. Enjoy

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Ray

Nice image, Ray.  I did some Color alterations, added sun rays and close cropped.

Regards...Allen

Thanks Allen + that is fabulous, Im loving the sun-rays . Thank you

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Ray

Strangely, it wasn't easy for me to do this...

Using your raw file I was quite impressed with the detail (foreground and background) that you captured. I used a 50% size reduction at a 70% quality level (which is quite generous) and quite a bit of detail escaped to jpeg heaven.

It amazes me (at times) that people will spend thousands of dollars on equipment, based on 900-1200 pixel web based examples.

Nikon should offer you a stipend for sharing your well exposed NEF raw files, after having the opportunity to work with your files (with various raw developers) I find any harsh critcism of the Nikon system to be questionable at best and is usually ignored. Please view my edit for a better idea of the detai Gerrard has captured.

Pkeas view at full size.

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Ha Ben well glad you enjoyed the challenge + nice end result. Thank You

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Ray

Nice job!

Was this done in Photoshop CSx, or some other editing program(s)? (I ask because I'm having a difficult time with this image in Photoshop Elements 10.)

Thanks,

Art

Thanks for the compliment Tom + I always find you cant go wrong when you use a top quality Lens. Also great end result here, thanks again + glad you enjoy.

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Ray

Hahaha well glad I didn't encounter any of these today but thanks for the laugh Michael

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Ray

Enjoyed the pastoral play Ray.  

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My full edit

1st crop

2nd crop

3rd crop

Thanks for the play Ray... 

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Well glad you enjoyed Lyle + again nice end result. Thank You

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Ray

Ha you had Fun anyways Sunshine Thanks really nice job + my Fav crop would be 1 followed by 3

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Ray

I too have PSE 10 but I use it mostly when working on layers. This was entirely done with Aperture. A screenshot of adjustments applied is better than any description. The colour correction was mostly to create a more natural looking green.

Hello Ray,

Here is a foggy play from me.

Regards,

Paul

Thanks!

It appears that the adjustments you made are not available in PSE 10, either in its version of ACR or the editor. Would you agree?

Hi Paul really nice effect + actually the fog had not long lifted here Thank You

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Ray

Agreed. I think you can reproduce most of it in PSE 10 but completely differently and I'm no expert in PSE.