Indoor, Outdoor, Pt. I

Peter,

sherwoodpete said:

Another trick I use in order to judge what works best, is to first
creare a duplicate layer of the original image, and apply the
distortion and re-sizing corrections to the top layer. Then by
toggling the layer transparency, I can easily compare the new
version against the original. Plus it sometimes works to avoid
cropping, where the sloping edges of the new corrected image reveal
the original version below, if it is just concrete or grass in the
foreground, I can merge and blend the two layers. This doesn't
always work of course.

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I'm using PSPX - and I hadn't thought of attempting a merge on the original and the corrected version. Have to give that a try. Thanks for the info.

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Sharon

http://www.pbase.com/slengst/galleries
E-500; C-5060; C-765
Lenses: 14-54, 50-200, EC-14 and Canon 500D

Peter,

sherwoodpete said:

I forgot to mention - but I'm sure you knew: PSP-X has two
different perspective tools.
One is the "Perspective Correction" tool, which gives a
quadrilateral which can be aligned with any part of the image, and
the program attempts to fix both the horizontal and vertical
alignment. It can be good, but sometimes too powerful for me.
The other is under the menu,
Effects-> Geometric Effects-> Perspective-Vertical (or -Horizontal).
This is the one I generally prefer.

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I've been using the latter, and I guess I missed the other one, have to look it up and try it.
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Sharon

http://www.pbase.com/slengst/galleries
E-500; C-5060; C-765
Lenses: 14-54, 50-200, EC-14 and Canon 500D

Hi, Peter,

sherwoodpete said:

I like these indoor shots. In particular I like the way you
preserved the details in the chandelier and in the windows, while
still showing the interior details too.

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Accidentally discovered an effect that works for those. I use the saturation tool, and use if with the right mouse button which unsaturates and it will help pull out detail and lower the light of high lit areas.

I'm glad you noticed and liked those. Thanks for looking and dicussing these, whether with Abid or me...I got a lot out of it.

--
Sharon

http://www.pbase.com/slengst/galleries
E-500; C-5060; C-765
Lenses: 14-54, 50-200, EC-14 and Canon 500D

Sharon Engstrom said:

Thanks so much for looking and you sincere comments. Hope you
don't mind too much if I fun with you a bit. Now, back to your
corner!

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Of course I don't mind. I opened the door! No worries, and it's all good. )

So where's my Christmas pie? I need something to stick my thumb into!

-- Typeaux

The only test of an image is the satisfaction it gives you. There simply isn't any other test.

Sharon Engstrom said:

This is the Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, BC.

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This is stunning inspite of the harsh light. Incredible amount of details and the cool blue sky just keeps the balance. For a wide angle lens, the sky looks evenly blue.

I like the windows and the light coming through to fill the room in the indoor shots. Was flash photography prohibited? If not, a dash of fill in flash would have been worth experimenting to see whether it lights up the shadow details without killing off the mood.

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Baskar
http://www.pbase.com/baskar_b

yes,great lense I would definitely rather own a wide lense than some ridiculous zoom but it realy depends on the type of photography one enjoys taking,wide lense is just another good reason why I bgot myself C 7070
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Berghof G.C.

Baskar,

Baskar B said:

This is stunning inspite of the harsh light. Incredible amount of
details and the cool blue sky just keeps the balance. For a wide
angle lens, the sky looks evenly blue.

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That was one of the few shots where the sky did come up evenly blue...guess I hit it just right. Mostly I shouldn't have used the CP filter with the 11-22 lens.

Baskar B said:

I like the windows and the light coming through to fill the room in
the indoor shots. Was flash photography prohibited?

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No, I just don't have a decent flash system for that camera. I haven't done any indoor shots before and don't even know where to start for flash work. And I'm unlikely to do much in the future.

Baskar B said:

If not, a dash of fill in flash would have been worth experimenting to
see whether it lights up the shadow details without killing off the
mood.

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These were all in RAW and I use Rawshooter - Premium which has a "fill light" slider which I used liberally in these. It was getting noisy as it was so I didn't want to mess with the pics any more...as I did need to run them through Neat Image.

Thanks so much for looking at these and for you comments and suggestions.
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Sharon

http://www.pbase.com/slengst/galleries
E-500; C-5060; C-765
Lenses: 14-54, 50-200, EC-14 and Canon 500D

Berghof,

Berghof said:

yes,great lense I would definitely rather own a wide lense than
some ridiculous zoom but it realy depends on the type of
photography one enjoys taking,wide lense is just another good
reason why I bgot myself C 7070.

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The lens wasn't mine, and I can afford one, anyhow. However the wide end of the 14-54 lens is quite wide, so I don't think I'll need to race out there and get an 11-22.

Thanks for looking at these.

--
Sharon

http://www.pbase.com/slengst/galleries
E-500; C-5060; C-765
Lenses: 14-54, 50-200, EC-14 and Canon 500D

Berghof said:

yes,great lense I would definitely rather own a wide lense than
some ridiculous zoom but it realy depends on the type of
photography one enjoys taking,wide lense is just another good
reason why I bgot myself C 7070

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A good point. Of course we all have individual preferences and interests. For wildlife, a long zoom is an essential tool. But for landscapes and people photography, much less important.

Myself, I shoot a lot of landscapes, and a long telephoto is not really suitable - for my style. But a wide lens can be useful. And there are many subjects where it is good to get really close, with a wide-angle lens, to see the interesting perspectives and compositional possibilities it opens up.
Regards,
Peter