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Truly outstanding. What PP did you apply?

Thanks.

A visit today at Fotografiska, the Photography Museum in Stockholm, Sweden - one of the finest museums that I know of. Always very high class exhibitions, a nice buildning with easy access to the pictures and a restaurant with a formidable view over Stockholm. Current exhibitions Helmut Newton and Pieter Hugo - great photographers, real art.




Fotografiska - The Photography Museum




Always a lot of people




View from the restaurant over the harbour and the city




View back over the city.

Best//Göran

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WOW!!

Great shots. You would have to be pleased with a result like that. Loved the lighting.

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Wormsmeat wrote:

Just beautiful.

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RealPancho wrote:

Truly outstanding. What PP did you apply?

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Thanks to both of you. Here's a long answer to RealPancho:

I went to pick up my wife at a friend's house, and the friend's daughter was out front swinging on this rope swing. The scene looked great and the light looked great and I got out and asked if I could take some photos. I only had the 20mm lens. I quickly changed settings for a moving subject, and took some shots. I'm a beginner still working at just becoming technically competent, much less artistically interesting, and I had trouble with these shots. I had AF set to small area, and between that and the 20mm lens (perhaps the first time I've wished for faster AF with that lens), I was having difficulty getting my subject in focus. I just wasn't quick thinking enough to manually zone focus or otherwise adjust my camera to take these shots.

So, the one I posted is my favorite composition of the ones I shot, but the girl was not quite in focus (the background was in focus, if you look at the image 100%). So the PP was intended to make the most out of an image that was not in focus. I initially processed it in LR, adjusting exposure, highlights, shadows, then exported to NIK Silver Efx (which I recently obtained and am still trying to figure out), where I think I used a high contrast setting then bumped up the silver tone effect; then opened in Photoshop, where I used a glow technique that someone here (Bob Tullis?) posted: (1) duplicate layer; (2) change layer mode to "overlay"'; (3) use gaussian blur on the duplicate layer; (4) adjust the opacity to about 40%; (5) flatten layers.

So the extensive PP on this image was mainly to compensate for the technical failings of my photograph.

Here's one where I managed to capture my subject in reasonably good focus, and did not PP to the same extreme extent:

I really like the second one. Her face is more visible against the dard background. Nice catch.

Thank you, bb. I really appreciate your sharing those details. I'm very limited in my PP knowledge, and find reading such accounts quite valuable. Several shots I've taken come to mind for such treatment, although I can't think of any that will come out as good as yours.

Best regards and happy shooting.

Here's a long exposure I just shot tonight. Initial focus was reasonably good, but the subject seemed suited to a soft look. Initially adjusted in LR as to exposure, and the "clarity" setting dialed down, then I applied the "glow" process I describe above in PS. His parents liked it.

I really like the 2nd shot, reminds me of the Grand Canyon even though I recognize it's not as huge.

Maybe I just like canyons. But I do like it.

Nice set. Especially enjoyed the first with the selective colour.

Andrew

Well composed and nicely chosen scenes.

Andrew

Two nicely detailed and attractive scenes.

Andrew

Great expressions captured in the first. Like the last also: simple but very effective.

Andrew

A fine set of well composed images.

Andrew

Wonderful light in all of them, but especially the last.

Andrew

Both nice. Like the last a lot.

Andrew

Both nice but the first especially. Nice images of a sad reminder.

Andrew