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DP2m: first images, first problems

Started Oct 28, 2015 | Discussions thread
marcodadofoto
marcodadofoto Senior Member • Posts: 2,982
Re: DP2m: first images, first problems
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Ciao Claudio,

first: always beautiful and "moody" images.

second: I'm not a techie, so Ill share with U some thoughts about the merrills.

Merrills have that great fault (the green/magenta blotches n the underexposed areas). I never succeded in really get rid of them. They particulary hurted me as I often do low light photography and with the Sigmas that's really a challenge. Seems anyway that the way You tried to minimize them are right.

Merrills, on the other hand, have that "wow" or "3 D" factor, part of it is given by the "inner" accentuation of the microcontrast and of the shadows (have You realized how shadows are really deep and black?). I don't condier it a falut, it's part of the Merrill look that I personally appreciate. In Your images, imho, I would not see badly some more contrast.

Anyway, to act on that look You could try in Sigma Photo Pro to set on -1 the fill light (but it doesn't always work well), or - better - in Photoshop using not only the contrast levels but also  working on the medium tones to reduce the effect.

As I said I'm no techie so I'm afraid that all.....

marco

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