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newmikey wrote:

miles green wrote:

Can you share some post-processing tips?

I find that extremely hard to answer as I fiddle around so much with my images and my processing varies along with the direction the wind is blowing

One thing I do end up doing a lot is to always grab a hand-held bracketed series of 3 shots (-2, 0 and +2) as a basis. Whether or not I end up using all three or not is decided on behind the computer.

I often experiment a bit with HDR (all of these were based off HDR versions of 3 exposures)

aaaah, i see!

trying to get detail in all areas. Usually I'm aiming for a more or less "natural look" ,

i like them better too.

not the extremely colorful HDR's you sometimes see. I save the result of tonemapping as a 16-bit LDR image to avoid banding and deterioration.

Sometimes the tonemapped file needs only a bit of tweaking of the levels or curves and a bit of WB fiddling but I also use a lot of editing in Gimp (the newer 16/32 bits version)

I've gotta download that ASAP, I'm still running the old 8-bit version.

to remove distractions like roadsigns etc. There are a couple of scripts I use either with ImageMagick to generate an Orton-effect

interesting. i've been meaning to shoot some of those, using two images (=without cheating)!

or with GMIC to get a more graphic representation (such as f.i. in https://pixls.us/articles/highlight-bloom-and-photoillustration-look/ )

i use that one for portraits sometimes

Cropping and keystoning comes last after which I save the result as a jpeg file.

But that's just me and then even only the past few months until another way of processing grabs my attention - I love experimenting. Sometimes I do a lot of long exposure stuff using 10-stops ND filters or horizontal pano's to decrease the apparent DOF (not quite true Brenizer effect but something along those lines).

Very interesting indeed.

It shows that these evidently simple images have been cared for extensively (and subtlely) to make them look this good. Nicely done!

I could go on and on - I don't really have a "silver bullet" or a personal style to be honest. It's more of a spur-of-the-moment thing with me ... I just mess about a bit after reading up online. Maybe the fact that I'm using ever-evolving open-source stuff that requires a lot of fiddling about (Tommy - The Who reference unintended).

Mike

Thanks for sharing Mike,

Kind regards,

Miles

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