Lois, you are also overlooking the fact that sometimes there is no blue sky! Here in Tokyo, the sky is white/gray most of the year. No amount of exposure fiddling will get you a blue sky!
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action to fix blown (white) skies
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nitro115
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wmcdowell
Senior Member
hi,
yes you are right, but...there is room to move between over and under exposure in most situations. i prefer in most cases to keep lights strong and compensate towards under exposure for the rest. getting a good pic from the two extremes i think is where the magic happened in the dark room. we now have photoshop i guess.
luck
yes you are right, but...there is room to move between over and under exposure in most situations. i prefer in most cases to keep lights strong and compensate towards under exposure for the rest. getting a good pic from the two extremes i think is where the magic happened in the dark room. we now have photoshop i guess.
luck
contribution. Bill recognized a problem that we all encounter when the range of light exceeds the dynamic range of the medium we are using to capture it, and tried to create a solution. Rather than arguing semantics, perhaps a sincere "thank you" or "atta-boy" is in order?
Incidentally Bill, I tried the action on several sample photos with blown skies and couldn't notice any difference - am I doing something wrong?
Incidentally Bill, I tried the action on several sample photos with blown skies and couldn't notice any difference - am I doing something wrong?
Bill Richardson
Veteran Member
--Thanks for the note. I don't get some peoples' attitude either. Happily, 99% are not that way. As to your problem, try opening Selective Color and make sure the Absolute box is checked. (That tip should be in one of the stops) Let me know if that works. Feel free to email me directly.
Bill Richardson
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Angela Johnson
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I downloaded your action, and was very pleased that it works!
Yesterday I was out shooting at Holy Hill, a beautiful church in Wisconsin, about a 45 minute drive from my home. As soon as we'd gotten there, I discovered I'd forgotten my graduated neutral density filter at home. Oh no! I tried to avoid too many pics with the sky in them, because it was starting to become a little overcast, which is a sure thing for white skies.
However, I did take a few pics of the view, and did end up with a whiter sky.
Here it is fixed with your action
Thanks again!
angela
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Yesterday I was out shooting at Holy Hill, a beautiful church in Wisconsin, about a 45 minute drive from my home. As soon as we'd gotten there, I discovered I'd forgotten my graduated neutral density filter at home. Oh no! I tried to avoid too many pics with the sky in them, because it was starting to become a little overcast, which is a sure thing for white skies.
However, I did take a few pics of the view, and did end up with a whiter sky.
Here it is fixed with your action
Thanks again!
angela
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Pui
Leading Member
I downloaded the action. Seems very useful. I like the examples. Pui.
Yesterday I was out shooting at Holy Hill, a beautiful church in
Wisconsin, about a 45 minute drive from my home. As soon as we'd
gotten there, I discovered I'd forgotten my graduated neutral
density filter at home. Oh no! I tried to avoid too many pics
with the sky in them, because it was starting to become a little
overcast, which is a sure thing for white skies.
However, I did take a few pics of the view, and did end up with a
whiter sky.
Here it is fixed with your action
Thanks again!
angela
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angela
http://www.pbase.com/ziggers
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MurryG
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Bill Richardson
Veteran Member
--Nice suttle look. It is amazing what a little color adds. Holy Hill---one of my favorite bike rides. We call it Holy S--- Hill about half way up. Glad it is working for you. Thanks for the feedback.
Bill Richardson
Barrington, IL (USA)
Kevin Vian
Leading Member
Thanks for the anction Bill. I'm on the road for work, but am anxious to check it out when I get back home. I also nabbed your fame action as well.
Thanks again,
Kevin V
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Bill Richardson
Veteran Member
--let me know how it works for you.
Bill Richardson
Barrington, IL (USA)
Bill Richardson
Barrington, IL (USA)
Mr Majestyk
Veteran Member
So no one uses GND's anymore? Still they are only useful for straight horizons, can't help you much with say a V shaped valley. Good work Bill.
Angela Johnson
Senior Member
When I'm shooting landscapes. But the other day I forgot mine, which is why I think this is so valuable. Sometimes we forget.
And sometimes, on overcast days, no matter how strong your GND is, you still are going to get a gray/white nothingness.
Bill, my hat's off to you. Great job
angela
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And sometimes, on overcast days, no matter how strong your GND is, you still are going to get a gray/white nothingness.
Bill, my hat's off to you. Great job
angela
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Bill Richardson
Veteran Member
--thanks Angela and Mr M. I agree with you on the GND filter especially when in the mountains, it is not a panacea.And sometimes, on overcast days, no matter how strong your GND is,
you still are going to get a gray/white nothingness.
Bill, my hat's off to you. Great job
angela
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Bill Richardson
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Michael MBH
Member
Hello Mr. Richardson,
Do you think that the action you have made can help with this photograph?
It seems difficult to lasso all of the blue sky here. I am a bit new with Photoshop but if I can find a way to help my wannabe blue skies, that would be great.
-mike.
Do you think that the action you have made can help with this photograph?
It seems difficult to lasso all of the blue sky here. I am a bit new with Photoshop but if I can find a way to help my wannabe blue skies, that would be great.
-mike.
Angela Johnson
Senior Member
I don't get it. I think the sky is very blue there. What's the matter with it?
angela
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angela
--Do you think that the action you have made can help with this
photograph?
It seems difficult to lasso all of the blue sky here. I am a bit
new with Photoshop but if I can find a way to help my wannabe blue
skies, that would be great.
-mike.
angela
http://www.pbase.com/ziggers
Bill Richardson
Veteran Member
--I agree with Angela, looks good to me. If you want to increase the blueness, go to selective color, pick blue and move the black slider.
Bill Richardson
Barrington, IL (USA)
Mike Fitzgerald
Veteran Member
Excellent work! A great timesaver -- you're going to make us all too lazy by far with goodiies like this.
Too bad about the extraterrestrial with the evident luxury of infinite dynamic range. It always makes me wince to see good effort like yours, along with the willingness to share the proceeds, rewarded with such vacuous remarks. Never mind, on to better things...
Cheers,
Mike
Melbourne (Oz)
Too bad about the extraterrestrial with the evident luxury of infinite dynamic range. It always makes me wince to see good effort like yours, along with the willingness to share the proceeds, rewarded with such vacuous remarks. Never mind, on to better things...
Cheers,
Mike
Melbourne (Oz)
Michael MBH
Member
I'm sorry, this picture really did have a decent colored sky.
The composition is typical of the type of pictures that I take. I just didn't have many other shots available at the moment to post along with my question.
There are many times that I would like to improve the richness of the blue skies and do something to help the clouds stand out a little better.
My question should have been more specific about the mechanics of working my way through the steps of the action that you published. It seemed particularly difficult to laso the sky with this type of picture.
Best regards,
The composition is typical of the type of pictures that I take. I just didn't have many other shots available at the moment to post along with my question.
There are many times that I would like to improve the richness of the blue skies and do something to help the clouds stand out a little better.
My question should have been more specific about the mechanics of working my way through the steps of the action that you published. It seemed particularly difficult to laso the sky with this type of picture.
Best regards,
Bo
Forum Enthusiast
I shoot a lot of interior photos and it's almost impossible not to get blown out pictures. I end up taking two photos and blending the two together. Think this action would help with that? Or is there an action that would work better for my photos. I don't have a lot of high contrast in my images like the plants and sky.
Bo
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