Color MW at Cathedral Spires
- Thread starter MonikaC
- Start date
Very nice
AlanLichty
Moderator
Beautiful - I like this better than the B&W. Nice work.
Hey Monika,
The sky portion on this is really nice looking. I would remove the magenta from the ground layer though. Most cameras end up letting magenta seep in the darker shadow areas. Color correct that to a orange/brown and this will be awesome.
PS. In ACR, there is an adjustment for the shadows to remove the magenta out of the shadows. All photos will be different depending one when and where we are shooting, but I often use that adjustment to pull the magenta out in the beginning conversion, then I don't have to mess with it while processing.
The sky portion on this is really nice looking. I would remove the magenta from the ground layer though. Most cameras end up letting magenta seep in the darker shadow areas. Color correct that to a orange/brown and this will be awesome.
PS. In ACR, there is an adjustment for the shadows to remove the magenta out of the shadows. All photos will be different depending one when and where we are shooting, but I often use that adjustment to pull the magenta out in the beginning conversion, then I don't have to mess with it while processing.
Mike Lewis
Staff Member
Very nice result, i think you nailed the exposure levels of the sky with relation to the ground to yield a little foreground detail while still creating a very natural looking result. The composition is also very nice in my opinion, and the colors look 'right', which is tricky for nightscape images.
I personally think you could perhaps experiment with some noise reduction, especially on the foreground part of your image though, as it just looks like it is a little 'scratchy'. You would of course loose some detail, but given that this is a night shot I think that having the ground portion a little les detailed is sort of what our eyes expect to see.
In any case a very nice result though, I would be proud to have captured this composite image myself!
ML
I personally think you could perhaps experiment with some noise reduction, especially on the foreground part of your image though, as it just looks like it is a little 'scratchy'. You would of course loose some detail, but given that this is a night shot I think that having the ground portion a little les detailed is sort of what our eyes expect to see.
In any case a very nice result though, I would be proud to have captured this composite image myself!
ML
MonikaC
Well-Known Member
Thanks, Mike. I did as much NR for the foreground as I felt I could do without it becoming a blob, which did leave quite a bit of noise. It was just a silhouette when I was there. I've darkened it a bit & will keep working on it.
Hey Monika, a little trick I have done on foreground where the magenta color cast was too wonky was to just use a layer mask on the magenta area, desaturate it totally, and then use the Photo Filter to then add color to it. I have found that actually works really well in areas where there is just rock or sand.
MonikaC
Well-Known Member
Thanks, Jim. I de-saturated, darkened, used luminosity masks for hue & saturation. I think I'll decrease detail/clarity next. It was just a silhouette when I was there, so being able to "see" anything else is just a function of technology....