The Last Salvage Week - 06-23-2024

[Douglas Sherman]

This will be the last "Salvage Week." Participation has been low, so I see no need to continue this effort when only three to four photographers participate. Here is my image for this week. It is the first image I ever took of Mt. Rainer back in the 1980s. It was so long ago I don't remember the exact year. This was taken on Kodak Ektachrome 64 film.


Original image

You can see that it is very contrasty, and the horizon is tilted to the left. The whites are blown out and the darks are at least 1 f-stop too dark.

Final image.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice set of corrections - this looks much nicer than the original.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Doug,

First off thanks for keeping this up for as long as you have. Ben would have appreciated it for sure. So thanks so much!

And maybe this final Salvage will bring more people out. I am in California with access to my archives this week, so I should be able to participate this week.

And.... I like your salvage. There is often minimal salvaging that can be done with film, but I like what you did with this image. Mt Rainier is one of my favorite mountains and places to go. Paradise in particular is really a photographers paradise! I like how you worked the reflection in the photo itself. Very nice composing.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice editing work Doug and again thanks for soldiering on with Ben's legacy. Much appreciated.

I went looking for some from the discarded pile to salvage. This is an image from a place called Stone Mountain. This was mid day and the lighting was harsh. Taken with my Mavic Air 2s. There is also some flair at the bottom right corner. Here is a quick salvage attempt.

Before

After

 

[AlanLichty]

My salvage example is from a quick shot in a flower display just outside a grocery store yesterday. The original shot displays the problem well which has way too many intrusive elements to make an interesting image beyond the bloom itself.

I selected the primary bloom, inverted the selection and then made extensive use of the clone tool to wipe out the white pots before using Field Blur to eliminate details other than the bloom itself. A heavy crop brings the subject closer to the viewer. Color and detail enhancements in Lightroom and Photoshop.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Hey Doug,

First off thanks for keeping this up for as long as you have. Ben would have appreciated it for sure. So thanks so much!

And maybe this final Salvage will bring more people out. I am in California with access to my archives this week, so I should be able to participate this week.

And.... I like your salvage. There is often minimal salvaging that can be done with film, but I like what you did with this image. Mt Rainier is one of my favorite mountains and places to go. Paradise in particular is really a photographer's paradise! I like how you worked the reflection in the photo itself. Very nice composing.

Thanks for your kind words, Jim. They are much appreciated.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

My salvage example is from a quick shot in a flower display just outside a grocery store yesterday. The original shot displays the problem well which has way to many intrusive elements to make an interesting image beyond the bloom itself.

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I selected the primary bloom, inverted the selection and then made extensive use of the clone tool to wipe out the white pots before using Field Blur to eliminate details other than the bloom itself. A heavy crop brings the subject closer to the viewer. Color and detail enhancements in Photoshop.

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That is a great conversion, Alan. Very nice work.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Nice editing work Doug and again thanks for soldiering on with Ben's legacy. Much appreciated.

I went looking for some from the discarded pile to salvage. This is an image from a place called Stone Mountain. This was mid day and the lighting was harsh. Taken with my Mavic Air 2s. There is also some flair at the bottom right corner. Here is a quick salvage attempt.

Before
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After
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Beautiful work, Jameel. Your recovery of the light and darks is outstanding. Stone Mountain is a famous geologic example of an exfoliation dome, and this image would be perfect for a geological textbook.

 

[dan swiger]

Rock face in a bit too much shade

Lightened up rock face but still darker than Half Dome

 

[JimFox]

Mine is from the Subway in Zion back in 2007. Taken with a Nikon D200 on a hike I did with Bart.

Original - Photographed dark so at to not blow the highlights.

Edited today