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yvonne



Registered: August 2008
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I happened to pass by the beach where this veteran & vintage car rally was taking place so I thought I'd try a new subject for me - not taken it as far as Honez with HDR but time to learn that process yet.
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2,722
Mon June 29, 2009 6:25pm

Hi Yvonne,


I like the composition on your three pics here. However, the shots as is are rather dull...simply because they require a mid-range dynamic boost. This is easliy done by adjusting the D-Lighting in NX2, or the highlights/shadow recovery option in PS/Elements.


You need to experiment more in this dept. The correct amount of D-lighting really makes a picture pop., and brings it alive.


I find that with digital pics...that this aspect is a common result. Even with a correct exposure...the mid-tone range is lacking without a pp boost of some kind.


In fact, I'd guess that in reality - digital processing of RAW actually 'requires' it as a constant process. DSLR sensors just don't appear to be able to capture the full-dynamic range by themselves.


The grey skies are a bit drab, but they do actually 'blend in' with the car quite nicely...altho, a contrasting deep blue would have been better - IMHO.
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yvonne

Registered: August 2008
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Tue June 30, 2009 9:30am

Thanks Kev, I had experimented with the sky colour and have the same picture with the sky graduated in a deep orange/red - it looks good, quite poster-like and this tends to make the car pop more. I take on board your comments about mid-range dynamic boost - need time to experiment more.
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
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Tue June 30, 2009 6:52pm

Yvonne - it's just a simple step really.


Convert your original NEF file to a TIFF, then load it in PS Elements (if you don't have NX2 yet)...then simply go to enhancet - Adjust lighting - shadows/highlights.


Set the lighten shadows slider to approx 25
The darken highlights to say 5
and mid-tone contrast to say 3


This will immediately improve the mid-range tonal quality of the pic and eliminate that kinda dull characteristic.


Use that as a starting point and then go from there.


IF you do have NX2 - simply load the NEF and use the adjust D-Lighting function (better quality option) to do exactly the same thing.


It takes just a few seconds.


KEV
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