Wyre wrecks revisited

[Stephen]

I had to pay a second visit to this great location. Whaddaya think

[lumix]

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I had to pay a second visit to this great location. Whaddaya think

I just love these pictures you are producing from what must be a fantastic location. To me the foreground suggest far better lighting than the sky would seem to offer. Is this due to your processing or was the light really like that?

[Stephen]

Re: Wyre wrecks revisited

I just love these pictures you are producing from what must be a fantastic location. To me the foreground suggest far better lighting than the sky would seem to offer. Is this due to your processing or was the light really like that?

Hi Lumix, I've been thinking about my response to your question. It makes me question whether the picture works. If you feel the need to ask about the lighting in an image then perhaps there is something wrong with the picture, is it so unreal? My first reaction was that you, as the viewer, don't need to know, however I can see why someone may ask, and yet your initial response was that you liked it, so does it matter. Mmmm not sure I'm going to tell you anyway

[Ian]

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Mmmm not sure I'm going to tell you anyway

It's alright Ron - Stephen's memory isn't what it used to be!

Ian

[lumix]

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First yes I do like it and it dose work for me. Why I asked is that I want to learn how to produce images like yours. You know me from old. I'm always probing to find the answers to other photographers techniques. I study the exif data when ever it is available, but that is not much help if the resulting image is photoshopped. So if you would be so kind, How did you get that foreground lighting?

[Stephen]

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First yes I do like it and it dose work for me. Why I asked is that I want to learn how to produce images like yours. You know me from old. I'm always probing to find the answers to other photographers techniques. I study the exif data when ever it is available, but that is not much help if the resulting image is photoshopped. So if you would be so kind, How did you get that foreground lighting?

Oh well OK, here are a couple of tips.

1. If you like the general composition and elements of a picture, never just accept what the camera records. We are now in a new age of photography and we have the ability at our finger tips to create something from that raw material. I'm talking creativity here, but many of the digital techniques are not dissimilar from the old darkroom techniques.

2. Specifically the technique used in the above involves selections and altering levels to adjust as you feel appropriate. A good start is to make an elliptical marquee somewhere within the image, often in the central area. Feather it to the max (250 on PS) then invert it and try altering brightness to darken the surrounding area. This principle can be done many times within a picture to lighten or darken areas. The polygonal lassoo tool is also good for making rough selections, but when you feather them and adjustment just blends in to surrounding area.

There is nothing complicated or mystical about this sort of thing. You are not adding stuff or taking it away. You are not turning the pic into a graphical image. For me anyway it is still pure photography and related technique. The picture below was created using the technique of selective adjustment of levels and contrast as described above

[lumix]

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There's nothing wrong with Stephen's memory, just needed me to go down on bended knees and beg for help. Thanks for all the info Stephen, much appreciated. My hands were cupped under the enlarger lens so to speak, working out how long an exposure to give. Old habits die hard. BTW that other image you used as an example, haven't I seen that in print somewhere.

[Stephen]

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BTW that other image you used as an example, haven't I seen that in print somewhere.

Bloomin well hope not Ron, though I have shown it on the web before.

[lumix]

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I knew I had seen it before. Thought it was in a mag, but my memory is not that good so it must have been on the web. If I recall it was part of an old farm house. Rumour has it that it was built the same year I was born, so you can imaging the state I'm in.

[JonMikal]

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this image is very impressive as well as the one you posted for example. thank you kindly for the PS tips. i took note of them for future use