The problem of blown out skies

[lumix]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

This is a quick edit done in Microsoft's Digital Image, hope you approve.

[Stephen]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

This is a quick edit done in Microsoft's Digital Image, hope you approve.

Not a bad effort Ron, I'm quite impressed. Though I'd have made it a bit darker meself

[Pol]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

This is a quick edit done in Microsoft's Digital Image, hope you approve.

Hey - that's pretty good!

Maybe a bit more work to match up the blues in the sky with the reflection in the water and you'd have an acceptable repair solution imho.

Nice one, Ron.

Pol

[lumix]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

Not a bad effort Ron, I'm quite impressed. Though I'd have made it a bit darker meself

Yes quite right there Stephen, Should have taken more time. All I needed to do was match the original (my fishing lake image) to similar colour and It would have looked better. Then again I did say quick edit 12 minutes approx.

Thanks Pol I'm still learning.

[spl]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

No no I think Lumix's effort was superb - spot on colourwise as well - reflections are always darker than the actual sky - it was clever too the way you left the white around the tree edges so you didn't have to fiddle with overlapping things.

Also the effort by Coupekid is excellent and more realistic than you think becuase as I said the part of the sky that the water was reflecting was not the same part that appeared in the picture above the trees - in fact that part if I remember correctly was actually under quite solid cloud cover (although the cloud was thin and the sun shone brightly from behind it causing the blow out) - I suppose I should obey golden rule of photography i.e. never point your camera towards the sun but the rest of the pic was just too inviting in this case.

thank you again for all the incredibly hard work you have put in here - I am most grateful
spl

[lumix]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

No no I think Lumix's effort was superb - spot on colourwise as well - reflections are always darker than the actual sky - it was clever too the way you left the white around the tree edges so you didn't have to fiddle with overlapping things.
spl

That was pure lazzyness. If I wasn't snowed under with other work (I'm supposed to be retired, some hopes) I would have done it properly. Perhaps, just perhaps I'll have another go.

[Pops]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

This is a quick edit done in Microsoft's Digital Image, hope you approve.

Been doing a bit of reading up on MDI. Would you care to comment on your own experience of using it. At the moment I use PSPx.

[coupekid]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

This is a quick edit done in Microsoft's Digital Image, hope you approve.

Well, it puts mine to shame!
Nice work bringing out the sky there!

[lumix]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

Been doing a bit of reading up on MDI. Would you care to comment on your own experience of using it. At the moment I use PSPx.

[Danny Chau]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

The sky is masked out with Vertus Fluid Mask 2.0 (using the demo), which is the best masking program on the market. I have seen (high res) images that would seem impossible to mask out the foreground, would only take less than 5 mins to do with this program, it is then a matter of what background to use and balance the image after that.

Danny

[lumix]

Re: The problem of blown out skies

The sky is masked out with Vertus Fluid Mask 2.0 (using the demo), which is the best masking program on the market. I have seen (high res) images that would seem impossible to mask out the foreground, would only take less than 5 mins to do with this program, it is then a matter of what background to use and balance the image after that.

Danny

Very nice but I bet that's more than 29 quids worth.

[Ian]