SueS
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Re: [CritEditY] Help please
I shoot ISO 800 lots but, things get ugly at any ISO above 800 with my camera.  |
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Pentaxian
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West Milford, NJ | expose to the right - use the histogram.. in short, try to overexpose at higher ISO.. It cleans 'em up. |
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SueS
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Macon, MO | I actually darkened this photo. Histogram was all the way to the right. |
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Kringle
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Two words: Circular Polarizer.  |
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SueS
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| Something I know nothing about. I don't shoot enough landscape shots to even think about getting one. Might put it on my Christmas list, but then you will have to teach me how to use it. |
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Pentaxian
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what camera are you shooting with? If it's a P&S and it has a 52mm thread, well, I'll GIVE you a CPL. Granted, not the best one I own but, a decent one. I noticed a slight softness with it using a Vivitar Series 1 105mm F2.5, though, I really and truly doubt another lens would be sharp enough to make this CPL the limiting factor. It is a Tiffen after all.. |
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SueS
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Macon, MO | I would want one to fit my Tamron 28-75mm. |
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Kringle
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said by SueS  :but then you will have to teach me how to use it. It's a deal. Actually, CPs are good for anything that has a reflection that you want to minimize so don't think of it as "only for landscapes". |
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blueflat
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as others have already suggested,
in camera,
to emphasize the person and demphasize the sky,
you can darken the sky with a polarizer or a neutral density gradient filter or a warm-tone gradient filter.
the polarizer would have darkened the sky if the sun were to the left or right, but not if the sun were at your back or ahead of you.
it would also have darkened the reflections on the water.
but the polarizer price is the loss of ~2 stops. the gradient filters would not have that light loss for the center. all require some extra fussing under time pressure.
in camera,
to give interest in the sky, choose a day with clouds.
the clear flat skies are the day of and 1-2 days after the passage of a cold front. little postcard-puffy clouds arrive about day 3-4, bigger ones later, and overcasts and rains precede the next cold front. about 10 days between fronts, depending on location, month, jet stream, etc etc. |
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Pistolpete
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I agree with the other comments regarding clouds,they add so much to an image.Blue skies on the other hand, although good for the sunbather:),not so good for the photographer.If you are considering moving into landscape photography,then I would certainly buy/use a tripod.Shoot in RAW or auto bracket your shots. |
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Pentaxian
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West Milford, NJ | reply to SueS
Two things - What is the thread size of this lens and, does the front element rotate when focusing? |
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EGeezer
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This is one of those scenes that's near and dear to my heart, since I love flat-water canoeing and kayaking. It invites lots of options for cropping and various afternoon and daylight effects. I've added my twists in crop, curves and levels.
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| EGeezer, that second one was an eyeopener, since it's almost exactly what I ended up with when I tried my hand at this; I was just too shy to post  . To my eye, the whole picture was way too yellow/brown, though I liked the composition a lot, so I went for quite a drastic color "correction". But when I didn't see anyone correcting it so drastically, I backed off .
SueS, I hope someday I can take "problem" photos as good as yours! 
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Kringle
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A little mucking about for you... |
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SueS
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Thanks, I like all the edits on my image, they have way more pop than I know how to do. Our trees are not the spring summer green color, with fall coming we already have lots of yellow in the trees.
I do have this question though. I thought shooting during the golden hour was to have the gold light in the photos. Do you shoot in the evening and remove the golden color cast, or just not shoot in the evening? I kind of like the golden colors, am I the only one?
I would like your thoughts on shooting during the golden hour.
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Jodokast96
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Erial, NJ | Like anything, it will vary by subject and shooter. The bigger reason, IMO, is not the color cast, but a more subdued light. |
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SueS
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said by Pentaxian :Two things - What is the thread size of this lens and, does the front element rotate when focusing? Front does not rotate. Filter size is 67. Thank you! |
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tmpchaos
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The problem is typically that it gets exaggerated compared to what is really seen- so the trick I usually do is just to lessen it to bring a greater spectrum of color into the shot. |
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said by SueS :I thought shooting during the golden hour was to have the gold light in the photos. Do you shoot in the evening and remove the golden color cast, or just not shoot in the evening? I kind of like the golden colors, am I the only one? I very much like the golden cast but it depends totally on the subject matter. I think it goes really nicely with the hue from tungsten lighting when the lights are just coming on at dusk in an urban landscape, for example. Sometimes I go all the way and set my white balance to completely compensate for the warmer light and only take advantage of the shadows and dimensionality that the lower angle of incidence of evening light brings to the composition.
Quick synopsis: you're not the only one.
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said by SueS :... shooting during the golden hour was to have the gold light in the photos. Do you shoot in the evening and remove the golden color cast, or just not shoot in the evening? I kind of like the golden colors, am I the only one? I like shooting in that light too, as evidenced by my Scavenger hunt straw bale photo ( »August Bike Ride
) Your original has a great warm afternoon feel, conveying the impending fall. My edits were just other interpretations of a very versatile picture that can evoke different responses.
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