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12-16-2011, 01:14 PM | #2179 |
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The biggest gotcha with that is blowing out highlights beyond recoverability. Make sure your histogram is to the right, but not pressed up against the right side.
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I also turn on my blinkies in post, since you can blow out parts of a perfectly exposed image by raising Contrast too much, or raising levels or any number of things. Dave |
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12-16-2011, 01:31 PM | #2181 |
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I've been making good use of the Recovery slider in ACR. Works wonders for wiping out blinkies and recovering whatever detail may be there.
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12-16-2011, 09:19 PM | #2183 |
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yes, and flattening out the highlights - love it.
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12-16-2011, 09:26 PM | #2185 |
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ha. unless you're aiming for shades of middle grey.
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12-16-2011, 09:43 PM | #2186 |
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I've noticed that. But so far only on clouds where the gray isn't a big deal. If the detail is gone for good, you get the gray spots.
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12-16-2011, 09:46 PM | #2187 | |
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that's just me personally though. I try to keep that rule in for fill light too. I don't want to have to clean up more noise, or get banding or any of that (which doesn't seem to be as much of a problem in RAW.) |
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12-16-2011, 10:49 PM | #2188 |
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lately, i've been using it as a further push south for the highlight end of the curve, after making a really funky looking custom curve. it makes for a really soft gradation to the highlight.
like here: i probably set recovery to about 50% - nothing was blown out at all (obviously) when the exposure was 0%, it just has a nice feel on my custom curve. do you think it looks bad? and the in-focus blinds on the edge of the frame really bother me. should crop it. blah.
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12-16-2011, 10:51 PM | #2189 |
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I would crop the in focus part, it's creating a second focal point to your picture, and the picture is fantastic as is, but would be better without those in focus parts.
perhaps turn it into a profile pic instead of square while getting rid of lines? |
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12-16-2011, 10:54 PM | #2190 |
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surely you know my thoughts on vertical/portrait orientation.
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12-16-2011, 10:55 PM | #2191 |
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yes, but seems like the only solution, unless there's more of this image which was previously cropped?
or was this image framed as is? I made the assumption that you're so good that it was basically framed as is with the exception of being a square crop |
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12-16-2011, 11:04 PM | #2192 |
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Hmm, I agree the in-focus part of the blinds should go, but then you're messing with the geometry of the image by quite a bit. I think if the fine detail in the blinds was gone, you could leave them in and not have to crop. Maybe create a new layer and surface blur it so the detail in the blinds in muted some, then layer mask that area only?
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12-16-2011, 11:06 PM | #2193 |
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did you take an alternate version of this picture with everything in focus? (i assume no) because the blinds would have worked quite well as leading lines.
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12-16-2011, 11:09 PM | #2194 |
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Like so, maybe?
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12-16-2011, 11:12 PM | #2196 |
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No. The fine detail in the blinds is gone. I don't think they grab the eye as much now.
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12-16-2011, 11:17 PM | #2198 |
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Exactly. You really can't blur the blinds there completely because the plane of focus will be uneven and your eye will pick up on that.
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12-16-2011, 11:22 PM | #2199 |
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meh.
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EDIT: Never mind. I like your new version better, rodi.
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