Topic: WinterSeaScape

[gremurphoto]

A generic winter scene.I liked the shed but I was rushed for time.Hint,roof of shed is a green shingling common to older commercial buildings here.
GregM

[Greg Groess]

Noise in the red and blue channels...But I gave it a fair run....

Greg

[themightyzog]

Yes quite an interesting image, especially with the blue snow areas!  Does anybody feel we should get rid of them?

I fed it through NeatImage, FocusMagic before CM - then to give it a little sparkle I added 4 pixels of Local Auto-Levels at about 50%.

Compared to Greg's the noise has virtually disappeared from the sky thanks to NeatImage

[gremurphoto]

This was my first take .GregM
Seen expanded on this site the sky falls apart.PSE noise reduction and some color treatments shifted the texture of the shed walls which I didn't like.

[kessi]

Just practising my new skills.
I'm not sure how blue the sky really would be, but I liked the vividness.
Used Lab to work on it by first setting highlights, shadow and neutral; then contrast pin and manipulated the b channel.

Please don't hesitate to correct me. I'm still waaay at the bottom of the ladder of experience.

kessi

[Greg Groess]

Hey Kessi!
Give the shadows a bit of Lizard Tail and see whats in there...

You are doing just fine...keep up the practice...

Greg

[brookrouge]

I made some modifications and would like to share, it's been a while since I've been here and I can't remember how to upload my image. Can anyone give me pointers on that?

Anyway I adjusted Levels for each color and the saturation a bit and then I blurred the blue channel in order to get rid of the graininess in the sky, I figured it was a compression artifact but it looks better that way. Hopefully I can figure out how to share it soon. Thanks.

[Greg Groess]

Everyone,

• Please remember to re-size your images to fit under the 200kb limit per image. 
  You can have up to 500kb per post but no more than 200kb per attached image. 
  If your images are small you can attach up to 8 of them.
  
• If you are new to image re-sizing you can use the PS or PSE "save for web" command under the "file" menu to help you re-size the image.  You might want to keep the overall image size to 1024X1024 as upper limits for both horizontal and vertical sizes.  Just set the quality value to give you an Image that is less than 200kb.
• To attach the image to your posting click on the "+ Additional Options" link and select the file using the browse button. See greg1.jpg.
• You might want to look into a freeware printscreen program.  I use Gadwin Printscreen http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/ version 4.4 is free. This will help you capture screens that include the curves windows and to help us work with you on your images.
• You can save a curve file as an .ACV file.  These files are able to be attached to an e-mail or posting to the forum and allow us to help figure out problems.  These are optional files and not required.  We may ask for one if we are having trouble getting to thebottom of a problem in an image.  To save a curve file you need to click on the save button.  This will open the Save as Dialog box. See greg2.jpg.  Name your file and save it to the desktop if you like.  You can then attach it just like a image file as described above.

Hope this helps

Greg

[brookrouge]

Thanks a lot, I didn't see that option below. Here is the image I worked on, let me know what you think.

[Greg Groess]

Brookrouge,
There seems to be a blue cast over the image...

Greg

[gremurphoto]

I like the overall brightness and the color of the shed and roof of Brook's image.I took a little blue from the boat,I don't know if it changes anything.GregM

[Greg Groess]

Greg,
It looks like I'm looking through a neutral density filter.  Maybe a half stop brighter??  I see bright highlights and white snow...Here in Minnesota..that usually hurts without sunglasses...

On the L curve move the 50 point out to 62 or 63 and up the saturation to 1.20 and see if it looks cleaner....
Greg

[brookrouge]

I see what you mean about the blue ness, I live in the Tahoe area and the snow (Maybe from defused light form the trees) has a bit of a blue hue to it. I thought it looked more natural. It's the only snow I have as a representation so I left it there. I do see how it looks cleaner by removing that though.