Pedestrian Village - Mont Tremblant

[Manfred M]

A shot down the street of the Mont Tremblant pedestrian village.

I'm off to village to shoot in wet conditions. It's been raining much of the afternoon and there is a gourmet festival taking place this week.

[NorthernFocus]

Really excellent, Manfred. Polarizer?

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, very colorful.

[Manfred M]

Really excellent, Manfred. Polarizer?

Yes - most of my medium to long outdoor shots are done in good light, I shoot with a polarizer.

[wtlwdwgn]

Very nicely done street scene.

[Ziggy]

Very nice image. Looks like every color in the crayon box is in this one.

[Manfred M]

Very nice image. Looks like every color in the crayon box is in this one.

They sure have done that. I found a couple of images online in the winter and the colours seem to stick out even more in the snow:

http://www.skinet.com/ski/galleries/...=55593709&s=20

http://adventure.nationalgeographic....08_600x450.jpg

[wilgk]

A really nice aspect, with the repeating patterns going down the street, leading you into the image.

[IzzieK]

How come your image looks crunchy, crispy? What do you do to them process-wise I mean...let us not even start with your past postings...just the shot taken from the ski lift and this one...I know...I know...start with a good sharp shot. If an image is already good, how can one makes it this crispy crunchy with meat sort of shot? Can't describe this very well, so I will just say, it is different than how flat the others compare to this...your shot got more "body" and I am not flattering you...what do you do, how do you do it, if you are willing to share some tips...hints..???

[bnnrcn]

Very nice shot Manfred Did you use dehaze slider in ACR while processing the image ?

[Manfred M]

How come your image looks crunchy, crispy? What do you do to them process-wise I mean...let us not even start with your past postings...just the shot taken from the ski lift and this one...I know...I know...start with a good sharp shot. If an image is already good, how can one makes it this crispy crunchy with meat sort of shot? Can't describe this very well, so I will just say, it is different than how flat the others compare to this...your shot got more "body" and I am not flattering you...what do you do, how do you do it, if you are willing to share some tips...hints..???

I shot most of my outdoor shots with a polarizer, that kills the glare and if I am pointing in the right direction, I get the bluer sky.


In ACR; I adjust the black point and white point to ensure there is no clipping on either end. If there are bright highlights or dark shadows, I also tweak the shadows and highlights slider, as required. I sharpen and adjust contrast. Add a touch of dehaze on any outdoor shot (around 5 -8) value unless the air temperature is below freezing and there is no haze. I will punch up the clarity and vibrance. If there are people in the shot, I usually keep these values below 15 and if there are not, I might go up to around 35 on both. I also add a slight vignette.

I will also sometimes punch up the sky / leaves / grass in ACR using the HSL/Grayscale and on the Luminance tab - play with the blue, aqua (sky) and yellow for leaves and grasses.

In Photoshop I dodge and burn to take down the highlights and shadows (I use blending modes / layer masks (multiply to darken areas) and screen modes to lighten). I use a soft brush with opacity of 15% - 25% to build up the look). I will sometimes duplicate the layer to increase the effect (the duplicate layer may have the opacity reduced, to get the level I want).

Finally, in some shots (the two of of the village had this) I use Nik Color Efex and add both the tonal contrast and skylight filters and will then reduce the opacity of these layers to tone down the effect, as required.

[Manfred M]

Very nice shot Manfred Did you use dehaze slider in ACR while processing the image ?

Thanks - I use it virtually all the time with outdoor shots when the air temperature is above freezing; in this image, a setting of 5 - 8 on dehaze.

[John 2]

Keep coming back to this Manfred and chickening out of commenting - probably because I'm out of step with what has been said already. Very nice location and really good composition but to me, it's about half a stop under exposed and for my taste (and I stress the "my"), it is a little too saturated. Doesn't mean I don't like it though because I do.

[Manfred M]

Keep coming back to this Manfred and chickening out of commenting - probably because I'm out of step with what has been said already. Very nice location and really good composition but to me, it's about half a stop under exposed and for my taste (and I stress the "my"), it is a little too saturated. Doesn't mean I don't like it though because I do.

You could be right about the exposure, John. Unfortunately, I'm editing on my laptop and the screen has a very strange FoV. Just a few degrees difference in the angle I am looking at the image makes it lighter or darker. I really won't be able to tell until I get home and see the image on my regular screen.

As for the oversaturation, that was done on purpose. I am trying to emphasize how artificial the whole place is. Mont Tremblant pedestrian village is a highly artificial, over the top place, and that is what I am trying to portray in this image.

[GBO25]

Lovely shaot Manfred and very well edited. Thanks for the tips. I would clone out what looks like a few dust spots in the sky though, they are a little distracting.

[Rebel]

Lovely shot, great colours and composition.

[Manfred M]

Lovely shaot Manfred and very well edited. Thanks for the tips. I would clone out what looks like a few dust spots in the sky though, they are a little distracting.

Thanks for pointing that out Graham. I think I fixed the issue. Darn hard to see some of those details on my laptop screen. I had to really enlarge things to find them.