Day 21: October 2010 PAD

[wilgk]

Nice to see Age & trickery triumph again Stan!

[melikarish]

Brrr it was cold on the heath but worth it! Does anyone have some tips about how I can improve the sky?

[Oldphotobuff]

Thanks Kay. I love doing this sort of shot or as some (younger by far) call it "nonsense" because they don't know how!

Stan

[timo2]

Brrr it was cold on the heath but worth it! Does anyone have some tips about how I can improve the sky?

It has a well defined edge so you could easily replace that sky with a different one.

Lovely bit of frost you captured.

[Dave Humphries]

Brrr it was cold on the heath but worth it! Does anyone have some tips about how I can improve the sky?

Does the RAW have any information up in the sky, or are all 3 channels blown?

If there is some, an alternative development of the RAW with (in ACR speak) maximum recovery and oodles of negative Exposure, on a different layer and revealed might prove beneficial.

I'd try that first in preference to a new sky, because unless you're careful with selection of donor image and execution, it'll be obvious.

I'd push the sharpening on the frost a bit more too.

Cheers,

[carregwen]

Does the RAW have any information up in the sky, or are all 3 channels blown?

If there is some, an alternative development of the RAW with (in ACR speak) maximum recovery and oodles of negative Exposure, on a different layer and revealed might prove beneficial.

I'd try that first in preference to a new sky, because unless you're careful with selection of donor image and execution, it'll be obvious.

I'd push the sharpening on the frost a bit more too.

Cheers,

I would have either tried to get up a bit higher with the camera, or failing that got someone to pull the branch down slightly to exclude the sky.

[Dave Humphries]

I would have either tried to get up a bit higher with the camera, or failing that got someone to pull the branch down slightly to exclude the sky.

Yes that thought crossed my mind; 'a bit higher and to right'.

It doesn't aid camera steadiness, but if on your own, as I am usually, using your left hand to pull it gently down often works, tricky in this case as branch from right though

Cheers,

[melikarish]

It has a well defined edge so you could easily replace that sky with a different one.

Does the RAW have any information up in the sky, or are all 3 channels blown?

If there is some, an alternative development of the RAW with (in ACR speak) maximum recovery and oodles of negative Exposure, on a different layer and revealed might prove beneficial.

I'd try that first in preference to a new sky, because unless you're careful with selection of donor image and execution, it'll be obvious.

I'd push the sharpening on the frost a bit more too.

Cheers,

Hmmm this sounds beyond my skills... I definitely need to spend more time on the tutorials...

I would have either tried to get up a bit higher with the camera, or failing that got someone to pull the branch down slightly to exclude the sky.

... and on learning to Take My Time and Plan the Composition better!

Thanks guys for your comments they are always so helpful. I will have a bash at fixing this one up.

[carregwen]

... and on learning to Take My Time and Plan the Composition better!

Mel

It's really quite simple - when you go out shooting, apart from spare camera, extra lenses, filters, tripod, laptop with mobile link-up, fold-up screens, cleaning-cloths, polarisers, and sandwiches, you need a 5ft aluminium folding ladder from B&Q to give you that extra height!

Aren't you glad you joined this forum - you wouldn't get this sort of help on POTN.

[melikarish]

Mel

It's really quite simple - when you go out shooting, apart from spare camera, extra lenses, filters, tripod, laptop with mobile link-up, fold-up screens, cleaning-cloths, polarisers, and sandwiches, you need a 5ft aluminium folding ladder from B&Q to give you that extra height!

Aren't you glad you joined this forum - you wouldn't get this sort of help on POTN.

haha sounds like I need a man to carry all that stuff too! Perhaps Portia has a friend she can recommend??

[rpcrowe]

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