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Fun with MF images - ARCHIVED - FOR VIEWING ONLY

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Landscapelover

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Greg,

Thank you so much for your kind words!
With your talent, I can't wait to see your pictures if you have a chance to come visit.
I really mean it! It's one of the amazing places you should come visit before you die! Colors are everywhere!
Joe (Colson) is a regular visitor. He was here last year before the COVID.
Maybe we can meet up :)

Best
Pramote
 
Greg Haag

Greg Haag

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Landscapelover said:
Greg,

Thank you so much for your kind words!
With your talent, I can't wait to see your pictures if you have a chance to come visit.
I really mean it! It's one of the amazing places you should come visit before you die! Colors are everywhere!
Joe (Colson) is a regular visitor. He was here last year before the COVID.
Maybe we can meet up :)

Best
Pramote
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I would love to meet up! I had a trip planned this year, but delayed it due to uncertainty over COVID.
 
Greg Haag

Greg Haag

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Each year it seems like I have images that remind me that I am an amateur and not a professional, this is one of those examples. I was not prepared for the unexpected, I almost alway shoot in manual exposure and had shot a few pictures earlier in different lighting, then a few minutes later as I was driving thru the valley road in Yosemite I saw this man taking a picture. I immediately pulled over grabbed my camera an took this shot, never thinking about checking my exposure, by the time I realized it was overexposed the moment was over. This B&W version was the best I could do in salvaging the image.

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dj may

dj may

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Greg Haag said:
Each year it seems like I have images that remind me that I am an amateur and not a professional, this is one of those examples. I was not prepared for the unexpected, I almost alway shoot in manual exposure and had shot a few pictures earlier in different lighting, then a few minutes later as I was driving thru the valley road in Yosemite I saw this man taking a picture. I immediately pulled over grabbed my camera an took this shot, never thinking about checking my exposure, by the time I realized it was overexposed the moment was over. This B&W version was the best I could do in salvaging the image.

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P. Chong

P. Chong

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could have fooled me. Looks superb!

The man in the photograph reminded me when I was last in Yosemite...at the Tunnel View carpark, some tourists were using their point and shoot cameras with flash on! Of course, it was getting dark...:)


Greg Haag said:
Each year it seems like I have images that remind me that I am an amateur and not a professional, this is one of those examples. I was not prepared for the unexpected, I almost alway shoot in manual exposure and had shot a few pictures earlier in different lighting, then a few minutes later as I was driving thru the valley road in Yosemite I saw this man taking a picture. I immediately pulled over grabbed my camera an took this shot, never thinking about checking my exposure, by the time I realized it was overexposed the moment was over. This B&W version was the best I could do in salvaging the image.
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Jack

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Greg Haag said:
Each year it seems like I have images that remind me that I am an amateur and not a professional, this is one of those examples. I was not prepared for the unexpected, I almost alway shoot in manual exposure and had shot a few pictures earlier in different lighting, then a few minutes later as I was driving thru the valley road in Yosemite I saw this man taking a picture. I immediately pulled over grabbed my camera an took this shot, never thinking about checking my exposure, by the time I realized it was overexposed the moment was over. This B&W version was the best I could do in salvaging the image.
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I like it too, but at the same time think there's possibly a little that can be done that might improve it further... Try adding some clarity (or high-radius, low amount sharpening), then bump the black end of your input curve to around 7-8, and pull the white end back to about 248-250, and then brighten by taking a lower-mid 45 up to around 55 on that same curve? This should improve global contrast a bit and enhance micro-contrast a bit --- I dunno, maybe worth a try anyway 🤔
 
Ed Hurst

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Greg Haag said:
Each year it seems like I have images that remind me that I am an amateur and not a professional, this is one of those examples. I was not prepared for the unexpected, I almost alway shoot in manual exposure and had shot a few pictures earlier in different lighting, then a few minutes later as I was driving thru the valley road in Yosemite I saw this man taking a picture. I immediately pulled over grabbed my camera an took this shot, never thinking about checking my exposure, by the time I realized it was overexposed the moment was over. This B&W version was the best I could do in salvaging the image.
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Greg, I don't know what amateurishness you may have seen in your original colour file, but in the end, we should judge the final result - and this is absolutely first rate. Love it! You should have the confidence to feel superb about this image, and never mind what the files looked like to start with, or the colour version you had in mind! Very jealous...

One minuscule suggestion. Near the top right of the image, can you see the little branch that is kind of 're-entering' the image? It looks like it's hanging from nowhere. I'd be tempted to get rid of that with Content Aware Fill ;-)
 
Greg Haag

Greg Haag

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Ed Hurst said:
Greg, I don't know what amateurishness you may have seen in your original colour file, but in the end, we should judge the final result - and this is absolutely first rate. Love it! You should have the confidence to feel superb about this image, and never mind what the files looked like to start with, or the colour version you had in mind! Very jealous...

One minuscule suggestion. Near the top right of the image, can you see the little branch that is kind of 're-entering' the image? It looks like it's hanging from nowhere. I'd be tempted to get rid of that with Content Aware Fill ;-)
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Ed, thank you for your kind assessment! Also, I completely agree that the branch needs to go away!
Thanks again,
Greg
 
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raycox

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Greg Haag said:
Each year it seems like I have images that remind me that I am an amateur and not a professional, this is one of those examples. I was not prepared for the unexpected, I almost alway shoot in manual exposure and had shot a few pictures earlier in different lighting, then a few minutes later as I was driving thru the valley road in Yosemite I saw this man taking a picture. I immediately pulled over grabbed my camera an took this shot, never thinking about checking my exposure, by the time I realized it was overexposed the moment was over. This B&W version was the best I could do in salvaging the image.

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That indeed is a superb image! Great capture.
 
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