Art_R Workshop Photos Received

Dark Seed (12)
Art_R

(1995)

cs3

nagraj

(2322) [2008-09-28 04:23:37]

could not do much, levels used to brighted little of the subject and background.

Elbow River (8)
Art_R

(1995)

numerical approach

(1995) [2008-08-31 12:23:41]

this is a second effort with this photo set , this time instead of attempting to make 'by eye' levels adjustments , I chose to make equal numerical adjustments to each image and mask. the resulting image was considerably darker , but I think this effect falls onto the area of camera man error :-*)

I think that with the initial image instead of letting the camera choose its exposure that I should have imposed a positive exposure of likely around a 2/3 stop

I edited the compiled image in photoshop to apply some lightness/shadows correction to offset the darkness.

I think that this more numerical approach built a far nicer and colorful image.

regards
Art

Elbow River (8)
Art_R

(1995)

base image

(1995) [2008-08-31 09:52:21]

this is the original image with no exposure compinsation , along with befor and after histograms for the two photos , the before clearly shows the amount of darkness and clipping in the light areas , the after is much better but also still has issues in the light area , that is likely resulting from my trying to lighten the image too much . but I am not positive , it will take a lot of practice and learning for me to fully understand how to blend the images well.

regards
Art

Orb Spider (2) *
Art_R

(1995)

other angles

(1995) [2008-08-29 06:38:45]

these are the other views of this spider , hopefully someone will recognize the species and help with an ID

thanks for looking :-)
regards
Art

Ambushed (12)
Art_R

(1995)

Contrast

eqshannon

(21753) [2008-08-12 11:56:21] [1]

Lightened 2 notches, then selective sharpen and then noise removal for background darker.
Used Paintshop Pro Photo X1 which is much better than Adobe...at least in my opinion. And it is MUCH cheaper..and easy to learn.

Ambushed (12)
Art_R

(1995)

cs3

nagraj

(2322) [2008-08-12 08:29:31] [1]

used levels for brightness and curves for little contrast.

Jeepers Creepers (22) *
Art_R

(1995)

different points of view

(1995) [2008-07-21 12:02:19]

Hi this is mt compilation to show how the dark area of the dragonflies eye is always located in relation to the point of view , the first four images are one dragon fly the last two are another...
regards
Art

Washing Up (18)
Art_R

(1995)

actual pixels

(1995) [2008-07-08 08:56:32]

Hi this is an actual pixels sample of the photo , it was shot with settings ,
jpeg- fine
size medium (5-6 mega pixel)
high ISO noise reduction - normal

there is not much else for image settings with the jpeg format

though this represents a very small level of noise for a 1600 iso , it is good to consider how much noise would be consumed by a 40% reduction in resolution , I am not that handy with RAW conversion and woulkd strugle with an iso 1600 , but no doubt the raw has higher potential.

regards
Art

Beauty and the Beast (6)
Art_R

(1995)

photochop cs2

nagraj

(2322) [2008-06-30 02:32:36] [1]

all i did is to crop to eliminate more white area and to bring the focus to the fly. (rectangle frame). sorry, couldnot include your initials.

Piggy Back Ride (18)
Art_R

(1995)

close up

(1995) [2008-06-25 14:26:36]

Hi this is the closer view of the spiderlings , they are so close together that a clear view was not really possible. I wonder how many there are there :-)

regards
Art