[W/NW] Contrast: the sky's the limit

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--Mitch/Paris

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Mitch and Bob -

 

I don't often try this, and you're about to see why. This one below is from a couple yrs ago, when I knew even less about post-processing than I do now.

 

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>>>Question -- applies more to Mitch's photo in this case -- how are you getting the sky

that way ? Many thanks <<<

 

By selective burning of the sky. These days I'm using LightZone, but you can do the same

thing in PhotoShop: I select the sky with a good amount of feathering and then darken it

by changing the Blend Mode to Multiply, while increasing the constrast. But the sky was

quite strong already in the RAW (colour) file.

 

--Mitch/Paris

Thanks, Mitch.

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mitch, have you printed this image using this technique. if so, how does it look?

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>>>mitch, have you printed this image using this technique. if so, how does it look?<<<

 

Yes, Matt: the print looks good - why do you ask? The darkest part of the sky is one "zone"

short of pure black, which you can see if you download the JPG from here and view it on a

black background.

 

--Mitch/Paris

Here are a few more. Do you think that the last one, in which the sun blows out a prt of

the sky, works?

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--Mitch/Paris

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Ian.,

 

Thanks.

 

Jim

Mitch, I like the results but you seem to be getting some posterization.

Regards,

John

Truly beautifull. Love contrast. Great technique. Thanks for sharing!

>>>Mitch, I like the results but you seem to be getting some posterization. Regards,

John<<<

 

John, granrted that I'm pushing things quite a bit but I don't see any posterizariom in this

one. Where do you see that?

 

--Mitch/Paris