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mist at dawn

Published on November 6, 2012 by greavesadminLeave a comment

Straight out of the camera, this scene appears to be shades of black and white.

When I reduce the saturation to zero in Lightroom, any hint of colour is removed and the image looks like this:

So what is the colour that tints the original image? I took the image into PhotoShop to take a closer look. With the colour selector dialogue box open, I can use the eyedropper tool to click on an area of the image to see what colour that pixel or pixels hold. To which colour do you think the grey shades are related?

the other morning…

Published on October 18, 2012 by greavesadminLeave a comment

on the way to the vet in the next town, Lindor & I took a quick break at Jackfish Lake. The morning mist was still rising from the surface of the lake. Thankfully, I had my camera gear along (surprised?)

unexpected

Published on October 4, 2012 by greavesadmin1 Comment

Typically, the first thing I do each morning is peak out my east facing bedroom window to see what kind of day to expect. Not so typical was the sun as it rose over the hangar yesterday!

mauve mist at dawn

Published on September 16, 2012 by greavesadmin1 Comment

sunbeams at dawn

Published on July 30, 2012 by greavesadmin1 Comment

I hope you have been enjoying the rays of sun on July’s desktop. I have more for you! This time I caught sunbeams at dawn reaching through morning mist at the creek. For specific screen resolutions, go here. I have a bonus option there, too!

It is difficult for the camera to balance the contrast between the brightness of the clear sky with the darkness of the foreground. A graduated neutral density filter can be physically added to the front of the lense to darken the sky somewhat but I did not have mine along. Fortunately, in Adobe Lightroom, where I do all my image upload, storage, rating and post-processing, there is a digital version of the graduated neutral density filter. I added a touch of darkness to the sky which brought more blue out and another digital filter to the foreground to reduce the darkness. Like seasoning your food, the amount added is personal preference. Below it a screen capture of the before and after of this process in Lightroom.

On the far right, you can see the amount of exposure compensation selected (-1.20) which is greatest at the top and fades to clear through a designated area centered horizontally above and below a selected point shown as a grey button (just to the right of the sun in the image). Like the physical graduated filter, the digital adjustment is linear. Lightroom also offers a large number of other adjustment tools. There are photographers who prefer to do as much in camera as possible and next to nothing in post-processing. I am quite happy to have come to this hobby in the age of all things digital and enjoy learning both camera and computer.