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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 98051" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>Thanks, Ted & Rick. Info should be in the exif data, but here you go...</p><p></p><p>Chapel: ISO 400 (before I remembered to drop it to 100), 1.3 sec @ f/14. I had used the brush back out the exposure inside the dome so you don't lose detail.</p><p></p><p>Main Street: ISO 100, 10 sec @ f/14. Other than turning on the lens profile in Lightroom this is untouched. It was kinda cool the high red lights are from a delivery truck that almost rear-ended the car trying to park.</p><p></p><p>Blacksmith Shop: ISO 100, 25 sec @ f/14. A lot more work on this one, in Lightroom and then Silver Efex Pro 2. In LR: 1) Far right of the frame was very bridge because of lights from the hotel next door, so I darkened along the entire edge. 2) The first arch of the bridge in the background was overly dark, so I lightened it up. 3) Post processing in Silver Efex Pro 2 the paths around the building were a little too light so I darkened them up. Could have done this in Silver Efex but missed it, and unlike using the Nik tools in Photoshop once you're out you can't go back in and readjust a smart layer (or whatever they call it). In Silver Efex Pro I used a fine structure preset which brought out not only the great detail in the building and bridge, but also the detail in the sky, which was absolutely missing in the color shot. I added a control point (what makes the Nik tools so effective, IMO) on the door to lighten it up and define it a little better, then replicated it and moved it to the other door for symmetry. Then I added a colored filter (think it was green or blue, or perhaps I shifted the color to somewhere in between) and reduced the opacity to somewhere around 40% to bring out the variation in the sky without making it seem overdone. For giggles, and so you can see what a great B&W tool Silver Efex is, here's the color image that I had started with (including the LR adjustments in 1 & 2 above).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]22704[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>These were all shot with the 24-85mm kit lens that came with the D600. I've got a B&W UV filter on there. Not sure if it's the lens, the filter or a combination of the two, but I absolutely love how it yields the 14-point starbursts at each light source in each shot. No post-production there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 98051, member: 9240"] Thanks, Ted & Rick. Info should be in the exif data, but here you go... Chapel: ISO 400 (before I remembered to drop it to 100), 1.3 sec @ f/14. I had used the brush back out the exposure inside the dome so you don't lose detail. Main Street: ISO 100, 10 sec @ f/14. Other than turning on the lens profile in Lightroom this is untouched. It was kinda cool the high red lights are from a delivery truck that almost rear-ended the car trying to park. Blacksmith Shop: ISO 100, 25 sec @ f/14. A lot more work on this one, in Lightroom and then Silver Efex Pro 2. In LR: 1) Far right of the frame was very bridge because of lights from the hotel next door, so I darkened along the entire edge. 2) The first arch of the bridge in the background was overly dark, so I lightened it up. 3) Post processing in Silver Efex Pro 2 the paths around the building were a little too light so I darkened them up. Could have done this in Silver Efex but missed it, and unlike using the Nik tools in Photoshop once you're out you can't go back in and readjust a smart layer (or whatever they call it). In Silver Efex Pro I used a fine structure preset which brought out not only the great detail in the building and bridge, but also the detail in the sky, which was absolutely missing in the color shot. I added a control point (what makes the Nik tools so effective, IMO) on the door to lighten it up and define it a little better, then replicated it and moved it to the other door for symmetry. Then I added a colored filter (think it was green or blue, or perhaps I shifted the color to somewhere in between) and reduced the opacity to somewhere around 40% to bring out the variation in the sky without making it seem overdone. For giggles, and so you can see what a great B&W tool Silver Efex is, here's the color image that I had started with (including the LR adjustments in 1 & 2 above). [ATTACH=CONFIG]22704._xfImport[/ATTACH] These were all shot with the 24-85mm kit lens that came with the D600. I've got a B&W UV filter on there. Not sure if it's the lens, the filter or a combination of the two, but I absolutely love how it yields the 14-point starbursts at each light source in each shot. No post-production there. [/QUOTE]
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