TRUCK #12

[Adsos Letter]

TRUCK #12

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#2 Edited to show effect of Tone Control settings in Lightroom

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What a beautiful and sturdy truck this is, my dear Adsos Letter!

I guess fire trucks really need to look that way, don't they?

They inspire confidence!

[Adsos Letter]

8. Thanks, CaliforniaPeggy

My dad was a fireman and used to bring one of these around my house for his grandkids to climb on when they were little.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. Can you explain

what you did differently in each of these photos? The one is much brighter than the other. Is this all work after the photo was taken, or is it settings when you took the photos?

[Adsos Letter]

4. It's a combination of the two, but primarily in processing.

Primarily using the Tone Control, S-Curve, White Neutralizer, and Color-Cast settings in the NIK Color Efex Pro4 plug-in for Lightroom.

I have edited the OP to place a copy of the darker photo below the original darker image to show the difference a simple Tone Control adjustment makes. S-Curve and Contrast settings will change things further.

I used Color Cast and White Neutralizer primarily to make an adjustment to the whites and reds of the fire trucks; although they also effected the overall photo, I was going for their effect on the white and red elements on the trucks.

The first photo was pretty much straight out of the camera, with some minor adjustments to white balance, contrast, and cropping.

I have always been very clear that I use post-processing on almost all of my photos to get the effect I want. I know it can be an issue with serious photographers; I am not a photographer but I do enjoy taking photos. And, I am trying, and getting better at, learning the to influence the image in the camera before any processing.

I have recently acquired a 35mm prime lens that is a big step up from the kit lenses that came with my camera, and I'm really liking the difference.

[Curmudgeoness]

6. Thanks for the explanation.

I thought that the first one was probably not processed much, but wanted to make sure. I am still learning to get a good photo to start with and how to use the processing programs.

[Adsos Letter]

7. You're welcome, and let me clarify...

I went back and looked at the original images on the data card, and the first photo was actually much darker in the interior portion of the fire house bay. I used Lightroom with the NIK plug-in to lighten it considerably, and bring out detail.

Sorry for the confusion. I should have gone back to the data card to double check, as I've been working with a whole slew of photos.

[ohheckyeah]

9. Don't apologize

For post processing. It's always been part of the photographic process. There really isn't much you can't do in the darkroom and for digital photography our software is our darkroom


The tone control makes a good photo a great one. Thanks for sharing.

Photography is art and I think whatever makes a photo better is an artistic decision by the photographer and is valid.

[Adsos Letter]

10. Thank you ohheckyeah

Photography is art and I think whatever makes a photo better is an artistic decision by the photographer and is valid.

This is exactly how I see it but I know others see it differently, depending upon how much (and what type) of adjustments occur in the darkroom.

[ohheckyeah]

11. I find many people

are unaware of all the adjustments that can be done in the darkroom, and rightfully so if they never printed their own photos. A favorite adjustment in the darkroom at college was laying in a different sky. We all had sky photos for just that purpose.

[Solly Mack]

3. I like!

[Adsos Letter]

5. Thanks Solly Mack!