John Mitchell Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Shadows -- I'm always weary of opening them up too much and exposing noise. I also find that some stock imagery looks very "unnatural" with shadows opened way up. Just curious, how do you decide how much to open up shadow areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brooks Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I also find that some stock imagery looks very "unnatural" with shadows opened way up. Right on John. I always try to keep them natural. Most shadows at high noon look unnatural if you try to open them up. You can do anything in software but that dies not mean you should. Water DARKENED because that is the way I saw the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 My criterion (hmmm .... is that the right word?) Yes. Nice bit of Greek instead of rule of thumb or yardstick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 John, I very often open up the shadows on images because I want to avoid the sinister look of something lurking in those shadows. Like everything, it's a judgement call on each particular image. When I open the shadows I have to add a little contrast and possibly a bit of saturation to balance things so they look natural. If needed, I then might use noise reduction in LR. I'm careful, and none of this has ever resulted in a QC fail. Edo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Street shots often have high contrast and deep shadows, sometimes in areas where there is important detail e.g. people. I might use two raw conversions in LR and combine in PS, but you are right to be concerned about noise, almost always requires more control in the lifted shadow areas. Agree with, a rather different looking, Edo, some further tweaking also generally required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Don't worry, Bryan -- I've not had the change. Just gonna keep this makeup job for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Shadows -- I'm always weary of opening them up too much and exposing noise. I also find that some stock imagery looks very "unnatural" with shadows opened way up. Just curious, how do you decide how much to open up shadow areas? My criterion (hmmm .... is that the right word?) is "As I saw it". I use Photoshop to surpass the camera's limits. Not only by showing details in shadows and highlights, but also by straightening buildings, colour correcting - especially - blue skies and green grass so it looks as my eyes saw it. Two pumas / mountain lions / cougars (Felis concolor) at entrance of cave, native to the Americas Cheers, Philippe That's a haunting image. There are lots of cougars (four-legged variety I'm talking about) here in British Columbia. Unfortunately, I've never seen one in the wild, only their tracks in the mud. As you know, one has to be careful around those big pussycats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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