I forgot to add that the Moose's version and now this version of the sky
look much more like the real sky did that day than my first attempt.
Chuck Norcutt
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I found a round tuit today that Walt had given me previously so I worked
> on the Chinook Pass image a bit more. I discovered that, if it's
> possible to duplicate the effects of the shadow/highlight control using
> ACR's curve controls (either sliders or points), then it's beyond my
> current capacity to do so. But I also discovered a down side to the
> shadow/highlight control for this particular image. There are
> substantial highlights in the foreground that also get clipped while
> working on the sky without a mask.
>
> But my masking job wasn't perfect so some small wisps of clouds here and
> there didn't get adjusted. So the final image is a composite of my
> original mask and curve image overlaid with those bits of the
> shadow/highlight version where the mask hadn't been effective. The
> final is here but you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference
> between it and the previous one without larger images to compare very
> closely: <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Mt%20Rainier/index.htm>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> When I get one of Walt's round tuits I'll redo this shot using
>> shadow/highlight or possibly with the curves sliders in ACR just to see
>> if I can replicate the process during raw conversion without going into
>> PS. I'll advise y'all when it's done.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Ken Norton wrote:
>>> Yeah, now we're talking. I like the 3D layering in this image. Normally
>>> this shot doesn't do anything for me, but by widening the format it enhances
>>> the layers instead of fighting them. Usually, the typical pano of this type
>>> of scene is too wide, creating a "look here, dummy, I'm a panoramic
>>> photograph" impression. This shot is very comfortable and one that I could
>>> easily envision hanging behind a couch.
>>> AG
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