Day for Night by Canon DSLR Challenge

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22-NOV-2008	Alastair Norcross

Day for Night

Boulder, CO

I shot this in sunlight with a polarizing filter to darken the sky. Then I converted it to B&W in CS3 using the high contrast red filter setting to darken it even more to give the effect of a night shot.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
1/40s f/9.0 at 10.0mm iso200 full exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge		25-Nov-2008 18:54
Thanks for the comments (on both of them) everyone. I think I prefer the first as well. One extra processing detail that I forgot to mention. Before the B&W conversion in PS, I used a fairly liberal dose of highlight correction and midtone contrast using the shadow/highlight tool. This further darkened the blue sky. Alastair

Canon DSLR Challenge		25-Nov-2008 01:37
Fascinating! I prefer this one too, the shadows are better here, imo. -k2

Canon DSLR Challenge		23-Nov-2008 12:21
This one is my preference as well but I'm not sure why. It could be that I have to strain my neck too much to look up the tree trunks in the next image ... lol? This one seems to have perhaps more 'balance' or something... (.... my explanation being about as clear as mud???) Interesting affect with the filter application. ~ Regards Melbob

Canon DSLR Challenge		23-Nov-2008 08:14
This is the better of the two, imho, but thanks for the processing tips...Day for Night, Indeed! Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		23-Nov-2008 05:55
I've never tried that particular processing, but it seems to have worked here! interesting perspective too. Penny Street