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16-JUN-2007 MauriceA

Stealth Fighter

Changed the angle and levels!

Canon PowerShot S3 IS
1/60s f/7.1 at 8.6mm hide exif
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Date/Time15-Jun-2007 12:48:26
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot S3 IS
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length8.6 mm
Exposure Time1/60 sec
Aperturef/7.1
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias-0.67
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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Rod 18-Jun-2007 09:06
I think the story is Doug that the silly pilot tried to reverse park:-)
ctfchallenge18-Jun-2007 03:51
What a neat chot Maurice. There must be story behind this. -COAmature
ctfchallenge18-Jun-2007 02:58
Rod the master has generously spoken - and we are listening. Thanks for the free advice, mate. -tv
Rod 17-Jun-2007 11:42
The Unsharp Mask in Photoshop is first the "Amount" which I think will be PSP "Strength" Then "Radius" PSP is Radius" too, Then "Threshold" & PSP is "Clipping".
If the PSP Unsharp mask works the same way as PS then You can open your shot from the camera in PSP & give it an Unsharp Mask of "Strength" = 150....."Radius" = point 3 & "Clipping" = 0. You just type in the amounts you want after deleting what PSP has written in the box's. Then you can increase the contrast & lower the brightness. This should make the shot look quite good. Then you have to make the shot smaller for posting here so after downsizing give it another Unsharp mask the same as above....150...point 3....0. If you think this looks too much just make the 150 smaller, maybe 100. Also have a play with the dodge & burn tools if PSP have them & you can lighten or darken different areas of the shot. It takes a while to get used to making our shots look as good as we see in the viewfinder but it soon becomes second nature to do the basics.
ctfchallenge17-Jun-2007 09:05
The image looks better now. I used the unsharp mask as advised, the settings in paint shop pro were: Radius,1.7 : Strength, 115 : Clipping, 6. Does this match the options available in Photoshop? ~Maurice~
Maurice Allain17-Jun-2007 08:47
Thanks again Rod, yes its far better!. All I had done was used the histogram adjust! I will certainly spend more time today seeing if Paint Shop Pro has the same tools!. My daughter is going to university in September to study Fine Art, so I will buy her a copy of PhotoShop (student version) ;)
ctfchallenge17-Jun-2007 01:32
These shots have the look of being straight from the camera, unless your in camera settings are turned up they need to be sharpened etc. I gave this one an Unsharp Mask of 134.....7....0 & the Brightness & Contrast tool set to plus 8 contrast & minus 8 brightness.

Rod
ctfchallenge16-Jun-2007 12:11
Must be part of the new anti-missle defence system - to conceal aircraft behind natural foliage. Hmm needs work. Good title and angle creates humour where clearly not intended. Difficult exposure problems facing the shadowy underside of the aircraft against the bright overcast sky. I think it works better if you give up the shadow detail in favor of the sky; so darken and add some contrast. -tv
ctfchallenge16-Jun-2007 10:57
I re-took this from a more dramatic angle, but I'm not sure about the exposure settings. I've adjusted brightness/contrast levels, but basically I don't have a clue how to alter settings, I'll keep playing! ~Maurice~
Rod 16-Jun-2007 09:07
This looks a lot better.
Maurice Allain16-Jun-2007 06:35
Thanks Rod, You're right, both shots had the foreground under exposed and I've used the histogram tool to try and improve contrast and brightness. I may have stretched the levels to far!. We had great cloud formations yesterday and I was rushing around not really checking what metering setting I had set, nearly all my shots were exposed for the sky!. If I get time I will re-take these shots this weekend and see if I can improve things!
Rod 16-Jun-2007 04:07
Good ideas on your two shots Maurice, well done mate. They both need a sharpen though, they could also do with a bit more contrast but the white blown areas in the sky makes doing this problematic mate. I'm surprise at how the clouds are blown with this exposure, what post processing have you done on these two shots?