Waves of Grain v.4 by ctfchallenge


21-JUL-2007	Michael Shealy

Wot holds it up?

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ctfchallenge		28-Jul-2007 03:37
OK, reprocessed the RAW to lighten the sky a bit. That made such a mess of it, tho, I had to run Noiseware on it to get rid of the banding and "bad" noise. Then, I added back in the "good" noise. Hopefully this rings all the chimes that it needs to ":^D Thanks again for all your nice comments. Cheers, -mikey

ctfchallenge		28-Jul-2007 03:13
Thanks for the comments and critiques, y'all. Tommy - Its posted in Pending. I'll have to reprocess the RAW image, cuz when I added the grain to the sky the blue parts were "nasty" with the stuff if I didn't go all the way to "black". Me thinks this is kind of an "unnatural" thing we're doing, this graining-up stuff. It just doesn't seem like something I really want to do. My camera doesn't want to and I kind of have to "push the river", if you know what I mean. Cheers, -mikey

ctfchallenge		27-Jul-2007 19:57
Mikey, pls repost the original in Pending so I can remember what I loved about it. Now I think the sky is exaggerated in its blackness. I guess you "can't please all the people all the time"... so "carry a big stick". -tv

Brent		27-Jul-2007 18:30
Very cool conversion Mikey! The grain really does add to this image- in a good way.

janewigginsphotography		27-Jul-2007 11:07
Much Better!!!! Now this image fits with grain well done! jano

ctfchallenge		26-Jul-2007 16:42
Well, let's try this for grain. Sorry, Tom, no more amber, color either. Cheers, -mikey

Guest		26-Jul-2007 03:43
Very nice! The amber tone is great.

janewigginsphotography		26-Jul-2007 03:33
Addendum .... as I was pondering,..... i think a conversion to an Ansell type b&w shot would fit the topic perfectly. Yes, it has potential for that. :) jano

janewigginsphotography		26-Jul-2007 03:32
I know there is grain in the field and you added pp grain... but is it what the host intended for a topic? I'm not sure. I love the depth of the clouds you captured here. I can totally understand you're not wanting to grain it up. Perhaps this photo isn't right for grain? I'll ponder some more. jano

ctfchallenge		26-Jul-2007 00:28
Hi Yvonne, .. Glad you like the shot and no the grain is all in the field, honest I added a lot but there was so much already there that its hard to see. I couldn't bring myself to put grain in the sky, tho; it just didn't seem right. ";^D Cheers, -mikey

ctfchallenge		25-Jul-2007 16:18
This shot does not seem grainy to me, but I love it! Yvonne

ctfchallenge		25-Jul-2007 04:55
Thanks, Tom. I have to admit, tho the grain is as high as it was, i.e. no PP work on altitude, I did add some grain to the grain. I also got it ready to harvest, like making it 'amber', as well ":^) Funny, tho, the grain in the grain doesn't look grainy at all, it just looks like grain, like you say, wheat. I couldn't bring myself to add grain to the sky. Who would believe floating wheat? Cheers, -mikey

ctfchallenge		24-Jul-2007 21:57
I like the wheat grain Mikey. Never saw it so high in the sky before. Beautiful. -tv

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