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18-JAN-2006 Silas Slack

Church by Silas Slack

Nikon D50 ,Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/100s f/5.6 at 42.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time18-Jan-2006 15:19:11
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D50
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length42 mm
Exposure Time1/100 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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kodak_challenge24-Jan-2006 20:02
g'day Silas - a very european image?. this from someone from the new world, thats struggles mightily in winter in this country to find inspiration. I do enjoy my abstracts, and the forms and textures here work v.well, especially the angled wall, with what looks like grass growing from the 2nd to top 45degree angle? - one of those images that is very timeless. thanks again. adrian
kodak_challenge21-Jan-2006 22:59
Thanks for that Tim - a valuable skill
ss
kodak_challenge21-Jan-2006 22:57
Flick - I did... I've just been copying on all my salvaged material and reinstalling Photoshop, etc. It was all rather a trauma, but taking the machine apart was much easier than it lookied in the instructions I had - it's very important to know where the screws go back into the computer though - i selotaped them to a labelled piece of paper!
kodak_challenge21-Jan-2006 22:57
That's exactly it! As long as you keep the transparency level of the filtered layer quit low, the effect is subtle but can really lift an image - as it has with this one. And it's a really nice pic anyway! Tim p.s. this technique is also really useful for when a pic loses it's edge on re-sizing for the web!
kodak_challenge21-Jan-2006 22:54
thanks very much both of you... I like that Tim, I think it's made real difference - more depth somehow. is this the kind of effect you meant?
SS
kodak_challenge21-Jan-2006 22:30
Silas, this is very nice. Please treat the following with a caveat which is that You Monitor May Vary (YMMV) but you could bring out the oomph in this with a Hard Light Sharpen: in Photoshop, copy the image to a new (top) layer. Then with that layer selected go Filter>Other>High Pass. Set a radius of ten pixels then in the layers palette select the filtered layer and choose Hard Light for the mode and about 25% for the opacity. This increases contrast and sharpness without reducing dynamic range and makes the pic sing! Best Rgds Tim
kodak_challenge21-Jan-2006 22:16
I think this is one of the best images you've ever produced - you just keep getting better and better, you have a real talent and a well honed imagination.
I love the shapes this composition makes and the contrast and range of tones.
I'm viewing on a 12" laptop screen at present and it still looks good. Tomorrow i'll look on my big screen.
Well done, keep going the way you're going.
BTW, did you get your new HD installed? I'm considering replacing my ibook drive eventually as it's only 40GB, though I don't use this for processing and i've managed to pare down the contents to 5.6 GB. Putting a second drive in the G5 was easy peasy...bet it wasn't that easy doing a Powerbook.
Flick.