Little Egret and Swan

[Fuji Dave]

After all the great advice and tips from some great members here, I tried those tips out today and I am pretty chuffed to have a lot more keepers.


Graceful Egret by David Ore, on Flickr


Graceful Swan by David Ore, on Flickr

 

[Kodiak Qc]

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Two very fine males of their respective species, Dave.
May I suggest to revisit the DRL of these?

 

[Fuji Dave]

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Two very fine males of their respective species, Dave.
May I suggest to revisit the DRL of these?

Please feel free to do, as then I can then try, and thank you too Kodiak

 

[Kodiak Qc]

Please feel free to do

Thanks for your trust, Dave …
I tweaked the WB while at it!

 

[Fuji Dave]

Nice one Kodiak, just a question what is DRL ?

 

[Kodiak Qc]

what is DRL ?

DRL = Dynamic Range Levels = black and white points setting.

 

[gilbouk]

How do you get it right. I just play with the exposure slider and don't know how that affects WB and or DRL. Teach us Kodiak, teach us

 

[Kodiak Qc]

How do you get it right.

Be careful Gil, many members will tell you that I can't
even get my own pictures right!

I don't pretend to any rightness at all but I don't mind
sharing tips that I explain in all details to my students.

I just play with the exposure slider and don't know how that affects WB and or DRL.

Whatever software you are using, there are plenty of
tutorials online that could help you with very specific
answers and knowledge to the task you are tackling.

BTW, I never said that an exposure tweak would be
of any good for DRL nor WB.

 

[Fuji Dave]

DRL = Dynamic Range Levels = black and white points setting.

Thank you Kodiak, I must look up the How too`s with PS/LR

 

[gilbouk]

BTW, I never said that an exposure tweak would be
of any good for DRL nor WB.

Eek, shows you how much I understand. I think I definitely need to understand these things to be taken seriously amongst the pros on here!!

 

[Kodiak Qc]

Eek,

My paranoia being at the level it is, I wouldn't
worry if I were you… and please take the time
you need, it's a long way but most gratifying!

 

[pooley]

How do you get it right. I just play with the exposure slider and don't know how that affects WB and or DRL. Teach us Kodiak, teach us

Gil,

If you're using lightroom, go into the 'develop' module and look for the 'whites' and 'blacks' sliders. Hold down your 'alt' key and keep it held down. Click on the 'whites' slider and the screen should go black. Keeping the alt key down, move the slider to the right until little bits of data start to appear on the screen. As soon as they appear thats the white point set. Then do the reverse for the 'blacks'.

Personally I find that makes things a little extreme, so for personal taste I tend to find the point then move the slider slightly back towards the centre.

Thats the basis of setting the points - obviously more to come in the future but try and get used to incorporating this in your workflow

Mike

 

[pooley]

After all the great advice and tips from some great members here, I tried those tips out today and I am pretty chuffed to have a lot more keepers.


Graceful Egret by David Ore, on Flickr


Graceful Swan by David Ore, on Flickr

Good control of the whites here Dave, whatever you did from here should form part of your shooting under these conditions in the future.

Keep 'em coming

Mike

 

[Fuji Dave]

Good control of the whites here Dave, whatever you did from here should form part of your shooting under these conditions in the future.

Keep 'em coming

Mike

Did not get a notification, so thank you Mike

 

[den]

It's all about practice Dave ,just keep at it and enjoy