Traction...

[Waterworx]

The smell and atmosphere around these beasts was fantastic! Another old one I've been playing with. Just need advice on removing the blown out sections.

C&C welcome

Al

 

[markp]

Yeh, love them. I was near Norwich yesterday for a big steam rally over there - just trying to process my pictures now.
It's always very difficult to photograph these machines, because they're usually so dark. Looks like you've done well - I normally use Lightroom to recover my blown bits, not sure what to suggest in Photoshop - although if you've got the RAW then it should be fairly straightforward to adjust the exposure down a bit

 

[Waterworx]

This was taken at Trevithick day in Camborne, some nice looking machines there. I basically screwed up the shot, exposure completely wrong, if I adjust to much then I start loosing detail on the engine. Just started using lightroom, think I'll have to buy the full version ASAP

Al

 

[CT]

There's a limit to how much you can recover the highlights even in RAW and once they're really blown there's no getting them back.

 

[Waterworx]

Think there well blown, as I'm not proficient with any PP I wondered if anyone had any suggestions.

Will have to do better next year

 

[CT]

You could try dragging the histogram highlights down in whatever processing package you use. I wouldn't hold out much hope though, you can only pull the highlights a very short amount before it starts having an adverse effect on the whole image.

I can see why the shot would be difficult with the dark tractor and the bright background.:shrug: