Front Page! Highest position: 14 on Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I would really like to thank you ALL for the big personal support I've received.
Things are getting better and better, sometimes it's funny to see how everything changes that swiftly.
Today I placed the order for an Hoya R72 Infrared filter, I should get it in one week.
Then I promise you many new shots.
The shot
Shot in Cannes, I had a brief talk with the fisherman you see in the upper right corner.
(since I was doing a long exposure with the camera low on the water, he actually asked me if I was shooting fishes)
The Processing
Photoshop: (no tonemapping this time)
- Merged two Exposures in Photoshop
- Switched to LAB mode and applied two curves to improve contrast and tones
- Back to RGB, added a vibrance layer to boost up minor tones
- Created five Overlay layers to adjust light
- Used color balance tool to improve colors
- Applied a curve to brighten things up
- Used the Exposure tool to increase Exposure (+0.35)
- Resized
- Noise reduction with Neat Image
- Sharpening (Smart Sharpen + more accurate)
- Framing and signature.
Take a look at it,
LARGE on Black :
Lonely fisherman at sunrise, Cannes, on Black
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
I have mixed feelings about this shot. It was kinda hard processing it with a wise workflow.
Hope you like it.
