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A couple form today……….Nutts Corner
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Had a good day today, there were plenty of cars today, and it gave me a chance to blow the cobwebs of the sports lense ready for the road racing.
Sean,
Hi Sean, were you the guy at the gate, canon camera?
I was there too, nikon, hoody up…
Sgt_Major wrote:
Hi Sean, were you the guy at the gate, canon camera?
I was there too, Nikon, hoody up…
No mate, But i did see someone there, I think he had a D300, were you the guy in the centre ring?
I think i saw you alright,was going to go over and say hello when i saw the camera. Wish i did now, thought i recognized the face from the forum
Sean.
aye man, that was me with the D300 in the centre…
this was my 1st time at this type of event, so was happy with what I got…
Sean,
I have a new found interest in this sort of stuff given my trip to the Moto-X yesterday. This is a nice little collection here, but the colours are a bit flat.
A little tip for getting the best out of these shots to get rid of the haze and bring out the colours:
* In PS goto Curves
* Beneath the curves there are 3 eye dropper tools which from left to right represent Shadows, Midtones & Highlights
* Click the Shadows Eye Dropper tool and click on the blackest part of the image – I think I clicked on the dash – PS will automatically balance the shadows in your photoYou can also try the same with the Highlight Eye Dropper tool, this time clicking on the whitest point in the image.
Here’s an example of #5 revised simply using the Shadow Eye dropper tool:
Literally 5 seconds work for that conversion. Used it on all my Moto-X shots yesterday as the dust threw off a lot of the shots. Pretty handy.
Thanks for tips John, yeah did not do anything to these, just through them up. I dont really work at my sports shots, unless someone wants a print.
But thats a handy wee tip.
Sean.
I’ve used the contrast + saturation for a similar effect, but it goes mad with the moise levels… you’ve jsut saved me a lot of hassle!
Sgt_Major wrote:
aye man, that was me with the D300 in the centre…
this was my 1st time at this type of event, so was happy with what I got…
Looking forward to seeing them .
Sean.
For every single Moto-X shot yesterday it was:
* Adjust the exposure + a few minor tweaks in Camera RAW (the Recovery slider is handy for those blown bits)
* The Curves adjustment just mentioned
* A Linear Contract Curves adjustment (not on all shots)
* Unsharp Mask FilterWas pretty happy with the results from such simple PS work.
Good shots and great tip
Would like to try this myself sometime. Maybe get something orgainsed sometime in the future
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