Exercise;
Managing tone
For this exercise, I need to choose one image and manage
the tone with post production software, a photo that ideally needs and matches
the following adjustments;-
·
Set the black point and white point
·
Adjust the brightness of the mid-tones (If
necessary)
·
Adjust the contract (If necessary)
·
Make corrections on localised areas (If
necessary)
The above will be done in Jpeg, as I have a camera that
shoots in Raw and Jpeg, I have to adjust the image in both formats, to start
off with I will do the Jpeg adjustments.
I chose an image that had quite a bit of over exposure
and is low dynamic, so to show how different the finished result will be.
1; Set the
black point and white point
With this image I actually “set” the black and white
points by using a threshold layer, instead a of just using the histogram.
2; Brightness
of mid-tones
I only had to adjust the mid-tones slightly at this stage
as the setting of the white and black points had done quite a good job.
3; Contrast
Again, as before, I only had to adjust this stage
slightly. The image is clearly better since the enhancements, hence the reason
I didn’t correct the localised areas.
Now on the Raw post processing, I have to do the
following ion the raw format;-
·
Set the black and white points by adjusting the
exposure and ensure the shadow and highlight clipping warnings are activated
·
Adjust the exposure, brightness and tone curve,
I have to experiment with all
·
Experiment with Contrast and tone curve
·
If necessary, make corrections to the localised
areas.
1; Set the black point and
white point but adjusting the exposure
2; exposure, brightness
and tone curve
This is where I brought the image back and experimented
with all three of the elements mentioned, again it was difficult to eradicate
fully the over exposed area. But at this point, it was coming together quite
nicely.
3; Experiment
with Contrast and tone curve
I tweaked the tonal curve again and then experimented
with the contrast to make the image really “Pop”. I couldn’t use the localised
editing as I don’t seem to have it on my software.
4; Finished
image
I think the Raw post processing is far superior than the
Jpeg processing, the image stands out a lot more and everything, especially the
clouds are more defined.
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