Sunday, August 31, 2008

solo


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Saturday, August 30, 2008

blurry dancer


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Friday, August 29, 2008

blue top


Very low light. I wish I had a 70-200mm 2.8 VR... Anyone feels generous?
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

spewing



Same story as yesterday. Which one is your favorite?
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

tubes



The same picture, processed differently. Basically, in Photoshop Lightroom 1.4, the only difference is that in the more saturated one, the saturation slider is up to 75% and Vibrance to 25%, while the less saturated one is vice-versa.

The difference, and the thought process behind those two versions:

Simply put, the saturation slider will saturate all pixels more, in a linear fashion, regardless of context. Vibrance will increase saturation exponentially in a very elastic way, boosting muted colors much more than already saturated colors.

When combined, those two sliders let you control saturation on two different levels. Cranking saturation, and putting vibration down will amplify whatever's already saturated, and giving the rest of the muted colors an even less saturated wash than before. The opposite will even out the color saturation, by bringing the less saturated colors higher, then crushing them all back down to a more even saturation.

I like both approaches, though I tend to prefer the Sat75-Vib25 more, lately. It really depends on the picture and the effect you want to give.

Once you have the setting you like, just make a Preset that changes only the VIB-SAT sliders and you can apply them on the fly, and easily compare the effect of each. It is an important part of my HDR workflow.

I hope this post gets you to fiddle with those settings in Lightroom.

Have a good day!
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

bird


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Monday, August 25, 2008

37th and victoria


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Saturday, August 23, 2008

inconspicuous toxic waste disposal

About the title; check previous Fraser Paper posts...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

vert-de-gris


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Thursday, August 21, 2008

projet liberté


J'interrompt cette série HDR de la ville d'Edmundston pour partager avec vous cette photo d'un ami de longue date. Julien et son Projet Liberté ont fait les manchettes cette semaine dans quelques journaux de la région d'Edmundston, avec cette photo en insert.

Bonne chance Julien; tu mérite ta van!

Allez faire un tour sur le site du Projet Liberté, et contribuez en grand nombre!

Le groupe Facebook

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

stench

If you've ever smelled what a paper mill smells like, you know why I used this title.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

splash


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Sunday, August 17, 2008

yellow flower


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Saturday, August 16, 2008

downrail


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Thursday, August 14, 2008

ghost city


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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

red doors


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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

stairway


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Monday, August 11, 2008

hydrant

100th post since I started the blog. It just happens to coincide with the start of a series of HDR pictures taken in Edmundston, the Monday following the Foire Brayonne. Hope you enjoy!
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Friday, August 8, 2008

zen master pete

No Photoshop, I swear.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008

downstairs


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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

[l]ayers


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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

color siblings


Some non-HDR stuff from the same event.
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escarpement

De retour de la foire. J'ai quelques photos HDR à produire. C'est fou ce que 4 heures de marche dans une ville presque fantôme peux donner comme opportunités photographiques.
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Friday, August 1, 2008

driftwood

Going to my hometown for the weekend. Don't hope too hard for updates, hehe. I'll be back Monday night. Hopefully with an update.
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