photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
DeMorcan | all galleries >> Galleries >> Most Popular Photos > Marina.jpg
previous | next
April 28, 2004

Marina.jpg

I was unhappy with some "grain" in the sky yesterday shotting the river. So, I took it out to a marina to see if I could trace the problem down. This is one of the photos I took while out there. For some reason when I work with a TIF in photoshop, it loses the EXIF data. I am not sure why. JPGs do not do that. I wanted to work on this in TIF so I could change programs to resize it smaller without losing the readability of the sign. Still unhappy with the losses when downsizing since I am looking at it full screen on the same resolution monitor, it should not change. Today was testing day. :)


other sizes: small medium large original auto
comment | share
snootydog06-May-2004 04:19
I'm not sure I understand what your concerns are here. I might have to come back to this tomorrow when I am less tired and reread what you wrote. It seemed as if you were wondering how to keep a rich sky while maintaining the subject's color and details? If this is the question then I would have to say that my way of dealing with this is to shoot two or three identical compositions with metered for different parts of the photo and then I combine the different shots utilizing the best parts from each exposure.

But, I suspect this isn't what you are asking.

By the way, this photo is great. I like the composition AND the washed out sky. Well done.
Guest 01-May-2004 19:16
I find this one beautiful! For me, it's a great shot.
Guest 29-Apr-2004 14:21
This is a great shot, even if you didn't get the results you wanted. I like it!!
Cindy29-Apr-2004 03:55
A sky such as the one you had this day is tough to shoot, you did a great job on exposing the statue and the background, I just love marina's, can't wait to get back to ours.
DeMorcan29-Apr-2004 03:24
I lost the EXIF while I had it as a TIF passing it between programs. I use an umbrella and my hat to shade some foregorund things and increase the saturation. This space was the opposite, shaded and too large for the reflectors. I took one exposed for the wooden pirate. Then this one I used fill flash that get some of the background. It was a poor sky and I was getting some shots with grain in the water also. But I did find a polarizer and split density gives me a fighting chance. But the sd is 50% and that is not where I want the split. Time for the gaffers tape will fix anything solution.
Karen Leaf29-Apr-2004 02:43
Where you able to retain EXIF with this one (jpeg?) That fisherman looks a little weathered. Wish I could figure how to maintain sky colors with rich colors in the foreground.
DeMorcan29-Apr-2004 02:43
I am glad I am not the only one who has the problem. Although I was hoping someone would tell me what to do about it. :)
Barb29-Apr-2004 01:52
Nice shot.
Barb
Joseph Tidwell29-Apr-2004 00:57
Nice pic, both paint shop and photo shop do that to me as well.
Ian Morehouse29-Apr-2004 00:49
Nice shot, hard part is getting the sky to show up without destrotying the rest of the detail.
I have the same problem with PS, very annoying.
Robin Reid29-Apr-2004 00:28
Well I don't think you need to be too testy about it... nice shot.