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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / July 2003Oil drilling rigg
Dear Usenetters, I have placed a new photo om my site of the largest oil drilling rigg in the world, at the moment nearing completion in the Rotterdam harbour. http://www.rharte.nl/images/fotoindex_main.html (Klick on 'Objecten') However impressive subject, the photo seems somewhat 'flat'. This is mostly due to the fact that this thing is completely grey and was bading in sunshine, which quite flattens the histogram. Do you have any tips or tricks how to produce a photo with enough contrast under such circumstances? No filters were used, and the sun was at the photographers '8 o'clock' (there were not much angles to choose from, taking the picture) The rigg is stuffed with lights, so I'm going back to try and make a colour photo by night or by dusk.... Grtx, Rene http://www.rharte.nl/images/fotoindex_main.html > However impressive subject, the photo seems somewhat 'flat'. > This is mostly due to the fact that this thing is completely grey and > was bading in sunshine, which quite flattens the histogram. I can't see anything you could do to it. It covers all the tonal values. As you said, the lighting was flat. I think it looks very good. As you know, different lighting conditions will light it in different ways. Keep going back. I'd like to see it lit up at night. Please let us know and name the post oill rig or something similar so we'll know. You have a lot of other nice shots there too. You have a good eye. Thanks for posting Charlie  SignatureCharlie Dilks Newark, DE USA > http://www.rharte.nl/images/fotoindex_main.html > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I can't see anything you could do to it. It covers all the tonal values. > As you said, the lighting was flat. I think it looks very good. I pretty much agree. If a different viewpoint was possible, a view from a hundred or two metres to one side may help by not being so square on. The problem areas for me are the rather muddy expanses of dark grey of the legs. I'd be inclined to play around with selecting such areas and fiddling with the levels to try to break them up a bit. I don't know how the conversion to greyscale was done, but checking the three colour channels seperately in Photoshop and then only using, say, the red channel might open up some possibilities. Then again, perhaps that's what he already did. > > http://www.rharte.nl/images/fotoindex_main.html > > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > the red channel might open up some possibilities. Then again, perhaps > that's what he already did. That is exactly what i played around with. The funny thing is, and I have been wanting to post this question: the red channel always seems much more noisy than the other two channels. Is there a particular reason for that? Is it just my camera (sony f707), or is it something most CCD's have? Or am i just crazy? ;-) As a result, I always put in more green and reduce red, to get a noise-free B&W-picture. What I didn't try yet is convert to Lab and delete a and b channel to leave pure luminance... I'll try that! Tanx for the feedback! Rene > http://www.rharte.nl/images/fotoindex_main.html > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Please let us know and name the post oill rig or something similar so > we'll know. I'm planning on going tonite although it is a stunning 30+ degrees here; not very inviting for carrying my stuff around ;-) > You have a lot of other nice shots there too. You have a good eye. Tanx for the compliment, Charlie! It's well appreciated.... Rene Nice photograph! Contrast Masking, a little gamma and some Unsharpening Mask bring it up beautifully. Search this newsgroup with Google to read more about how to do Contrast Masking. Peter >Dear Usenetters, > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Rene Digital Photography Reference http://members.shaw.ca/jonespm2/PJDigPhot.htm Touchup, an image viewing applet (also shows EXIF) http://members.shaw.ca/jonespm2/software.htm Health, happiness and healing http://www.SuperNaturalWoman.com > Nice photograph! Contrast Masking, a little gamma and some > Unsharpening Mask bring it up beautifully. Search this newsgroup with > Google to read more about how to do Contrast Masking. I will! thanx! Rene |
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