Bottle Tree Park

[allylaurente]

Hi Guys,

Saw great photos from teerex and Max 2.8 at Bottle Tree Park so i went there
C&C are welcome. Here are those.

#1


#2


#3


Others are HDR so i will not post here

[teerex]

Thanks for sharing.

My opinions:
#1 and #2 - the skies, to much Cyan to me.

#3 works for me but a little tilted.

[allylaurente]

Thanks for the comment teerex. i'll try to adjust the saturation next time. I have problem on mixing channels, if i mix red and blue, the results is green like #2. If i mix red and blue then 50 on blue and red in green channel, the results is too grainy and noise

[teerex]

Originally Posted by allylaurente Thanks for the comment teerex. i'll try to adjust the saturation next time. I have problem on mixing channels, if i mix red and blue, the results is green like #2. If i mix red and blue then 50 on blue and red in green channel, the results is too grainy and noise

You wanna post a couple of your unprocessed photos here for anyone interested to try and share their workflow with you?

[allylaurente]

Originally Posted by teerex You wanna post a couple of your unprocessed photos here for anyone interested to try and share their workflow with you?

Hi teerex,

Here are those unprocessed photos direct from the camera. Thanks a lot

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[teerex]

Resolution of your pics are too low to play with.

But anyway tried with one of them and here's my result.

I have a problem with hot linking, will resolve it.

[morningstar]

Where is this place? How do you get there?

[allylaurente]

Originally Posted by teerex Resolution of your pics are too low to play with. But anyway tried with one of them and here's my result. I have a problem with hot linking, will resolve it.

Got it! Its nice. So how can i have those blue skies? I saw some of your IR photos also and this one i like most. Any tips in PS on how to achive this beauty?


Thanks
Ally

[teerex]

Originally Posted by allylaurente Got it! Its nice. So how can i have those blue skies? I saw some of your IR photos also and this one i like most. Any tips in PS on how to achive this beauty? Thanks Ally

I'm not that good, still learning from the guys here. But these are the few things I usually keep in mind.
Most importantly, the pic must be shot in the right light. Good clear bright sun, not sun shining thru cloulds. Shoot with the sun behind you, so that max sunlight falls on the scene to minimise shadows. Notice the shadow of the direction post in the pic. The sun is behind me and slightly to the right. So the whole scene is well lit.

That pic was shot on a day with nice blue sky, that also contitute to the blues in the sky.
Post Processing workflow was:
Manual Levelling to get the highlights and shadows balanced.
Duplicate Layer
Mask Out Sky
Remove Blue Cast from rest of the pic. i.e. the lighthouse and the trees.
Select Mask to the sky and adjust Hue/Sat to a slight brown
Merge the 2 layers
Now Channel Swap Red/Blue. The whites will be white and the sky blue
Finally a slight sharpening with USM and "S" curve for contrast.
Done.