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Re: [OM] Chinook Pass #1, Mt. Rainier

Subject: Re: [OM] Chinook Pass #1, Mt. Rainier
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:08:52 -0400
I think it was AG who commented on the 3D effect as well.  I give credit 
to Moose's cloud vision and tutorial.

Chuck Norcutt


Jim Nichols wrote:
> Chuck,
> 
> Great image.  You seem to have a "3D" effect in this one that I don't recall 
> noticing when I viewed the original image. Nice work.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 6:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Chinook Pass #1, Mt. Rainier
> 
> 
>> I found a round tuit today that Walt had given me previously so I worked
>> on the Chinook Pass image a bit more.  I discovered that, if it's
>> possible to duplicate the effects of the shadow/highlight control using
>> ACR's curve controls (either sliders or points), then it's beyond my
>> current capacity to do so.  But I also discovered a down side to the
>> shadow/highlight control for this particular image.  There are
>> substantial highlights in the foreground that also get clipped while
>> working on the sky without a mask.
>>
>> But my masking job wasn't perfect so some small wisps of clouds here and
>> there didn't get adjusted.  So the final image is a composite of my
>> original mask and curve image overlaid with those bits of the
>> shadow/highlight version where the mask hadn't been effective.  The
>> final is here but you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference
>> between it and the previous one without larger images to compare very
>> closely: <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Mt%20Rainier/index.htm>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> When I get one of Walt's round tuits I'll redo this shot using
>>> shadow/highlight or possibly with the curves sliders in ACR just to see
>>> if I can replicate the process during raw conversion without going into
>>> PS.  I'll advise y'all when it's done.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>> Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> Yeah, now we're talking.  I like the 3D layering in this image. Normally
>>>> this shot doesn't do anything for me, but by widening the format it 
>>>> enhances
>>>> the layers instead of fighting them.  Usually, the typical pano of this 
>>>> type
>>>> of scene is too wide, creating a "look here, dummy, I'm a panoramic
>>>> photograph" impression. This shot is very comfortable and one that I 
>>>> could
>>>> easily envision hanging behind a couch.
>>>> AG
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