tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post2131554733309067006..comments2023-05-03T10:48:02.531+02:00Comments on The PhotoZone: Way- HEY!Alistair Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451574506124547294noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-33843317551636581472008-12-06T18:09:00.000+01:002008-12-06T18:09:00.000+01:00Thanks for your comment mollieb. That’s an interes...Thanks for your comment mollieb. That’s an interesting interpretation.<BR/><BR/>But not quite right. I certainly did some post-processing, but I did no ‘touch ups’ to ‘enhance its qualities’ as you suggest. The signs <I>are</I> that colour. To be honest, I’ve no idea how I could change them, without it being blindingly obvious. And the highlighting of the snow comes from the cars’ headlights, accentuating its texture.<BR/><BR/>What did I do?<BR/><BR/>- Increased the colour saturation a little.<BR/><BR/>- Altered the contrast enough to bring up the darker areas and increase the texture in the sky. (Its orange colour comes from the sodium vapour street lights of Geneva.)<BR/><BR/>- Cloned out some dust spots and other junk.<BR/><BR/>- Applied a touch of sharpening as a final step because digital cameras, with an optical low pass filter in front of the sensor, blur the image by a few pixels.<BR/><BR/>That’s all.Alistair Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451574506124547294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-48808082170624966482008-12-06T15:53:00.000+01:002008-12-06T15:53:00.000+01:00I love the touch ups you made on this photo. Espe...I love the touch ups you made on this photo. Especially making the signs the same neon color as the road, and highlighting the snow with the fence posts. Overall contrast made it work. Takes a good eye and lots of practice to see what can be done to a photo to enhance it's qualities. Right?molliebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618998520096431074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-76346901308493828792008-12-06T09:05:00.000+01:002008-12-06T09:05:00.000+01:00Thanks Livia. It does. But I find that most good p...Thanks Livia. It does. But I find that most good photographs you have to work for, one way or the other - either setting them up, or waiting for just the right light/cloud formation/action/whatever. It's very rare that I get a brilliant 'snap' (though it has happened - subject of next post).<BR/><BR/>Somebody once said to me, dismissively, 'Photography's easy. It's just pushing a button'. Hmmm.Alistair Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451574506124547294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-62364869427804859762008-12-05T20:46:00.000+01:002008-12-05T20:46:00.000+01:00Congratulations! Good to hear it wasn't a shot any...Congratulations! Good to hear it wasn't a shot any bloke could take. You had to work for it and use your photographers skills. That makes your reward even nicer, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-37876446061621684732008-12-05T07:56:00.000+01:002008-12-05T07:56:00.000+01:00Thanks Catherine. That wasn't champagne corks you ...Thanks Catherine. That wasn't champagne corks you heard. It was the police firing tear gas to break up hysterical crowds of merrymakers. :-) The neighbours were complaining.Alistair Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451574506124547294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-51382328613576478852008-12-04T22:53:00.000+01:002008-12-04T22:53:00.000+01:00Heh,heh, well done! Quiet celebrations ? Yeah righ...Heh,heh, well done! Quiet celebrations ? Yeah right, I could hear the champagne popping over here in Nyon.....Catherine Nelson-Pollardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292389495117523090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-31363792614144109092008-12-04T19:21:00.000+01:002008-12-04T19:21:00.000+01:00Thanks Mighty MomThanks Mighty MomAlistair Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451574506124547294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-35163160184193452008-12-04T15:25:00.000+01:002008-12-04T15:25:00.000+01:00Congratulations!! Great news!Congratulations!! Great news!Melissa Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761908203021606003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-34893595429762730762008-12-04T09:08:00.000+01:002008-12-04T09:08:00.000+01:00Thanks D-LThanks D-LAlistair Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451574506124547294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441298819361810666.post-9169818561015047662008-12-03T10:40:00.000+01:002008-12-03T10:40:00.000+01:00That is beautifulThat is beautifulDL NELSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740409132697546671noreply@blogger.com