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By: Photography, HDR and more… « mikelao photography

Photography, HDR and more… « mikelao photography — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:24:02 +0000

[...] Vision Driven Workflow (from pixelated image) — ‘Gear Is Good. Vision Is Better.’ That’s David’s tagline in his blog. Vision is what sets us apart from the rest. See how David used Lightroom to get to what he wanted when he took the photo. [...]

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Cyberward.net » Blog Archive » Vision Driven Workflow — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:41:45 +0000

[...] DuChemin over at the Pixelated Image has a great post. I am a couple of days late on this. Being sick put me behind on my web readings. [...]

By: David

David — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:51:46 +0000

Lisa – Piece of cake!

Put the image on a separate layer and give it a stroke via the layer styles. I use the inside stroke. Outside stroke give you roundy corners.

Then, while in the layer styles check the drop shadow and make that look just the way you like it.

Now duplicate that whole layer, styles and all. And then duplicate it again.

Now you just chose the layer you want, rotate it with the free transform tool, and do the same for the next layer until the whole stack looks just right.

See? Piece of cake!

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:44:39 +0000

Thank you David.

Quick question, I think. How did you make the layered effect of the final image that is shown at the beginning of the article? It is very effective.

thanks.
lisa

By: gary s chapman

gary s chapman — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:59:58 +0000

Excellent example of vision and technique. I can really “feel” the light intensity in the corrected version.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:56:59 +0000

Great post. This site has given me a lot to think about.

Can’t wait to see more.

By: Jeff Lynch

Jeff Lynch — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:59:02 +0000

David,

“Vision Driven Workflow” Well said!

Are you freezing in BC yet? It’s going to be 80 and sunny in Houston tomorrow and I have a few pints on ice.

Cheers!

Jeff

By: wilsonian

wilsonian — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:39:41 +0000

Such a great post.
You said… “how can I return the luminosity to this image?” and I think that’s a massive thing: asking the right questions.

By: Bruce Hemingway

Bruce Hemingway — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:28:22 +0000

Great post, and great picture! I like your one-word depiction of the mood. I think I’ll create a keyword set of possible desired moods.

I’d add a third question to your list: Is this image part of a series, and do I have a preset I’ve created for the series as a starting point?

By: David

David — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:26:34 +0000

Brad – Thanks.

Re. the exposure – in point of fact there are much fewer lost highlights in the processed version and where they are lost it’s in the spectral areas only.

But we all have our tastes!