Tamagawa Taiko in motion (6/6)
Details
The Tamagawa University Taiko drum and dance corps performed for Sakura Sunday 2012 at Fairmount park in Philadelphia, PA. There was a sizable crowd, and almost every image showed the milling crowd. These six images try to capture troupe members in action.
Quick links to related images
Tamagawa Taiko drum and dance corps in my stream or in any stream.
Technical trivia
Camera:
Autofocus and JPG necessitated by camera and conditions.
Processing
Correct lens distortion (Olympus Master) then use Noise Ninja to clean up images.
(note: this is in addition to blurry automatic noise reduction)
Black level enhancement
- Generate a copy
- Use 'curves' tool to set bottom 10% of colors to black (HSV color space, Picture Window Pro)
- Composite with original using soft light transformation at 50% opacity (note: order matters).
Observation
This approach also modifies colors in a pleasing (to me) way. Interestingly, photos not available for public viewing are given much higher 'interestingness' rank than comparable public ones with hundreds of views.
Tamagawa Taiko in motion (6/6)
Details
The Tamagawa University Taiko drum and dance corps performed for Sakura Sunday 2012 at Fairmount park in Philadelphia, PA. There was a sizable crowd, and almost every image showed the milling crowd. These six images try to capture troupe members in action.
Quick links to related images
Tamagawa Taiko drum and dance corps in my stream or in any stream.
Technical trivia
Camera:
Autofocus and JPG necessitated by camera and conditions.
Processing
Correct lens distortion (Olympus Master) then use Noise Ninja to clean up images.
(note: this is in addition to blurry automatic noise reduction)
Black level enhancement
- Generate a copy
- Use 'curves' tool to set bottom 10% of colors to black (HSV color space, Picture Window Pro)
- Composite with original using soft light transformation at 50% opacity (note: order matters).
Observation
This approach also modifies colors in a pleasing (to me) way. Interestingly, photos not available for public viewing are given much higher 'interestingness' rank than comparable public ones with hundreds of views.