Toothbrush Holder
This was shot in a small cafe next to the fountain of Quevedo in Bogotá Colombia. An plaza dating from the mid 1500s.This was our first night in Bogotá and Nancy and I were feeling effects of the altitude (about 8,600 feet 2,600 m). Or gracious guide and host Carlos ordered us a hot sugary drink he said would help with our altitude sickness. It worked! However, I still had the wrong camera setting, the only shots I have of this were taken as jpegs. But at least I had remembered to take my camera with me.
Technical:
Processing this image involved further experimentation with and learning about using luminosity masks in post-processing.
Two luminosity masks for the lights and highlights. One of the masks was an intersection of a hand painted mask and a highlight luminosity mask. This was my first time combining mask and I had to go through all three options, add, subtract and intersect to find out which one would do what I invisioned.
The last two luminosity masks were "basic" mid-tones masks which I used to adjust the levels and the vibrance. About half a dozen other miscellaneous masks preceded the luminosity masks.
Perhaps the work of post-processing would have less if I had set the camera to shoot in RAW. :)
Toothbrush Holder
This was shot in a small cafe next to the fountain of Quevedo in Bogotá Colombia. An plaza dating from the mid 1500s.This was our first night in Bogotá and Nancy and I were feeling effects of the altitude (about 8,600 feet 2,600 m). Or gracious guide and host Carlos ordered us a hot sugary drink he said would help with our altitude sickness. It worked! However, I still had the wrong camera setting, the only shots I have of this were taken as jpegs. But at least I had remembered to take my camera with me.
Technical:
Processing this image involved further experimentation with and learning about using luminosity masks in post-processing.
Two luminosity masks for the lights and highlights. One of the masks was an intersection of a hand painted mask and a highlight luminosity mask. This was my first time combining mask and I had to go through all three options, add, subtract and intersect to find out which one would do what I invisioned.
The last two luminosity masks were "basic" mid-tones masks which I used to adjust the levels and the vibrance. About half a dozen other miscellaneous masks preceded the luminosity masks.
Perhaps the work of post-processing would have less if I had set the camera to shoot in RAW. :)