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Yea, decided to show you all the dragon behind the camera. My coworker took the photo of me. I set up the camera for all the settings I wanted and gave him a real quick rundown. Most of them did not come out well XD Thankfully, this one did.
Color didn't suit the picture well, BW looked good but it seemed like it was missing something. As annoying/cliche as these selective color photos can be, I think this one works.
Color didn't suit the picture well, BW looked good but it seemed like it was missing something. As annoying/cliche as these selective color photos can be, I think this one works.
Category Photography / Portraits
Species Western Dragon
Size 1024 x 1280px
File Size 802.9 kB
Hehehe, that's part of the point XD
Thanks, I actually just got that jacket on Friday (day before this shot), lol. Needed something for bad weather hiking and super warm snowboarding. http://www.burton.com/mens-fleece-2.5l-slick-jacket/253343,default,pd.html?start=11&cgid=mens-tech-apparel if you're curious.
Thanks, I actually just got that jacket on Friday (day before this shot), lol. Needed something for bad weather hiking and super warm snowboarding. http://www.burton.com/mens-fleece-2.5l-slick-jacket/253343,default,pd.html?start=11&cgid=mens-tech-apparel if you're curious.
Well, I expect snow to be white, and white balance can be all over the place with different meters and actual color temps, so I kind of accept whatever white balance comes with the photo.
But for dirty, yucky looking snow, making it BW turns it into nice looking snow with extra shading
AND the white balance is spot on, hah.
But for dirty, yucky looking snow, making it BW turns it into nice looking snow with extra shading
AND the white balance is spot on, hah.
To be safe I tend to compensate down by at least 0.3EV when shooting snowboarding stuff. When I handed off the camera to my coworker, that's what I had it set to. It's always better to under-expose than over-expose. One way to really bring back the detail of the snow is to drop the contrast to it's minimal setting. Sometimes I go even lower (adding a second brightness/contrast layer to stack the effect). That oftentimes will help the subject as well since you typically shoot in overhead harsh light and toning down the contrast on the subject/rider helps to bring back some color and detail.
I think in this one I did a single layer of contrast that was down -30 or -70 (I forget how the scale works but 30/70 sounds familiar).
I think in this one I did a single layer of contrast that was down -30 or -70 (I forget how the scale works but 30/70 sounds familiar).
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