SpaceGazelle wrote:The cloisters! Love that bit of Glasgow Uni. Nice pics. @Matt
equinox_code wrote:I click on this thread in the hope Matt has posted.
Yup Ive a few of his books. Very good. I must reread it actually..My composition is in shit these days.hylian_elf wrote:Martin Freeman? Aye, his books are good, very heavy on the theory side though.
IanHamlett wrote:Matt, please give me some tips in on post processing. For the last year I've just been giving the saturation and contrast a nudge but I've just started shooting in RAW and dicking around with curves in Polarr.
That's what I've been doing. I've got a while to go but here's where I'm up to with one of my own. This has also given me a kick up the arse with correct exposure too. I was setting my exposure to make the picture on my viewfinder look as close to the finished product as possible. Since taking this pic I've shifted to getting as much info as possible into the RAW file.Matt_82 wrote:Maybe one for the photography thread. Took a wee stab at it in Lightroom: RAW file would certainly have helped but you can get it looking close with jpeg. Two main techniques used here are 'lifting blacks' where you raise the black point so that the blackest black is actually grey. Bottom left point on this graph. The dotted line is before adjustments. The second main technique is split toning. In movies, a similar technique is called colour grading. The most commonly used split toning is to add an orange/gold hue to the highlights and a green/blue to the shadows. Google 'Orange and teal' to see it used in every movie ever after 2005. There are other smaller adjustments made as well of course but those are the two that got the look. If you're interested in this type of look, look up VSCO presets. Not saying this guy used them but it does have that feel to it. They are very popular at the moment with Instagrammers and young photographers.GooberTheHat wrote:I'm going to have a play with that original and see what I can come up with. You would probably need the RAW file to get it looking like that though.
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