Easy Exposure - Topic: Tip Top Tailer

Brian Copeland on Tip Top Tailer

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:49:23 -0700

Thank you for the feedback Dale.

I have seen all of Oksana's videos and they are very helpful, just a lot to remember haha.

All of the advice and critique that is given I am taking very seriously. Even though I am not a professional, and barely an amateur at that, I just want to do the best I can, and the advice will help me get there.

Thanks again.

nikonguy on Tip Top Tailer

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:27:30 -0700

Brian
Nice fix on the Tip Top pic!
We are all learning how to take better
photographs and good advice is always
something to take seriously.
By the way - have you watched the videos
put out by Oksana?
If not I urge you to do so as they are very
informative and easy to listen to.
Dale.

Brian Copeland on Tip Top Tailer

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:15:59 -0700

Mandrake, thank you so much for your advice.

I am working on doing what you said in the images so I can learn.

For the Tip Top Tailor...I did the skew as you recommended, and here is what I came up with. Better?

I will work on the cityscape later today.

Once again, thank you.

Mandrake on Tip Top Tailer

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 05:50:23 -0700

These are very nice cityscapes.
Great composition and lines with Tip Top and lots of things to see on King William Street.
Kudos on avoiding serious leaning buildings.
I would guess that you used the camera distortion fix in Photoshop.
(Properties tell me that you're working with Photoshop (CS6). Correct me if I'm wrong.)

Still a bit of work though.
Tip Top can be fixed so that it's left edge is vertical without losing it's top.
(filter-correct camera distortion-vertical perspective in PS Elements.)
Something might be done with the leftmost building in the street scene. I didn't experiment.

King William is a bit overexposed and the sky is............. well, it's completely blown.
Photoshop has a few fixes.
I experimented, and raising the blacks in levels to 17 does wonders for the street.
The sky... It can be completely replaced or blued with a gradient. (I didn't try)

Keep clicking, Brian. It's the way.

Brian Copeland on Tip Top Tailer

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:56:17 -0700

Another one from downtown Hamilton.

f/8 1/40sec iso 100

All critique is welcome.

Brian Copeland on Tip Top Tailer

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:31:44 -0700

This is from downtown Hamilton, Ontario. There are these old painted signs all over the city, faded and worn away.

f7.1 1/60 sec iso 100