David Porter Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 The latest in a series on National Trust properties in the South East of England. This one has a few more PTE "tweeks". Comments would be appreciated.MickpPC - My linkMAC - My link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nikonos Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 The latest in a series on National Trust properties in the South East of England. This one has a few more PTE "tweeks". Comments would be appreciated.MickpPC - My linkMAC - My linkA nice selection of images Mick. Also it was good to see some interiors for a change - this must be due to the recent relaxation of the strict rules that the NT has imposed in the past. It can be difficult to get the balance of room lighting and the outside world anywhere near perfect without using a tripod (for multiple exposure), or extensive use of supplementary lighting. At one time in my career I did interior (and exterior) photographic work for the NT and it involved a lot of setting up of large format cameras, flash strobes etc. and the use of Polaroid to get a 'natural' look without the use of flash being obvious.Incidentally, I particularly liked the end sequence with the window apertures showing different views.I thought that some of the images looked to have burn-out highlights (the stonework of the castle in particular). I'm not sure whether you shot JPEG or not, but with RAW files you could have mostly corrected this. Some of the images looked a bit on the light side as well on my (calibrated) monitor.Thanks for sharing your hard work!Regards - Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin hill Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Mick,A very good presentation. Also liked the window effect. Your last slide was superb.Thank you for sharing and your efforts.Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deskjet1uk Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Hello Mick,I really liked the photography in this presentation, a good mix and the presentation allowed the viewer to get inside the castle and grounds.Well doneRalph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailertrash Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 What a great way to spend a few hours Mick. Excellent images and well produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Porter Posted August 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 Thanks very much for your comments. I'll have a look at the blown out areas in the raw images and see if I can improve them.Mickp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmstevens Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Hi Mick,Enjoyed the sequence. I took your advice and I too recently visited Scotneyand enjoyed the new freedom to photograph the interiors. Pleased with theresults at ISO 800. Some I took two pictures - one with exposure from thewindow and used layers/layer mask to combine.For burnt out highlights, I make much use of Photoshop - Image - Adjustments -Shadow/Highlight. Also good for getting details in shadows.Regards, Roger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Porter Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Hi Mick,Enjoyed the sequence. I took your advice and I too recently visited Scotneyand enjoyed the new freedom to photograph the interiors. Pleased with theresults at ISO 800. Some I took two pictures - one with exposure from thewindow and used layers/layer mask to combine.For burnt out highlights, I make much use of Photoshop - Image - Adjustments -Shadow/Highlight. Also good for getting details in shadows.Regards, Roger.Hi Roger,I did use Highlights/shadow but more to bring out detail in the dark areas which was more of a problem, I thought, than the highlights. Not sure I understand your "two pictures" technique but I found I was using upto ISO 1200 and was still thankful I had Image stabilised lens. I will do more NT properties in September when kids are back at school.Mickp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmstevens Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Hi Mick,I took two pictures from the same viewpoint - one with correct room exposurethe other with spot meter reading taken of the window ie room under exposed.In PS, using layer mask, added the correctly exposed window to the room interior.Look forward to your next NT venture.Regards, Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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