Before the Break

[leight]

Hey guys,

Well on the 3rd day of owning my Nikon D80, we went to my mates 21st in Towoomba, QLD and had a ball Here is a photo that I took during the day... in RAW format. I adjusted the exposure and contrast to get the bellow effect.

So what do you guys think? Constructive criticism is very welcome
Thanks,

- leighton

[Digidave]

Being a pool shooter myself(Hanging out in bars for about 34 years) , I like this shot. I'm curious about the D80 though. Did you have to sharpen this shot at all, in postproduction? Within the camera settings, do you have it set to sharpen?

[leight]

Hey Dave!

Oh really, that's cool I'd LOVE to get an awesome low-light pool table shot, I reckon if done correctly that it could look REALLY niiiice!

I haven't edited this in Photoshop at all, it was a pure RAW edit in Aperture. I haven't changed any sharpening settings on my D80, having only owned it for 4 days now I haven't got a chance to play fully with the MANY customisable features of the D80, so I'm guessing it's just on some default thing.

The Settings

• Exposure: 0.5 seconds
• Aperture: f/3.5
• Focal Length: 18mm
• ISO: 100

Post Production


No other post production work was done, except to crop the image a bit.
Glad you like it!
Thanks

- leighton

[purplepixie]

Well done - I like the narrow focus range - kinda Photo Bank type shot