Couple on the Chicago River

[Kungpao]

Before:


After:


Exposure Time = 1/8"
F Number = F4.5
ISO Speed Ratings = 1250
Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length = 35mm
Shot in No Flash Auto Mode

This shot was taken on a moving boat at 9:17 PM. I opened it in RAW mode on photoshop and went to town adjusting everything. Exposure/recovery, contrast, temperature, saturation. Basically till the colors of the clothing/people's hair were the same as they are IRL. I backtracked a bit on the color to not completely lose the effect that it was taken at night underneath an orange light.

From there, it was cloning out the various cranes on top of the buildings, the strap on the railing, and healing some of the glare off of the faces. Oh and sharpening the image using the high pass function. Cropped it a bit and that's all folks!

[benton432]

Greeting Kp
Nice improvement.
Tony

[prince]

Thats an awesome recovery. nice work..

[luismr]

Great Job!!!!
Nobody can notice the clonning!

[crazzy88ss]

wow, 1/8th? nice.

[Kungpao]

Originally Posted by crazzy88ss

wow, 1/8th? nice.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Yeah, I'm still learning so much about my camera so I had it on auto with no flash. I knew enough that if I wanted something to show of the background, I'd better not use flash. All my cousins kept asking me why P&S shots were all black in the background and mine had scenery.

There was a picture that I took which I REALLY like but it's blurry cause of the long exposure times/boat movement. All in all, I was really happy with the pictures I got though and my great uncle (who was a photographer before he retired) told me I had a pretty good eye so that made me REAL happy and gave me some self confidence.

[The Bing]

Kungpao,

I'm a little late responding, but I just wanted to say I am very impressed with you edit. Especially with the skin tones! Great job!

[Kungpao]

Originally Posted by The Bing

Kungpao,

I'm a little late responding, but I just wanted to say I am very impressed with you edit. Especially with the skin tones! Great job!

hey, it's never too late to give an ego boost to anyone Thanks!

[private]

its funny about the cranes in chicago - when I lived there, people would say there are two seasons, Construction and Winter...

I really like your edit. Did you take the photo in RAW, and I wish I could use my camera in Auto w/o flash...Or at least I do not think I can

P.S. And I like how the flag is even brighter...

[Kungpao]

haha, true about the construction/winter scenario it seems. My folks live there and i generally visit around Christmas time. Although, there seems to ALWAYS be construction there!

No, I didn't take the photo in RAW. Nowadays, my D40 is set to RAW+basic but I was (and pretty much still am) in the infancy of my DSLR/Photo Processing learning curve. I get the feeling that this hobby is going to be a learning for a lifetime experience

I never understood the RAW thing until visiting these forums and being curious as to it's advantages. AND I've discovered that I can open standard JPEG files in the RAW editor through photoshop and I've managed to recover several pictures I took with my P&S! It's really too much fun!