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Archive of posts tagged Contrast Curve

Sheep Crab, Bat Ray, Lobster Photos, Catalina 4-03

These sheep crab photos are particularly cool. I also really like the Bat Ray 1 photo…my notes say the vis was not great but not bad. I think the photos, once photoshopped, turned out really good, so this tells you something about how much help photoshop really is.

Mantis Shrimp Photos, Catalina Island 3-03

I’ve seen some insanely laughable things on the web by so-called photoshop authorities where they actually sharpen the edges of the subject of a photo to make it “pop.” This is so Bass Ackwards it makes me cringe. Sharpening a digital photo is already a no-no, but sharpening the edges of a subject?

Santa Barbara Isl Sea Lion Rookery 8-02

It’s interesting that after adjusting the shadows and highlights in Photoshop and then working with the mid-tones, the histogram seriously changes to a nice spread with a large wide peak right in the center. And with just one move. Then most of the shots just need an additional simple contrast curve.