i like the first one better -- the second one doesn't get you any more detail on the tower, it just loses the detail on the bottom. really, you want to play with "recovery" in darkroom to retrieve more data from the overexposed areas, or at least play around with curves... or possibly try a different exposure (i know, too late for that).
But it's hard not to color-distort with curves (at least in P'shop). I don't know what recovery function you mean, sad to say.
As for the original... yeah, I had the 'pod set up and meant to take a couple pix with different exposures but this was the moment when the clouds moved in and lightning started to flash on the horizon and I said "hmm, how about I go close the car windows now". Pragmatics wins out over practice I suppose.
Using levels instead affects brightness without color distortion.
I don't know what recovery function you mean, sad to say.
I think in Photoshop proper, you can find it either in the Bridge application, or as part of Adobe Camera Raw (which can be used on either raw .NEF files or on JPEGs, despite its name).
Like coraline, I'd like to pick and choose among them if I could. For instance, I like the molding and the incandescent-lit windows better in the darker one, but I like the sky much better in the lighter one.
One of the interesting effects of the darker one is that the building tower becomes much more prominent, since its brightness contrasts much more with everything around it. In the lighter one, there's more balance to the picture as a whole. Either could be a desired effect.
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really, you want to play with "recovery" in darkroom to retrieve more data from the overexposed areas, or at least play around with curves... or possibly try a different exposure (i know, too late for that).
I've been playing with curves
As for the original... yeah, I had the 'pod set up and meant to take a couple pix with different exposures but this was the moment when the clouds moved in and lightning started to flash on the horizon and I said "hmm, how about I go close the car windows now". Pragmatics wins out over practice I suppose.
Re: I've been playing with curves
i do like the first picture though, lack of detail and all.
Re: I've been playing with curves
Using levels instead affects brightness without color distortion.
I think in Photoshop proper, you can find it either in the Bridge application, or as part of Adobe Camera Raw (which can be used on either raw .NEF files or on JPEGs, despite its name).
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One of the interesting effects of the darker one is that the building tower becomes much more prominent, since its brightness contrasts much more with everything around it. In the lighter one, there's more balance to the picture as a whole. Either could be a desired effect.
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thank you