With thanks to travel buddies and processing partners @taffy and @jgpittenger. Taken on our October 2018 trip late at night. We learned about waaaaaaay overexposing the night landscape to capture the canyon since that was the purpose of our trip. Then bringing the night back into the scene in processing. This shows up much brighter in LR and PS than it does on 365. hmmmmm.
You have been learning to edit photos and I would love a little edit on this because it is a beautiful scene. I hope you take this suggestion as that a suggestion and not a criticism.
@joansmor -- Joan, within LR and PS this photo shows up much brighter. And when I export it on my computer. For some reason within 365 it shows up darker. What edits do you have in mind? I always appreciate constructive criticism.
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Thank you all for your comments. I have been thinking about Joan's comment about it needing a little more edit. For some reason it shows up much brighter on my big screen than it does within 365 site, and I know both Taffy and Jane were working on big screens as we did the re-edit together. So despite how dark it looks on 365, I decided to only bring out the color a little bit on the foreground rock on the right to add more depth to the scene. This photo was taken as part of our night sky excursion with Grand Canyon photographer Adam Schallau (who we recommend highly) and he showed us how to overexpose to bring in the canyon even though it was late at night because our eyes let us see the canyon even if our cameras don't capture it, then processing to bring back the night. Still mulling over the best way to process this. Maybe another trip back to the Grand Canyon?
I saved a copy of the picture on my computer and made these adjustments in LR
Temp +8
Highlights -100
Shadows +100
Whites +40
Blacks -11
Clarity +29
Vibrance +33
Do a slight s-curve in Tone Curve
Add a slight black vignette about -12
And adjust the noise.
If you have a raw copy it might be different numbers but the directions should be the same.
@joansmor -- thank you! It reminds me of when I did the same with another 365ers photo and even cropped it to make a whole new image for myself (with permission). Oh, I do love our community.
While I especially like the option to go to the Grand Canyon again as @kvphoto@byrdlip say, meanwhile, stuck at home . . . I played with applying the edits suggested. by @joansmor.
Frankly, I wish we all did more critiquing of each other's work. I truly appreciate constructive critique.
Thank you all for your comments. I have been thinking about Joan's comment about it needing a little more edit. For some reason it shows up much brighter on my big screen than it does within 365 site, and I know both Taffy and Jane were working on big screens as we did the re-edit together. So despite how dark it looks on 365, I decided to only bring out the color a little bit on the foreground rock on the right to add more depth to the scene. This photo was taken as part of our night sky excursion with Grand Canyon photographer Adam Schallau (who we recommend highly) and he showed us how to overexpose to bring in the canyon even though it was late at night because our eyes let us see the canyon even if our cameras don't capture it, then processing to bring back the night. Still mulling over the best way to process this. Maybe another trip back to the Grand Canyon?
Temp +8
Highlights -100
Shadows +100
Whites +40
Blacks -11
Clarity +29
Vibrance +33
Do a slight s-curve in Tone Curve
Add a slight black vignette about -12
And adjust the noise.
If you have a raw copy it might be different numbers but the directions should be the same.
While I especially like the option to go to the Grand Canyon again as @kvphoto @byrdlip say, meanwhile, stuck at home . . . I played with applying the edits suggested. by @joansmor.
Frankly, I wish we all did more critiquing of each other's work. I truly appreciate constructive critique.
Joan's edits applied (thanks, Joan!) and posted here: https://365project.org/jyokota/challenges-and/2021-01-16