Awe Inspired [69365 Digital Darkroom ]
Uploaded: May 30, 2007 23:10:17
National Cathedral in Washington D.C.
Photo editing process detailed in discussion with original photo.
Exif: F Number: 3.5, Exposure Bias Value: +0, Exposure Time: 10/40, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 400, Focal Length: 18mm, Camera Model: NIKON D80
Susan M. Hembree May 30, 2007
Editing in PSCS included first straightening the horizon using the rows of seating. Then a distort followed by a skew transformation. Cropping was then done. Auto levels, Red Paw Media Beautifier filter helped to give an initial lightening and saturation of colors. Then color adjustments using the color balance and selective filters to taste. High pass filter duplicated until desired sharpening. Luminance adjustment to brighten. #665265Susan M. Hembree May 30, 2007
One correction to the above description. I actually straightened the horizon using the ruler tool, then I cropped the photo. I then distorted and skewed until I got the final photo the way I wanted. #4349228Lynne Morris May 31, 2007
Wow Susan what a stunning image and your ps work is outstanding, love this! #4349488Susan M. Hembree May 31, 2007
Thanks, Lynn! I appreciate your comments! #4349668Marthese A. Cassar May 31, 2007
Very nice photo & work. Can you please tell me where I can find the Red paw media beautifier fillter. Thx #4349816Susan M. Hembree May 31, 2007
Sure Marthese--The RPM Beautifier is a free plug-in for Photoshop. You can obtain the filter from this site:http://www.redpawmedia.com/beautifier.html
Hope you enjoy the filter as much as I have. Thanks a lot for stopping by and commenting on my photo! #4349846
Kay E. Mahoney
May 31, 2007
Susan M. Hembree May 31, 2007
Thanks, Kay! #4350665
Patrick Rouzes
May 31, 2007
Susan M. Hembree May 31, 2007
Thanks Manuel and Patrick! I really appreciate your comments. And Patrick, I certainly understand busy! Thanks for taking time to take a look today! Sue :) #4352575
Chris Budny
May 31, 2007
Susan M. Hembree May 31, 2007
You know Chris, I almost threw out this photo, but then thought, let me work with it and see what I can do. I was actually pleasantly surprised at how this turned out. Thanks for taking time to look tonight and your encouraging comments. I appreciate especially your explanation of the structural features in the cathedral. #4352810
Patrick Rouzes
June 02, 2007
Susan M. Hembree June 02, 2007
Thanks, Patrick! I had a day at the cathedral in D.C. last weekend and got some very nice shots when I was there. #4359428Peter R. Hammer June 03, 2007
Excellent PS work Susan. The lighting is sublime and this is a wonderful end result. #4361782Susan M. Hembree June 03, 2007
Thanks, Peter! #4361876
Nikki McDonald
June 26, 2007
Peter R. Hammer June 26, 2007
Congratulations on making the finals Susan. Good to see that all the work you put in has paid off. #4441117
Chris Budny
June 26, 2007
Gail Vitikacs
June 26, 2007
Susan M. Hembree June 26, 2007
Thanks, everyone! I am truly pleased that I decided to not pass this one up. #4443780
Mike D. Perez
June 26, 2007
Lester A. Garcia June 26, 2007
Susan, how could I have missed this? One of your best photos of cathedrals and I remember the other one too. Congrats! #4444586Susan M. Hembree June 27, 2007
Thanks Mike and Lester! #4446418Cindy Wong June 27, 2007
Thanks for sharing your PS tips! Very stunning image! Congratulations on this awesome finalist, Susan!!! :) #4451408Susan M. Hembree June 27, 2007
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment, Cindy! #4451559Lynn Haack June 29, 2007
Susan...somehow I missed this beautiful work of art! The design and tones are excellent. I love that you included the original photo. Thank you for sharing! Belated...CONGRATS!! Lynn #4457417Susan M. Hembree June 29, 2007
Lynn--I hope you get this as I tried to write you back and it came back to me as the e-mail address doesn't work. Anyways, I started the photo discussion of with photo with a response. This of course brings up the box for you to write your response. There is a tab that asks you if you would like to download a photo under the response box, above the "If you would like to be notified..." check tab. It will ask how many you want to download (there is a
drop down menu that says, "Select". Just select the number you want to
download). Then, hit submit and it will bring up a new page that will ask you for information about the photo. Enter in all the information that you want, check the box to not submit to the contest, check the rule box, uncheck the respond box, then hit "Submit Your Photo". It took me a few times to get this right; I actually had to delete everything once and re-upload a second time. I sure hope this helps you.
Thanks for your comment about my photography. Your site is pretty awesome, too, especially your two truck photos. Congrats again on both of those!
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Patrick Rouzes
June 30, 2007
Susan M. Hembree July 01, 2007
Thanks again, Patrick! #4462039RC Fritz July 01, 2007
Excellent. Congratulations Susan. Another great Finalist!! #4462122Susan M. Hembree July 01, 2007
Thanks so much, RC! #4462146Lisa A. Car January 14, 2011
Great shot!! Very deserving of the win :) #9163286Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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