Wendy, This is a typical image where RAW would have made the post-processing much easier. The RAW would have used more bits to describe each step in the tonal range, and thus giving you at least half a stop more latitude, possibly up to two stops. I don't know the maths there, but from experience I know that the extra latitude can save the day.
In this image, the tonal range describing both the sky and the shadows suffer. What I found is that there were enough tones in the sky to render some clouds, but that tone banding became _very_ evident. My suggested trick to remove this is to convert the image to 16 bit, and then use the Blur tool to smoothen the bands. When converted back to 8 bit, the recalculation of the tones brings a bit of the banding back, but only to a fraction of what it was before the Blurring. The Dark Side Of the Dog was more difficult to improve. There are some shadows in there that are just totally black. I wasn't able to extract any further detail there...:-( - But at least I managed to bring out some more of the nice brown parts of the Berner-Sennen fur. Oh, and the link: http://oksne.net/wow/wendywow.html Cheers, Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:09 PM Subject: WOW: Taxi > Hi Guys, > > Thought it time for a WOW > I need some suggestions for working on this photo > http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/35008479 > > Sorry, no RAW, just jpeg. The full res file is loaded under "original" > > The sky is probably going to be the most difficult. I tried to put in a > new one but it doesn't look right. > Anyone fancy a go? > > thanks, > Wendy > > Wendy Beard, > Ottawa, Canada > http://www.beard-redfern.com > >
