Before And After

tajmahal250 · October 09, 2018, 04:27:35 PM

I usually do a 7 shot (+/-3), and depending on the situation, I usually like to shoot at around F9/F12. Merge in CS6, HDR toning, until I get something that doesn't look too "overcooked" and finishing with curves/saturation adjustments.

tajmahal250 · December 01, 2018, 09:30:03 AM

Did some major surgery with the AN-124 at PHX.

Before:

[/url]Before by Thomas Backus, on Flickr[/img]

After:

[/url]RUSSIAN SUNSET by Thomas Backus, on Flickr[/img]

Ross Dinsdale · August 23, 2020, 11:19:00 PM

This is a shot I saw all the way from my eyeball to eyepiece and through the viewfinder and still missed the framing.

SOOC w/minor lightroom edits performed

Photoshop manipulation w/Nik 4x3 crop

tajmahal250 · August 24, 2020, 05:51:19 AM

I actually like the offset angle of the Thunderbirds, Ross. They're cool and all, but most of the photos you see of them are 100% centered in the frame- kind of gets old after awhile.

tajmahal250 · December 15, 2021, 08:55:56 AM

Before and after COAP's Lightroom workshop:

Joe Copalman · December 15, 2021, 05:54:14 PM

Very cool, colors look way more natural.

Did you sign up for the masterclass?

tajmahal250 · December 16, 2021, 05:46:42 AM

Thanks, Joe. No, I didn't. Just wasn't in the cards for me right now. Still learned a lot, even in those five sessions.

tajmahal250 · April 03, 2022, 12:16:23 PM

Sentimental Journey experimenting:

tajmahal250 · August 25, 2024, 08:02:07 AM

Just watched the latest COAP editing workshop. Learned lots of good things, once again. (Creating your own light source with a radial gradient = mind blown!).

Decided to use what I learned and combined that with a motion blur edit in Photoshop (Shot at 1/400 that day, so no motion blur, oops...). Did some dodging and burning on the bottom part of the fuselage to bring out the white underside of the plane, and increase the saturation on the top. Linear gradient on top and bottom to tone down the sun.

Anna M. Wood · September 01, 2024, 05:08:06 PM

Quote from: tajmahal250 on August 25, 2024, 08:02:07 AMJust watched the latest COAP editing workshop. Learned lots of good things, once again. (Creating your own light source with a radial gradient = mind blown!).

Decided to use what I learned and combined that with a motion blur edit in Photoshop (Shot at 1/400 that day, so no motion blur, oops...). Did some dodging and burning on the bottom part of the fuselage to bring out the white underside of the plane, and increase the saturation on the top. Linear gradient on top and bottom to tone down the sun.

Well done Taj...

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Before And After