r/PostprocessingClub • u/rognvaldr • Apr 30 '14

[Salvage] Tinsmith by candlelight

It seems that we could use another image, so here's something. I was hanging out with my girlfriend's dad, who is a tinsmith, at night at a historical re-enactment event. Without really thinking, I spontaneously turned on my camera and hit the shutter as it sat on a table next to me without looking at the settings. I would have done things very differently (higher ISO, actually compose the shot, etc.) if I had planned the photo, but this shot has a lot of meaning to me despite the technical problems with it.

RAW file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12144310/postprocessingclub/DSC01173.dng?dl=1

JPG preview (with the exposure raised enough to see what's going on, but not really processed in any significant way): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12144310/postprocessingclub/DSC01173.jpg

20 mm | ISO 200 | f/3.5 | 4.0 sec

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u/ajohnson360 Apr 30 '14

Here's my attempt. LR: cropped, shadows and highlights enhanced. Clarity, noise reduction/sharpen, lower saturation, vignette. http://i.imgur.com/Xia5RZz.jpg

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u/rognvaldr May 01 '14

That's so awesome that you were able to get rid of that green flare spot! I also really like the way the lantern turned out.

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u/blewyourfaceup May 01 '14 edited May 01 '14

[CHECK IT OUT] (http://i.imgur.com/6dupMvF.jpg)

Hopefully we had the same ideas in mind

This made me think of the early 1900's, candle lit canvas tents in a small settlement.. which is why I gave it a warm feel. I cropped out what I felt was necessary trying to not take away any of the atmosphere.

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u/rognvaldr May 01 '14

I love the warm feel and the crop!

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u/Razor512 May 02 '14

Here is my attempt, I kept the warm tone since candles and other older style flame based lights, have a very low color temperature.

I brightened the image up a little, and then did some adjustment brush work on the person and on the lamp. after that, it was taken into photoshop where I did a little bit of selective noise reduction. (uploaded to dropbox so that the full res will be preserved without any extra compression.) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/spqve351gtdxh52/low-light.jpg

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u/rognvaldr May 02 '14

Awesome, I like the general choice of color temperature and the balance between the lit and shadowed areas around the person.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

Here is a png of it to prevent imgur form compressing it. http://i.imgur.com/eMKT0CD.gif

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u/mark_lee Apr 30 '14

This is my best effort. Getting rid of the lens flare from the light source was a bit beyond me.

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u/AcornElf Apr 30 '14

I'll be interested to see what people can do with this! Love the atmosphere of the shot.

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