The entrance to Kiyomizudera
The photo on the left is the reason I haven't been posting so much lately. I got stuck trying to fix it. The issue was with "converging lines", in that since I shot the photo from down low (in order to get the temple in the background nicely framed), the pillars on the sides were no longer parallel. I asked for some help from my Godfather of Photography (photojournalist Jeff Lee) and he pointed out this issue to me. Two minutes later in Photoshop the issue was resolved--and I finally felt that the picture looked good.
On the right, we have what this temple is named for: a pure water source.
Comments
Beautiful! The orange is excessive, but I like it.
I will have to visit Kiyomizudera when I go to Kyoto in two weeks.
Posted by: Pia | July 13, 2006 1:36 PM
How do you get the clarity and saturation of your pics?
Posted by: Sperwer | July 14, 2006 12:07 AM
Most of the photos on here are shot with a DSLR, a Canon Rebel XT (aka 350D) to be exact. I also use lenses that are known to produce sharp images. But that's just the beginning. I shoot so that there is a minimum of underexposure and overexposure, which means the photos come out looking pretty drab. So, they get hauled into Photoshop where the highlights (often sky) are toned down so that the details emerge, and the dark areas (shadows) are lightened for the same purpose. Toss in a little extra saturation, hopefully to just before the point of looking ridiculous, and then readjust the contrast so that things still look normal. After that I recheck the photo to make sure the color balance and contrast balances are acceptable, then make a final crop and save.
That's my current work-flow.
It's time consuming, but it gets quicker as I do it more. Although, sometimes I get totally hung up on a photo because I just can't decide how to crop it, like today.
Posted by: Max Watson
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July 14, 2006 12:18 AM