Comments on: Throwing a Hail Mary

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:04:58 +0000

Terrific set of images! Awesome trip.

Travis

By: Alec

Alec — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:46:11 +0000

Hey Janelle, I’ve decide to post a few references here for you. I know its not super helpful, but I’m not feeling nearly educated on the subject of Lab color. So, I hope these two help:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/310/310838.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_color_space

Everything I’ve read refers to the following book as a super good publication:

Margulis, Dan (2006). Photoshop Lab Color: The Canyon Conundrum and Other Adventures in the Most Powerful Colorspace. Berkeley, Calif. : London: Peachpit ; Pearson Education. ISBN 0321356780.

I hope you find these useful.

By: Alec

Alec — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:14:55 +0000

Hey Kevin,

To specifically answer your question, I have no idea! Honestly, this was a one frame shot. We arrived in the harbor just as the ship did…no time for anything. Get a tripod down, get camera on it. Start blasting. I was in AV mode, f/8 ISO400 which produced a shutter of 17 seconds. No time to make adjustments. Hail Mary! There is a slight motion blur to the people, but for the most part I have to assume they stood still (or were frozen stiff) during the exposure. As always, thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.

By: Alec

Alec — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:07:40 +0000

Hi Janelle,

I’m going to put together a quick “start to finish” video on a shot to demonstrate how I’m currently working with both. Thanks for the post.

By: Kevin Hawkins

Kevin Hawkins — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:14:30 +0000

Alec, that second image, a time photo of a ship coming into the harbor– how did you do it? The people were frozen in place, but the boat moved all the way through.

By: Janelle

Janelle — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:27:42 +0000

I would like to know much more than I do about Lab Color and gradient maps than I do! Please give more on this. This info. is hard to find….

By: Bryan Allen

Bryan Allen — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:47:41 +0000

Really great stuff Alec. Love the gold/yellow toned one and the one with the lights in motion blur. The perspective shot under the bridge rocks too. Hell I guess I like em all!