Iowa State Library

JRE313 · Jul 11, 2012

I went on a Business trip and in my free time, I Found this.
I am no way near the best Photographer here. Please keep this in mind.
Hope you Enjoy!!

Here is the

library with filter from Nik Software called "Brilliance/Warmth"

vipgraphx · Jul 11, 2012

They look about the same to me.

You defiantly have a style that yells out JRE313..

Processing is really rich lots of color. Its interesting because it takes on that grunge look but not. The floor is where I see more grunge. IMOP I think its a little to much on the super sharp side. Also the windows seem to be blown out. Either more exposures are needed or some masking in that area.

Your find some great places to shoot I must say!!!!!

Here is a little hue and saturation adjustment. THen in nik I used the classical soft focus to soften it just a bit.

Iowa_State_LibraryB_W by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

I will leave this up for a few days then I will delete the image since I had to use flickr. Photobucket really jacked the colors up....

JRE313 · Jul 11, 2012

Vip
i just noticed something when I upload, the colors are not correct.
i will upload the correct soon

The_Pearl_Poet · Jul 11, 2012

It may just be me, but they look slightly tilted to the left. You may want to try straightening along one of the horizontal bars on the windows.

Bynx · Jul 11, 2012

Pearl Poet....its just you. I measured the room every which way and there isnt anything wrong with the angle that I could pick up on. This is the best looking room shot Ive seen in a long time. Great job JRE.

1hdr4u · Jul 12, 2012

Wonderful use of HDR with these photos. I like the "overdone" look as well. It makes photos look like paintings which I really enjoy about HDR. Great pictures.

SCraig · Jul 12, 2012

Bynx said:
Pearl Poet....its just you. I measured the room every which way and there isnt anything wrong with the angle that I could pick up on. This is the best looking room shot Ive seen in a long time. Great job JRE.

No, he's right. It is slightly tilted but some of it is keystoning or some odd perspective shift. Look at the ceiling right over the chandelier and it is obviously tilted down to the left. The two tables in the foreground, however, appear to be tilted down just slightly to the right. The walls at the extreme edges are just slightly tilted in indicating some keystone distortion.

Still I agree that it is an excellent rendering. Very well done.

Bynx · Jul 12, 2012

Ya that one spot of ceiling just doesnt go with the rest of the room, but aside from using the distort in Photoshop rotating the image wont fix anything.

fjrabon · Jul 12, 2012

Yeah, these types of shots you really have to be crazy careful about where you shoot from, because the symmetry can fall apart quickly with even the tiniest bit of asymmetrical perspective distortion.

I think it could be fixed in photoshop, but it'd take a bit, I think to get it just right.

This one looks like you missed it by about 8 inches to the right. ie if you had moved over 8 inches to the left, when you originally shot it, it would have solved all (or at least most) of your perspective distortion issues.

Bynx · Jul 12, 2012

fjrabon you posed a challenge so I took you up on it. A slight distortion correction was all that was needed. The photo wasnt so much tilted as twisted. Odd.

Wow, when I saved it I didnt save it with the ProPhoto color profile it wanted. I didnt do any color change.

vipgraphx · Jul 12, 2012

The roof still looks off Bynx....good attempt..but, not quite there.

fjrabon · Jul 12, 2012

Bynx said:
fjrabon you posed a challenge so I took you up on it. A slight distortion correction was all that was needed. The photo wasnt so much tilted as twisted. Odd.

Wow, when I saved it I didnt save it with the ProPhoto color profile it wanted. I didnt do any color change.

The table also looks slightly tilted clockwise (and by looks, I mean I checked it in my post program)

I said it would be tough because you have the fact that it was shot at an angle horzontally (from the right of center) and vertically (keystoning) as well. Which will require two different corrections that are hard to balance correctly. And the image has so many horizontals and verticals that they jump out unless you get it just right.

Bynx · Jul 12, 2012

Nothing you can do about the table since its not square are you say. Check the floor tiles and you can see why the angle is right, but off.

Hey JRE why do you use ProPhoto color profile?

JRE313 · Jul 12, 2012

Bynx said:
Nothing you can do about the table since its not square are you say. Check the floor tiles and you can see why the angle is right, but off.

Hey JRE why do you use ProPhoto color profile?

Bynx, that was a huge Mistake. I made the correction for my photo collection. My new saved one is fine.
When you Export in Lightroom, It will ask you what color to save it as and I made a mistake saving it.
Why do you ask, Do you want me to do a shootout with this??

Bynx · Jul 12, 2012

I just asked because when I saved the image I said no to saving with ProPhoto color profile. There is a drastic change in color with the image I posted.