P&P Workflow: #7

by Jason D. Moore

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Taken on 72nd Street, NYC 1/30/2007, 11:18 AM. Taken with available light, no flash.

• Nikon D50
  Auto Exposure Mode
  18.0-50.00 f/3.5-5.6 lens
  1/1600 at f/4.0
  ISO 200
  Focal Length 25mm
  RAW

In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 (Develop Module):

• Basic:
  White Balance: As Shot
  Temp: 4800
  Tint: -13
  Exposure: +0.76
  Recovery: 100
  Fill Light: 28
  Blacks: 19
• Tone Curve:
  Highlights: 0
  Lights: +10
  Darks: -9
  Shadows: -45
• Split Toning:
  Highlights: Hue – 47, Saturation – 35
• Detail:
  Sharpening: 100

In Photoshop CS3 Beta:

• Duplicate background layer (on general principles to preserve the original)
• Convert for Smart Filters.
• Apply a little grain by applying a Lens Blur with a Noise amount of 3 with a monochromatic, uniform distribution. (I just like the way lens blur applies the noise.)
• Apply a Lens Correction Filter with the following settings:
  -Vignette – Amount: -79, Midpoint: +43
  -Transform:
  Vertical: -17
  Horizontal: +5
  Angle: 359.99
  Scale: 108
• Add a Curves Adjustment Layer to push the lamp closer to white. Fill the mask with black and, with a soft-edged brush, paint with white over the lamp.
• There were some spots on the window, so I created a new layer and cloned and healed those spots, making sure the “Sample All Layers” box is checked.

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*If you would like to contribute to the P&P Workflow, please email Jason.