PESO -- Schooner Passes Falkners Light III (variations)

[P. J. Alling]

Well one more different capture from the Schooner series, with three 
variations.  After conversion to a Tiff, I used a moderate amount of 
noise reduction.. Then in Photoshop I tried something a little 
different, I tried the curves -> options and set [Find Dark and Light 
Colors] with [Snap Neutral Tones].  I'm not sure I like the results in 
color but it made the B&W conversion look a bit better. Well anyway.  
I'm interest in what people think.  Due to the long distance there was a 
definite lack of contrast in the main subject of the image.  Yes I know 
the horizon isn't exactly level.  I'm going back to the original image 
to fix that before the ocean runs out, eventually...

http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_schoonerpassesfaulknersiii.html

Note:  As described.

http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_schoonerpassesfaulknersiiib&w.html

Note: Starting with the Color version. I used a curves layer to brighten 
the mid tones, a second curves layer to impart a bit of a slight s curve 
on top of that, a Hue/Saturation layer to modify color response, (sort 
of a continuously variable color filter) and a second Hue/Saturation 
layer to simply remove all color, then a brightness/contrast layer to 
modify the overall contrast. 

http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_schoonerpassesfaulknersiiis.html

Note:  From the B&W version converted to grey scale, I used a tritone 
method of sepia toning the image, using three different base colors for 
highlights, mid tones and shadows.  Since the general consensus seemed 
to be that the last attempt was a bit heavy handed, probably because the 
highlights were too orange, I used a slightly different color for the 
highlights, it does look a bit more subtle, at least to my eye.

Technical Data:

Pentax *ist-Ds ISO 1600 @ 1/1250sec (Av)
smc Pentax A 300mm f4 & SMC Pentax F 1.7x converter @ f11

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