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June 14th Sandbar Shots...

 
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bambam

Since 15 Mar 2005
760 Posts
Hood River
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PostWed Jun 15, 05 9:29 am    June 14th Sandbar Shots... Reply with quote

Enjoy.... Bam

Riders in the Sun...
 Riders in the Sun...  post6.jpg 
Lupi's death ride...  Fortunately he walked away... barely!
 Lupi's death ride... Fortunately he walked away... barely!  post5.jpg 
Joby is all about the raley...  This was was stuck to blind... Nice!
 Joby is all about the raley... This was was stuck to blind... Nice!  post4.jpg 
Backlit spray...
 Backlit spray...  post3.jpg 
A whole lotta sand last night...
 A whole lotta sand last night...  post2.jpg 
A Dog and his Boy...  Just who is in charge here anyway?
 A Dog and his Boy... Just who is in charge here anyway?  post1.jpg 

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colby

Since 23 Apr 2005
613 Posts
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PostWed Jun 15, 05 9:35 am     Reply with quote

nice bam!!!

'riders in the sun' is more than frameworthy in my humble opinion.

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PostWed Jun 15, 05 9:53 am     Reply with quote

Thanks Colby,

I am still struggling with figuring out how to make the photo's look really good for web posting.... ETHAN, help out a poor digital newbie with some photoshop hints! Your posted stuff always looks very clean. The high-resolution looks awesome, but it come out all dark and weak looking when I post them... Arrrggghhhh!

Bam... out!

colby

Since 23 Apr 2005
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PostWed Jun 15, 05 10:00 am     Reply with quote

It might be photoshop's own 'export for web' function that is the problem... try a photoshop export plugin on trial and see if you get better results...I've been using Ulead Smart Saver Pro and get a decent match between what I see on screen and the final picture...www.ulead.com

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railgrab

Since 29 Mar 2005
177 Posts
Seattle, WA
Stoked



PostWed Jun 15, 05 3:11 pm     Reply with quote

No problem, Bam, and thanks for the compliment! Here's a somewhat basic version of my Photoshop workflow...
1. Adjust Levels to obtain true blacks and whites.
2. Crop to desired size.
3. Adjust color with curves if necessary (plenty of online tutorials about this).
4. Unsharp Mask (USM) at radius .3 or .4 to whatever percentage necessary. This setting varies alot between cameras.
5. USM sharpen at radius 50 to 10 or 20% to increase contrast.
6. Adjust saturation as desired. For example to make a red kite really "pop", try increasing the saturation of reds in your image!
7. Save for web as .jpg

For 80-90% of my images, that's all there is to it! Also remember that the sharpening levels for publishing to the web are less than the sharpening levels for printing.

Ethan

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kiteboard117

Since 02 Mar 2005
450 Posts
PDX
McLovin



PostWed Jun 15, 05 4:56 pm     Reply with quote

wow! those are the best shots i have seen posted on here so far. "the kiteboarder" magazine has a photo comp for best whipout shot. that kiteloop one would probably win

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Wind Slither

Since 04 Mar 2005
2570 Posts
The 503
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PostWed Jun 15, 05 7:02 pm     Reply with quote

agreed, that ones epic...and they're all sweet...nice work Bam

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kt

Since 16 Mar 2005
759 Posts
Portland, Or
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PostThu Jun 16, 05 8:43 am     Reply with quote

hey bam,

nice work as usual.

in the second shot, the one of the blue and white kite, what type of kite is that? neven seen that bridle system before.

kt

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Inept_Fun

Since 14 Apr 2005
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Hood River
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PostThu Jun 16, 05 8:59 am     Reply with quote

That is the RRD type wave

Yeah it has some sort of crazy bridal system on it.

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kt

Since 16 Mar 2005
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Portland, Or
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PostThu Jun 16, 05 9:29 am     Reply with quote

hey inept,

thanks. interesting kite design. wonder how it works in the gorge vs. on the waves. anyone used one?

kt

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