Comments on: Day 8 of “I’m Giving Up Photoshop” Month (New York City)

By: Matt K

Matt K — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:12:16 +0000

In reply to labro.

Hi Marc – The longer the shutter speed the smoother the water gets. I tried it at 30 and 60 seconds and the water still had too many ripples. But at 90 seconds it really smooths out.
Hope that helps.

By: labro

labro — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 06:12:26 +0000

nice tutos and beautiful colors !
can you please explain why you used the tiffen 3-stop nd filter on night.
i am not familiar with these expensive filters and thought they were only intended for smoothing waterfalls, sea waves,…
shutter speed is here 90sec. how long would it be without the filter (10sec ?) and what would have been the difference on the picture ?

best regards
marc

By: Dennis Zito

Dennis Zito — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:58:30 +0000

Hi Matt,

Awesome work on this photo. I notice that you really crank up the sharpening sliders (amount and detail). If did that on my photos, they have halos galore!!! I have a Canon 7D, 18 mpix. So, it must be your mpix that let you do this much sharpening? Again, I love the twilight moves you make! 🙂

Dennis

By: Matt K

Matt K — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:45:02 +0000

In reply to Matt Schlotzhauer. Good idea Matt. I'll see what I can do :)

By: Matt K

Matt K — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:44:35 +0000

In reply to Sharon. Have fun with it. You definitely scored if you didn't have to wait 6 months :)

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:00:52 +0000

In reply to Arnel Garcia. Beautiful shot.... Thanks for giving us your LR work flow. The thing I would miss the most about not using PS in post is the healing brush. It's just so much better and easier then LR. I also use OnOne or Nik for that final pop of tonal contrast. I really enjoyed your Long Exposure class. I finally got my Big Stopper this summer. Our local camera store is a big Lee dealer so I actually got it faster there then the on line stores. I've been having lots of fun with it.

By: Matt Schlotzhauer

Matt Schlotzhauer — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 13:30:16 +0000

This has been a great series, Matt. Getting into the details of how you see and develop your photography is very enlightening. You can always learn something through the perspective of how others apply editing techniques. At the end of the series I do have one request. Pick the one you think most applies and show the before, LR after, and then the result using your favorite plug-in.

By: Alberto Mattioli

Alberto Mattioli — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 08:10:59 +0000

Thank’s Matt for yours very interesting giving up. Every time something to learn!!!

By: Arnel Garcia

Arnel Garcia — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:23:19 +0000

Great angle and composition with the pilings leading to the city skyline and great processing. Thank you Matt, for sharing. Since I started using Lightroom in 2007, it is extremely rare for me to go to PS or ACR to process my RAW files. For me, PS is now more for putting texts, framing and finer retouching.