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Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday ©2011 J. Glaser All Rights Reserved

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:22:48 -0700

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Taken in downtown Waukesha, WI. Lots of interesting architecture and old mural advertisements on buildings. Loved the light here.

Experimenting with a couple of techniques I haven't used much, Saturation masks and Luminosity masks.

Luminosity Masks: bit.ly/73iSPz
Saturation Masks: bit.ly/mOXW3Sq

The Bottle Let Me Down ©2011 J. Glaser

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:56:26 -0700

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A liquor store in a neighborhood I used to work in. I've just always liked the sign for whatever reason. To me, it doesn't look like it would be out of place in a picture from the '60's. Kind of what I went for with the processing. Started with 5 exposures 1 stop apart, merged to HDR in Photomatix and then edited in Photoshop and finished up with the split toning and vignette and cropped in Lightroom.

Zipps Before And After ©2011 J. Glaser

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:55:06 -0700

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Check out the final version of this picture in my stream.

Technical details:
Started with 5 shots 1 stop apart. Imported to Lightroom. Opened in Photoshop.

Duplicated background layer and cloned out street light, trees and wires.

Duplicated Blue Channel and used to make an edge mask. Loaded channel as a selection.

Duplicated clone layer and changed blend mode to Luminosity. Sharpened using Smart Sharpen.

Added a new layer above that, changed blend mode to Soft Light. Set foreground color to black. Filled with a black to transparent gradient from the top of the image down (while holding the shift key to ensure a straight line gradient). This basically simulates a neutral density filter. Adjust opacity as needed.

Created two new layers above that. One filled with white blend mode set to Color Burn, and one filled with black blend mode set to Color Dodge. Painted with a soft black brush set at around 5% opacity on the white layer on areas I wanted to burn. Painted with same brush but white on the black layer on areas I wanted to dodge.

Above this added three Hue/Saturation adjustment layers. One for the reds, one for the cyans/blues and one for the yellows. I did it this way so I had more control over the overall effect of the specific color changes.

That's it, any questions or comments please feel free to comment. Check out the finished version of this in my photostream.

The Title Escapes Me ©2011 J. Glaser

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:37:19 -0700

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Much like the shot I want of this amazing little bit of architecture. For those of you with an eye for it, yes, it is a Gehry building. It's the Weisman Art Museum located on the east bank of the MIssissippi River on the University of Minnesota campus. I've been shooting this building for five years now, off and on, and this is the first thing that I've thought was decent enough to share. I'm still not happy with it altogether, but it's much better than previous efforts.

Technical details: Nine shots, 1/3 stop apart, merged with Photomatix. Imported into Lightroom and edited with Photoshop. Color tweaks, contrast and sharpening. Used an edge mask and a duplicate layer set to Luminosity for sharpening. Saved back into LR. Pushed color a little bit more and added a strong contrast curve. Bumped clarity slider a little and added vignette.

Five O'Clock Somewhere ©2011 J. Glaser

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:21:22 -0700

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View On Black

Lucked out to be visiting Milwaukee and have all my gear in the car when I heard there was heavy late afternoon/early evening fog on the lakefront. Shot at the McKinley Park Marina.

Down & Dirty:

Five exposures, one stop apart blended together in Photomatix, saved as a .TIFF and imported into Lightroom. Edited a copy in Photoshop. Set B&W points. Added a black layer (blend mode: color burn) and white layer (blend mode: color dodge) and painted in white on the Color Burn layer to bring out saturation/shadows and white on the Color Dodge layer to bring out highlights. Duplicated the background layer and made a Levels Adjustment layer and pushed the white output to enhance the fog/mist. Masked out areas that didn't have fog or look good with it. Duplicated background layer and changed to Luminosity blend mode and sharpened using an edge mask and USM. Backed off opacity and brought it back up 10% at a time until it looked good to me. Converted to B&W with Channel Mixer Adjustment Layer, saved back into LR, applied a strong contrast curve, bumped the Clarity slider applied the split toning effect and added the vignetting.

RIP Hammering Harmon

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:43:31 -0700

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Taken 5/17/2011 at the statue of Harmon Killebrew outside Target Field after news of his passing. One of the all time greats and more importantly, by all accounts I've heard, a good person. I'm not a big Twins fan, I love the game of baseball though and was saddened as a lot of people were to hear of his death.

OK. for the down and dirty about the photo. I shot five exposures each one stop apart as the light was kind of tricky. Merged to HDR in Photomatix, imported .TIFF into LIghtroom, edited in Photoshop. Adjusted for color, set white/black points. Added slight S curves adjustment. Faked DOF, Selective color treatment and sharpened using edge mask on layer set to luminosity. Saved back to LR, added a little bump in the Clarity slider and some vignetteing. Cropped slightly.

Putting On The Ritz © 2011 J. Glaser

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:53:01 -0700

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A new theater near where I used to live. Taken while visiting. (Awesome theater by the way) Named after a mid afternoon weekday movie introduction on a local tv station from when I was a kid. Graphic was the marquee of a theater, not dissimilar to this, and the theme music was Putting On The Ritz. Many a summer vacation day memory of that.

3 bracketed exposures, edited in Photomatix, imported .TIFF into Lightroom, edit copy in Photoshop, adjusted for color and sharpened, saved back to LR, final color tweaks and medium contrast curve applied.

The Far Side Of Nowhere © 2011 J. Glaser

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:07:30 -0700

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One of the largest and oldest cemeteries in Milwaukee. Lots of large crypts and monuments. Worth exploring if you have the mind to.

Three bracketed exposures 1 stop apart. Processed in Photomatix for HDR. Imported .TIFF into Lightroom, edited a copy in photoshop for sharpening, color enhancements etc. Saved back to LR, cropped, strong contrast curve applied, slight bump in clarity, converted to B&W, split toning applied, vignette applied.

AWWTS Before And After

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:28:14 -0700

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©2011 All Rights Reserved

Ok, steps to get from before, to after:

Imported into Lightroom
Edit copy in Photoshop
Duplicate background

Duplicate again. Set mode to Luminosity, rename Sharpen, turn off visibility

Create two new layers above, Fill 1st with white and set blend mode to Color Burn. Rename Shadow. Fill 2nd with black and set blend mode to Color Dodge. Rename Highlight.

Select Shadow layer. Set foreground color to black. Pick brush tool and select a round brush with a hardness of 0%. Set brush opacity low. Around 5% or so. No hard or fast rule here, but the idea is to build the effect. Paint with this brush on the areas of the picture you want a more saturated look. If you build up too much effect, you can switch your foreground color to white and paint over an area to dial it back.
**On this image, I actually used two "Shadows" layers. One filled completely with black and set to 2% opacity to boost an overall flat image, and then the normal one filled with white (both set to color burn) and painted in black to bring out certain areas even more.**

Select Highlight layer. Switch foreground color to white and paint over areas you want to boost the highlights on.

Go back to the Sharpen layer. Turn visibility on and run USM. Settings I used are:
AMOUNT: 500%
RADIUS: 2.5
THRESHOLD: 2

**Note on sharpening. I recommend tailoring the sharpening technique to your image type. For example, an edge mask is good for say, a photo of architecture or one with a lot of edges and lines. For this photo, that would not really be a good choice. If you're not sure, try a couple different techniques and see which you like best. **

Image will not look good at this point but, set opacity to 0 and slowly bring it back until you are satisfied with the look. In this image, I used a layer mask as well and painted out areas like the clouds that didn't need sharpening.

I also added a curves adjustment layer in conjunction with a threshold adjustment layer to find the black and white points of the image. I also applied a slight "S" curve to bump contrast. I then saved, went back into Lightroom, applied a strong contrast curve adjustment, tweaked the saturation a little bit and added a little bit of the Clarity slider.

Hope this is helpful. Any questions about how I did this, feel free to ask in comments and I will answer. Cheers!

The Fall Of Rock 'N Roll

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:10:47 -0700

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At War With The Sun

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:08:56 -0700

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I Got The Time But The Time Don't Pay

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:09:57 -0700

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Success Story

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:45:29 -0700

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Everyone Is King When There's No One Left To Pawn

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:42:47 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:34:49 -0700

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To the east side! HDR of Milwaukee's east side. Taken from the Veteran's Memorial on the lakefront.

Juuuust A Bit Outside

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:49:21 -0700

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©2011 All Rights Reserved

Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Home of the Brewers. And Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker. The best baseball announcer ever. I'm back in a selective color/B&W mood lately too I guess. Took this in late afternoon a couple days before the baseball opener. Great light but more interesting this way I thought.

Glory Days

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:47:45 -0700

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Rocky Mountain High

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:28:02 -0700

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Sucking On A Chili Dog, Outside The Frosty Freeze (Selective Color)

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:27:24 -0700

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Borglum's Folly

nobody@flickr.com (bluebucket) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:28:31 -0700

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Uploads from bluebucket, with geodata

Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday ©2011 J. Glaser All Rights Reserved

The Bottle Let Me Down ©2011 J. Glaser

Zipps Before And After ©2011 J. Glaser

The Title Escapes Me ©2011 J. Glaser

Five O'Clock Somewhere ©2011 J. Glaser

RIP Hammering Harmon

Putting On The Ritz © 2011 J. Glaser

The Far Side Of Nowhere © 2011 J. Glaser

AWWTS Before And After

The Fall Of Rock 'N Roll

At War With The Sun

I Got The Time But The Time Don't Pay

Success Story

Everyone Is King When There's No One Left To Pawn

Moving On Up ©2011 J. Glaser

Juuuust A Bit Outside

Glory Days

Rocky Mountain High

Sucking On A Chili Dog, Outside The Frosty Freeze (Selective Color)

Borglum's Folly