Salvage Week - 02/05/2024

[Douglas Sherman]

Sorry for the late start this week. Ebird alerts indicted that a rare Striped-back Oriole was at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in the Pheonix area so my wife and I went down to try and capture it. We had success. Here is the image.

Someone put the half orange on the branch to attract them to this location. They like fruit.

Now back to the business at hand. The image below is the first image I ever took of Upper Antelope Canyon. A that time all you had to do was go to the Navajo Chapter house in Page and buy a $5 permit and then drive up the wash to the canyon.

After some cropping and processing this is the final image.


Rework with today's technology.

 

[AlanLichty]

Sure wish shooting conditions like you experienced were still an available option. Nice recovery work.

 

[JimFox]

How fun Doug to capture that Oriole!

Now, what a great recovery on Antelope Canyon.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice image of the Oriole.

I wish I could go wander around the canyon without being pushed around by the crowd. Nice recovery. I would crop out some more of the bottom to lose the ground with footprints.

 

[AlanLichty]

I have an elderly shot from Monument Valley that could be best described as The Dark Side of the Mitten.

Original:

With some recovery of the deep shadow areas of the image:

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I have an elderly shot from Monument Valley that could be best described as The Dark Side of the Mitten.

Original:

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With some recovery of the deep shadow areas of the image:

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Great job, Alan. I love the new color palette.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

This is from a couple of years ago in Silver Falls SP in OR. Removed the distractions from the bright foliage around the falls.

Before

After

 

[Douglas Sherman]

This is from a couple of years ago in Silver Falls SP in OR. Removed the distractions from the bright foliage around the falls.

Before
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After
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Very nice job, Jameel. Maybe take out the log as well.

 

[JimFox]

I have an elderly shot from Monument Valley that could be best described as The Dark Side of the Mitten.

Original:

View attachment 69568

With some recovery of the deep shadow areas of the image:

View attachment 69570

That's some amazing recovery Alan!

 

[AlanLichty]

That's some amazing recovery Alan!

Thanks - it worked out better than I expected when I started. We used to throw exposures like this out in film days.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Very nice job, Jameel. Maybe take out the log as well.

Thanks Doug. Will try that as well.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Nice image of the Oriole.

I wish I could go wander around the canyon without being pushed around by the crowd. Nice recovery. I would crop out some more of the bottom to lose the ground with footprints.

You're right, Jameel. Here is the cropped image.

 

[JimFox]

This is from Alaska in the Kenai Fjord area and taken in 2008.

Original

Salvaged

 

[AlanLichty]

This is from Alaska in the Kenai Fjord area and taken in 2008.

Original

Salvaged

That cleaned up really well - I like the result.