{"id":20813,"date":"2014-06-18T08:10:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T12:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=20813"},"modified":"2014-06-18T11:23:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T15:23:05","slug":"learning-to-think-and-see-like-a-prothe-second-of-a-series-where-would-you-put-the-cat-plus-perspective-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2014\/06\/18\/learning-to-think-and-see-like-a-prothe-second-of-a-series-where-would-you-put-the-cat-plus-perspective-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Think and See Like a Pro\/The Second of a Series&#8211;Where Would You Put the Cat?  Plus Perspective Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<h3>2nd Palouse IPT Added By Popular Demand<\/h3>\n<p>Please scroll down for details. <\/p>\n<h3>The Streak Continues: 200<\/h3>\n<p>It is just after 8:00am here in Indian Lake Estates, FL as I finish up today&#8217;s blog post.  This post took less than 2 hours to assemble.  Enjoy it.  <\/p>\n<p>This post marks 200 consecutive days with a new blog post. With so many folks getting in the habit of using our B&#038;H links and our Amazon logo-links why quit now? April, May and June have been fantastic as lots of folks are getting the message; using my affiliate links does not cost you a penny and helps support my efforts here.  To show your appreciation, I do ask that you use our the B&#038;H and Amazon affiliate links on the right side of the blog for all of your purchases.  Please check the availability of all photographic accessories in the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/default.aspx\">BIRDS AS ART Online Store<\/a>, especially Gitzo tripods, Wimberley tripod heads, and the like. We sell only what I have used and tested, and know that you can depend on.  We will not sell you junk.  We know the tools that you need to make creating great images easy and fun. 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For the photographic stuff mentioned in the paragraph above <font color=red><strong>we, meaning BAA,<\/strong><\/font> would of course greatly appreciate your business.  Here is a huge thank you to the many who have been using our links on a regular basis and visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/default.aspx\">BAA Online<\/a> store as well.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/w-perspective-_a1c0507-the-palouse-wa.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/w-perspective-_a1c0507-the-palouse-wa.jpg\" alt=\"w-perspective-_a1c0507-the-palouse-wa\" title=\"w-perspective-_a1c0507-the-palouse-wa\" width=800 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This 3-frame in-camera Art Vivid HDR image was created just before 6:00am on June 11, 2014 on our Palouse scouting trip with the hand held <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/843008-USA\/Canon_5175B002_EF_24_70mm_f_2_8L_II.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CA247028LII\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCA247028LII\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EF 24-70mm f\/2.8L II USM lens<\/a> (at 35mm), and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/847545-REG\/Canon_5260A002_EOS_5D_Mark_III.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CAE5D3\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCAE5D3\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EOS 5D Mark III <\/a>. ISO 400.  Evaluative metering +1 stop +\/- two stops around the base exposure of 1\/1250 sec. at f\/9 in Av mode. <\/p>\n<p>Two sensors down and 3 to the left of the central sensor\/AI Servo Rear Focus AF on the corner of the large barn on the left was active at the moment of exposure. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2011\/09\/13\/rear-focus-tutorial\/\">here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial.  Going with AI Servo AF active at the moment of exposure when hand holding for HDRs is a  good plan as it helps to keep the images aligned and assures accurate focus for all 3 frames. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"468\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/mer54715.datafeedfile.com\/widget\/aff_widget_prdt_generate-2.0.php?aff_num=7226&#038;aff_net=1&#038;size=468x60&#038;mode=m&#038;bucket_num=4751&#038;link_target=y&#038;sid=\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>The Challenge: Learning to Think and See Like a Pro<\/h3>\n<p>I made the image above as a teaching tool after we had spent about 30 minutes using longer lenses to extract various elements of the scene that we had found interesting.  <\/p>\n<p>OK, here is the challenge. Click on the image above to enlarge it.  Examine it carefully.  You have all focal lengths from 8mm to 784mm available. What catches your eyes?  Which images would you extract from the scene?<\/p>\n<p>If you could place a black and white house cat anywhere in the scene where would you put it?<\/p>\n<p>For all of the above please leave a comment and please be specific. I will share several of my images with you in a not-too-distant blog post.<\/p>\n<h3>Image Question<\/h3>\n<p>Why would it be pretty much impossible to create a good image of the scene above with the circle lens at 8mm?<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/a1c0507-the-palouse-wa.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/a1c0507-the-palouse-wa.jpg\" alt=\"a1c0507-the-palouse-wa\" title=\"a1c0507-the-palouse-wa\" width=800 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This is the original Vivid capture.  Note that because I pointed a wide angle lens up towards the sky that the buildings are tilted inward.  And note the too RED barn and the too rich GREENs&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Image Optimization and Perspective Control<\/h3>\n<p>The first thing that I do with most Art Vivid images is to reduce the saturation. Sometimes I need only to reduce the YELLOW saturation, and sometimes I opt to reduce the saturation across the board as I did here.<\/p>\n<p>To correct the perspective problems, I duplicated the image (Control A, Control J), hit Control T for the Transform Tool, right-clicked inside the Transform box, chose Perspective from the drop-down menu, pulled out the upper corners until the walls of the big barn and the walls of the shadowed structure on the right frame edge were perpendicular, and I hit enter.  Then I cropped tot he artistic proportions.   <\/p>\n<h3>Digital Basics<\/h3>\n<p>Pretty much everything discussed above plus tons more is detailed in our Digital Basics File&#8211;written in my easy-to-follow, easy-to-understand style. I am not sure if the perspective control bit is covered in Digital Basics, but no matter: it is detailed above :).  <\/p>\n<p>Are you tired of making your images look worse in Photoshop?  <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=52\">Digital Basics File<\/a> is an instructional PDF that is sent via e-mail.  It includes my complete digital workflow, dozens of great Photoshop tips, the use of Contrast Masks, several different ways of expanding and filling in canvas (including the John Heado Technique), lots of color balancing tips, Tim Grey Dodge and Burn, all of my time-saving Keyboard Shortcuts, Quick Masking, Layer Masking, and NIK Color Efex Pro basics, my killer image clean-up techniques, Digital Eye Doctor, creating time-saving actions, and lots more. <\/p>\n<h3>APTATS I &#038; II<\/h3>\n<p>Learn the details of advanced Quick Masking techniques in<a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=54\"> APTATS I<\/a>. Learn Advanced Layer Masking Techniques in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=54\">APTATS I<\/a>.  Mention this blog post and apply a $5 discount to either with phone orders only.  Buy both APTATS I and APTATS II and we will be glad to apply at $15 discount with phone orders only. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/palouse-2015-card.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/palouse-2015-card.jpg\" alt=\"palouse-2015-cardE\" title=\"palouse-2015-card\" width=800 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Hope that you can join us \ud83d\ude42  Card and design by Arthur Morris\/BIRDS AS ART<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>The Palouse A Creative Adventure\/BIRDS AS ART Instructional Photo-Tour (IPT)\/Eastern Washington State.  May 29-June 2, 2015\/5 Full Days: $1699\/Limit 12 photographers\/Sold Out<\/h3>\n<h2><strong>As the trip above is now sold out, we have decided&#8211;in response to popular demand, to run a second trip after giving ourselves 2 days to recover from the first one. We have already sold four slots for the 2nd trip so please do not tarry if you wish to join us.  There will not be a third trip. \ud83d\ude42 See the details immediately below. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>The Palouse A Creative Adventure\/BIRDS AS ART Instructional Photo-Tour (IPT)\/Eastern Washington State.  June 5-9, 2015\/5 Full Days: $1699\/Limit 12 photographers\/Openings 8; this trip needs 6 to run&#8211;with only 2 to go, it seems like a certainty.<\/h3>\n<p>Rolling farmlands provide a magical patchwork of textures and colors, especially when viewed from the top of Steptoe Butte where we will likely enjoy spectacular sunrises and possibly a nice sunset or two. We will photograph grand landscapes and mini-scenics of the rolling hills and farm fields. We will take you to some really neat old abandoned barns and farmhouses in idyllic settings.  There is no better way to improve your compositional and image design skills and to develop your creativity than to join us for this trip.  Two great leaders: Denise Ippolito and Arthur Morris.   Photoshop and image sharing sessions when we have the time and energy&#8230;.  We get up early and stay out late and the days are long.<\/p>\n<p>After 6 days of back-breaking scouting work in early June 2014 we found all of the iconic locations and, in addition, lots of spectacular new old barns and breath-taking landforms and views.  We will teach you what makes one situation prime and another seemingly similar one a waste of your time. <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s included: In-the-field instruction, guidance, lessons, and inspiration, our newfound but very extensive knowledge of the area, all lunches, motel lobby breakfasts, and Photoshop and image sharing sessions when possible. <\/p>\n<p>You will learn and hone both basic and advanced compositional and image design skills.  You will learn to get the right exposure every time.  You will learn to develop your creative eye.  You will learn the basics of HDR (high dynamic range) photography.  You will learn a variety of in-camera creative techniques; Canon 5D Mark III bodies are a plus. And most importantly you will learn to see the situation and to create a variety of top-notch images.  Do see both of our blogs for lots more on that in the coming weeks.  You will learn how the quality and direction of light combine to determine the success of your images.  And&#8211;please don&#8217;t gasp&#8211;we will be working quite a bit with sidelight when creating landscapes.  Lastly, we will be touching on infrared photography. <\/p>\n<p>A non-refundable $699 deposit is due now.  The balance will be due on January 29, 2015.  With the unpredictable nature of the photography business, I have not said this often lately, but it seems quite likely that this one will fill up very quickly.   Please let me know via <a href=\"mailto:samandmayasgrandpa@att.net\">e-mail<\/a><\/center> that you will be joining us.  Then you can either call Jim or Jennifer at 863-692-0906 during business hours or send us a check; the latter is preferred. <\/p>\n<p>Please send your deposit check made out to &#8220;Arthur Morris&#8221; to us at Arthur Morris\/BIRDS AS ART, PO Box 7245, Indian Lake Estates, FL, 33855.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via <a href=\"mailto:samandmayasgrandpa@att.net\">e-mail<\/a><\/center>. You can also contact denise via e-mail <a href=\"mailto:photographybydenise221@gmail.com\">here<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/palouse-card-2015-denise_0.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/palouse-card-2015-denise_0.jpg\" alt=\"palouse-card-2015-denise_0\" title=\"palouse-card-2015-denise_0\" width=800 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Card and design by Denise Ippolito.  Scroll down <a href=\"http:\/\/deniseippolito.com\/\">here<\/a> to see lots more of Denise&#8217;s Palouse images.  Note that the dates on Denise&#8217;s card are for the sold out first Palouse IPT.  The dates for the 2nd IPT are June 5-9, 2015. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>Support the BAA Blog. 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Now, they can help us out by using our Amazon Canada affiliate link by starting their searches by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.ca\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=15121&#038;creative=330641&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;tag=amb07-20\">here<\/a>.   Many thanks to those who have written.  <\/p>\n<h3>Typos<\/h3>\n<p>In all blog posts and Bulletins, feel free to <a href=\"mailto:samandmayasgrandpa@att.net\">e-mail<\/a><\/center> or to leave a comment regarding any typos, wrong words, misspellings, omissions, or grammatical errors.  Just be right. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2nd Palouse IPT Added By Popular Demand <\/p>\n<p>Please scroll down for details. <\/p>\n<p> The Streak Continues: 200 <\/p>\n<p>It is just after 8:00am here in Indian Lake Estates, FL as I finish up today&#8217;s blog post. This post took less than 2 hours to assemble. 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