{"id":32411,"date":"2021-12-06T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32411"},"modified":"2021-12-05T13:43:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T18:43:57","slug":"sunset-at-duncormick-co-wexford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sunset-at-duncormick-co-wexford\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunset at Duncormick, Co. Wexford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In July 2003, I exposed a single frame of 120 size Tri-X looking toward the old Duncormick Station on Irish Rail’s lightly used South Wexford line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d processed the film in Ilfotec HC shortly after the time of exposure. The other day I scanned this photo along with other images on the roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with Adobe Lightroom 5.0, I made use of the ‘select sky’ feature under the ‘New Mask’ option (located at the righthand side of the control panel and indicated with a pixilated circle icon) to make the sunset sky more dramatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, I would have achieved a similar effect by creating a linear gradiation mask to make my adjustments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The advantage of the ‘select sky’ mask is that it neatly segregates the sky area from the rest of the image and allows for a cleaner adjustment while requiring less work on my part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, to make the sky appear more dramatic, I used the ‘clarity’ slider, moving to the right (+) which increases the constrast without a substantial loss of detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are both the unaltered scan of the original black & white negative, and my adjusted version. In addition, I’ve included a screenshot of hte Adobe Lightroom control panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unadjusted reversed scan from the original 120-size black & white negative. This was scaled for internet presentation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adjusted scan with ‘select sky’mask feature used to improve the sky contrast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adobe Lightroom 5.0 control panel. Notice the position of the Clarity slide while in the ‘create new mask’ -‘select sky’ mode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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