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June 27, 2008
I love Luminosity Masks
Luminosity masks in Photoshop are a great way of lifting certain parts of a photo. In the photo below, Evie's face is very much in shadow, and I wanted to lighten her face without simply raising the exposure of the whole image, which would have caused most of the image to become over-exposed. Luminosity masks (used in various ways and in combination with other masks) allow you to apply an adjustment to an image based on how bright/dark each individual pixel in an image is.
You can read more about luminosity masks here.
Posted by conor at 6:05 PM
June 25, 2008
"Revisited" Warbirds photos
I've just been revisiting in Photoshop some of the photos I took at Warbirds over Wanaka in March. Here they be.
Posted by conor at 1:41 PM
June 11, 2008
First snow of the season
First snow of the winter fell across the South Island over the weekend. The ski fields got 30-40cms, various parts of the Canterbury Plains got a dump as well, it was snowing in Cathedral Square while I was in Warner's Hotel watching Ireland take on the ABs. I took the kids up the Gondola on Sunday morning where there were some stunning views across the plains to the snow-plastered Canterbury Foothills, and across Lyttleton Harbour.
Posted by conor at 1:48 PM
June 2, 2008
Crisp starry weekend in Hanmer
Enjoyed a long weekend up in Hanmer Springs with a couple of cold starry nights (still enough for some 40 minute star-trail exposures), an enjoyable dip in the hot pools, a trip up to Acheron Homestead, a spin on the bike down Jollies Pass, a round of minigolf, and a walk in the forest in the rain.
Posted by conor at 11:20 PM