Jock Elliott
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- Troy, NY
Everybody knows that Real Men Don’t Read Manuals. It’s like asking for directions – according to current folklore, fully testosterone-laden dudes “figure it out for themselves.” To do otherwise is to violate The Code.
Real Men, however, if they become sufficiently frustrated, might consult some reference materials. That’s what happened to me. I have been chasing what I thought were some spectacular sky shots, and sometimes the camera just didn’t come close to delivering what I was seeing with my eye.
Recently, though, DXO announced DXO Optics Pro 10, and since I already owned Optics Pro 9, I was poking around the new features to see if I wanted to fork over some money for the latest toys. This exploration led me to a section on their website entitled “Tutorials,” and the next thing you know, I was violating The Code.
Here are some of the results.
In this shot, I felt the sky was pallid and the dark areas were murky.
With a little bit of slider magic, I was able to get to here, which is much more like the actual scene as reported by my eyes.
A couple of weeks ago, I captured this sunset shot, but it never properly showed the real magic of what I saw, which was the sunset illuminating the edges of the clouds on the left.
With some help from DXO 9, I was able to get to here, which I think is better.
I’m beginning to think, as they said in Pirates of the Caribbean, The Code is really "more like guidelines."
Cheers, Jock
Real Men, however, if they become sufficiently frustrated, might consult some reference materials. That’s what happened to me. I have been chasing what I thought were some spectacular sky shots, and sometimes the camera just didn’t come close to delivering what I was seeing with my eye.
Recently, though, DXO announced DXO Optics Pro 10, and since I already owned Optics Pro 9, I was poking around the new features to see if I wanted to fork over some money for the latest toys. This exploration led me to a section on their website entitled “Tutorials,” and the next thing you know, I was violating The Code.
Here are some of the results.
In this shot, I felt the sky was pallid and the dark areas were murky.
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With a little bit of slider magic, I was able to get to here, which is much more like the actual scene as reported by my eyes.
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A couple of weeks ago, I captured this sunset shot, but it never properly showed the real magic of what I saw, which was the sunset illuminating the edges of the clouds on the left.
Join to see EXIF info for this image (if available)
With some help from DXO 9, I was able to get to here, which I think is better.
Join to see EXIF info for this image (if available)
I’m beginning to think, as they said in Pirates of the Caribbean, The Code is really "more like guidelines."
Cheers, Jock