pre/post farm photo

brian bwin · Dec 13, 2016

Wanted to share pre/post images of a farm I shot last Saturday as I have enjoyed when others have done so in the past. Thanks for checking them out, not as exciting as cliff top buildings, sunsets, etc, I know!

Camera Settings:

JPG+RAW
4:3 4,000x3,000
WB: sunny
Style -1, -1, 0
ISO/shutter auto, EV -.7

Pre:

Processing in Photoshop CS 5.5:

Adjusted RAW image wb/color/saturation/detail/etc
Lens correction, custom profile (Version 1 CS5.5 download link), to straighten horizon
Removed with spot healing brush the camera operator, visual observer, safety cones, and plywood "launching/landing board"
Removed cars with spot healing brush and feathered marquee selections
Added dark blue gradient to sky
Cropped to 16:9 4,000x2,250

Post:

TXBennett · Dec 13, 2016

That's nice work. The original looks like a photograph. The final is more like looking out a window at the actual scene. And the sky came out great.

brian bwin · Dec 14, 2016

TXBennett said:
That's nice work. The original looks like a photograph. The final is more like looking out a window at the actual scene. And the sky came out great.

Thanks, Bennett! I spent a bit of time playing with the blue color and opacity trying to get the most natural look possible.

lightman · Dec 14, 2016

Very nice photo mate.
Excellent Photoshop work too, u did a great job with the colour correction and removal of unwanted imagery in the final shot, all in all a wicked job

Keep them coming.

brian bwin · Dec 14, 2016

lightman said:
Very nice photo mate...Keep them coming.

Right on, thanks!! Will do. I'd love to see more of this type of thing so we can all gain some knowledge and improve our craft

David Myers · Jan 9, 2017

I agree with all the others, very good processing job. The sky looks quite natural and that can be tough to do by dropping in the color.

After 2 hours on the site, it's now time for a glass of wine.

Cheers!

GA-XSP-Pilot · Jan 9, 2017

Do you use a custom lens profile for correcting barrel distortion, chromatic aberration, etc. or did you find one online somewhere? I called Autel tech support a few days ago and they say they don't have one.

brian bwin · Jan 10, 2017

Thanks for the comment, David

hope you enjoyed that wine.

GA-XSP-Pilot said:
Do you use a custom lens profile for correcting barrel distortion, chromatic aberration, etc.

I don't have much experience with this (the video cameras at work have very little distortion) but played around in Photoshop until it looked OK. It's not perfect but I'll share a link below (won't allow me to attach) if you want to play around with it

Let me know if it works out

Version 1 - Photoshop CS5.5 Autel Lens Correction

GA-XSP-Pilot · Jan 10, 2017

I use CS6 and apparently it's looking for a .lcp file. .lcs isn't working for me, unfortunately, but thanks for the assist.

brian bwin · Jan 10, 2017

Ah man, we have another system with CC that I need to just switch over as I'm still on CS5.5. Here is a screen capture of what I used for that photo, as a starting point.

GA-XSP-Pilot · Jan 10, 2017

Thanks, I'll give those settings a try. I assumed you clicked the "Correct Chromatic Aberration" box in the "auto correction" tab, or is that an option for you?

brian bwin · Jan 10, 2017

GA-XSP-Pilot said:
Thanks, I'll give those settings a try. I assumed you clicked the "Correct Chromatic Aberration" box in the "auto correction" tab, or is that an option for you?

It is an option but doesn't appear to do anything/make any correction (as far as I can see with my naked eye) on the few different X-Star photos I've tried.

Amish_58 · Jan 26, 2017

The difference between the two pictures is amazing. Job well done! How much time did it take you to do this on this particular picture?

brian bwin · Jan 26, 2017

Amish_58 said:
The difference between the two pictures is amazing. Job well done! How much time did it take you to do this on this particular picture?

Thanks for the kind words! It was probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 30-45 minutes. Much of the time was spent making removal of the cars as natural as possible. Our main goal for the shoot was to document the current field conditions (see the overhead stitched shot here) so this was kind of a bonus shot for the client and my portfolio.

Would have made editing much easier if this type of shot had been the goal and we had prepped by moving the cars behind the barn

cokeaddict · Jan 28, 2017

Hey Brian, so what do we do with that file once we download it mate? I have CC but no idea how to get the autel file into PS.

brian bwin · Jan 28, 2017

cokeaddict said:
Hey Brian, so what do we do with that file once we download it mate? I have CC but no idea how to get the autel file into PS.

CC may not accept the file (see GA-XSP post above), but you would go to filters\lens correction and there is an import preset in there somewhere.

If it doesn't accept it take a look at the .jpg image I shared a few posts up for a place to start. I've found the results vary quite a bit from location to location. Like sometimes it looks weird when shooting a house or building versus pure landscape so I don't tweak the lens distortion as much. Don't do the horizontal correction unless your camera was slightly tilted for some reason.

Good luck! We do have CC on another machine at the office so I'll post up a CC one next week. Need to switch over to it but haven't had a good break in projects to migrate from cs5.5.