Today's Image: "Captain with his Men"

Hello everyone and welcome back to Impacted Images. This is today's post with my newest image, "Captain with his Men."

This is the original image:

I took this image with a Canon 7D and an 18-270mm lens zoomed in to 150mm. I chose ISO 125 for minimal noise, and 1/250th shutter speed to lessen camera shake. I also used f/22 for depth of field.

At the camera right, a Canon Speedlite 580EX II fired at 1/4th power through a sheet of paper to diffuse the light.

I did much of the basic adjustments in Camera Raw, using the adjustment brushes for different parts of the image, and tweaking the Exposure, Contrast, and Clarity sliders.

Today's Image: "Metronome"

Good morning everyone and welcome to Impacted Images. This is today's image overview, featuring my latest image, "Metronome."


This is the original image:

I took this photograph with a Canon 7D and an 18-270mm lens zoomed in to 65mm. I used 1/250th shutter speed with f-32 for better sharpness. I also used ISO 125 for less noise.

A Canon Speedlite 580EX II was firing above the subject at 1/64th power.

As you can see, this image is rather dark, lacking contrast, and is not very attractive at all. I started working on the image in Adobe Camera Raw, where I adjusted the exposure, brightness, blacks, contrast, fill light, clarity and vibrance. I then went into Photoshop for more detailed control.