Rick Cloran, HonPSA, MPSA  


Spokane River View by Rick Cloran, HonPSA, MPSA

January 2025 - Spokane River View

About the Image(s)

Taken during the Spokane Festival several years back. A less “normal” bracket this time using a Canon 5D MK III and Sigma 24-105 lens at F11. The first three shots were iso 400 and 4, 15, and 30 seconds. The fourth shot was iso 800 and 30 seconds to get a little more in the way of effective exposure into the river area. The raw files were processed in DxO Pure Raw 4. The blend was done in Auroa 2019 using Tonal Compression. In PS I did perspective correction to clean up the buildings and streetlights. I know the center piling on the pavilion looks off, but that is how it shows from a number of angles that night. There were some odd shadows in the river from the lights hitting wires and those were removed. I also had to resort to an HSL layer to clean up the chromatic aberration that was on all of the lights in the pavilion.


3 comments posted




Don Poulton   Don Poulton
Well done, Rick, you took great care in your processing to get things as accurate as possible. I see your explanation about the center piling on the pavilion, but am wondering if you could select the pavilion and apply a skew distortion in Photoshop to get the piling upright. I also removed a light between the pavilion and the clock tower.   Posted: 01/14/2025 16:34:02
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Rick Cloran   Rick Cloran
Hi Don, I had not thought of that. Good idea.   Posted: 01/14/2025 19:36:20
Don Poulton   Don Poulton
Thanks Rick!   Posted: 01/14/2025 19:51:59



 

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