2014 top ten

sjordan93436 · Postby **sjordan93436** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:22 pm

I have been going through old images. They are all on LR as a catalog. I can filter by date and stars. So a brilliant idea, go back 10 years. So that is my project. I split the selections photos (max 10 a year) with little or no family. Family photos- significant or pretty. My family is protective of posted images especially the children. I will post next week. This post will push me along.

I started doing digital in 2002 with a Sony Mavica. 4 mb images on a disk! Then a 20 D, 5D, and finally 5d2.

Over view. Bad or improvable images are sometimes cringe worthy. That happened when I boosted colors but let something go bad. Many photos I look at and notice that I have better tools and techniques. Sometimes just converting to new LightRoom process and a quick correction does wonders. The biggest improvements seem to be the images with two halves.

Remember end of year maintenance. I start a new high level folder. I am going to wait to archive 2014 until after I fix my top ten plus family. Then _print_ the top photos, that is the ultimate backup. No, my images are not contest winners or National Geo worthy, but to me they are important.

ggroess · Postby **ggroess** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:49 pm

I love this idea... I cannot wait to see this Steve. Please share when you are ready.

Greg

sjordan93436 · Postby **sjordan93436** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:33 am

I have already "recovered" three images. I liked them, but could not figure how to do them so they sat with 3 stars. I will be posting along with my prior failures.

imported_julie · Postby **imported_julie** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:39 am

Hi

This is a great idea. I look forward to seeing what you choose.
If you dont mind I might copy this
I'm not sure I could get down to 10 - its not that I take lots of fantastic images just that I am lousy at culling
Its a great concept

Julie

sjordan93436 · Postby **sjordan93436** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:46 am

Okay here goes. My top ten, weighted for importance to me and quality. Few or no family members.

Notes: Image 2 is a placeholder for the better photo. Image 4 is a work in progress. It looks fine in the monitor, but I have not done a successful print.

sjordan93436 · Postby **sjordan93436** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:49 am

There will be an eleven.... ONe more awaiting CM and other moves...

Image 8, needs a little more work.

but what the heck it is a start.

ggroess · Postby **ggroess** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:05 pm

Very nice Steve. The posting to the forum is making them look a bit off but they do look very nice overall.

Greg

sjordan93436 · Postby **sjordan93436** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:47 pm

For me, it is a work in progress. The railcar (image 2) is replicated in several images, and I have not a totally acceptable image. The last bird needs to dial back the color of the body. It is not natural.

The cityscape is close. I feel if it square gets too much lighter it becomes unnatural. The overhdr look is not pleasing.

This leads us to ... my greatest failure. There was a rocket launch within a mile of my ranch. It was the largest ever on the west coast. It was the largest since Saturn days. It was at night. Despite whatever, I was caught behind the power curve. They do not announce the launch time, just a 2 hour window. There is a web site that passes on the count down. It had rained the day before. I had no idea what to expect. They had searchlights in the sky because of the clouds. Apparently they would not launch into clouds. So it was pretty, but dark. I had a tripod. I should have set the ISO to 1600 or 6400 and done a 2 or 4 minute exposure. Then when it launched, wow. The sky lit up. When it went over the horizon, it was almost daylight. I scrambled and not much there.