Ok, so Eric requested some intel on what settings I used for the
“It was a dark and stormy night…” image.

Before

After

Basic EXIF data
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: 60mm f1.8
Exposure: 1/3200 sec at f3.2
ISO: 320

The image was taken at a wedding. I got bored waiting for the happy couple to come out of church so I started to look for something else to occupy my camera with.
I spotted these cool looking clouds when I turned around. Armed only with my 50mm, the best comp I could squeeze out of it was to add the threes quite high up. There was a lot of unwanted clutter below it, and did not suit the shot at all.

What I did in Lightroom
The before image is quite dull and has no real contrast to it, and I wanted to create something a bit dramatic. So I raised the Temperature a bit and tinted it in a greenish color. The exposure is dropped a little. Recovery, Fill light and blacks are boosted a lot. Numbers reading 64,73,50 on those three.

Clarity is boosted to 62, and saturation set to -61. Green saturation is set to -100, and saturation for Aqua is set to -65. No spit toning.
A little sharpening and noise reduction and Lens correctiion (Vignette) set to -60 with a midpoint at 27. Just to get the extra dramatic feel around the edges.

So there you go. What looks like a dramatic, late night image from the woods, is actually taken in broad daylight outside a church. That’s really why I post-process my images. I want to create a mood. Im not a good enough photographer to take the perfect picture, and export it straight out of the camera.

Comments and questions are more than welcome.

I går fikk jeg endelig sett filmen Control fra 2007. Filmen omhandler bandet Joy Division og vokalisten Ian Curtis. Regien er ved den legendariske fotografen Anton Corbijn, og det merkes.

Hele filmen er i sort, hvitt som mye av bildene til Corbijn. Filmen er så fototeknisk genialt laget, at du kan pause filmen når som helst og bare nyte det som er på skjermen.
Handlingen i filmen er også bra. Nå er ikke jeg noen ekspert på Joy Division, men at Ian Curtis var en snodig figur er det ingen tvil om. Det er ikke så mange band i historien som har gitt ut 2 skiver, for så å oppnå legendestatus i etterkant.
Filmen anbefales på alle plan.

Hvis du ikke har fått meg deg noen av bildene til Anton Corbijn, så ta for all del en titt her