Some stunning shots

[Tim Armes]

Hi,

Sports photos don't often grab my attention and hold be breathless, but John Gruber (of daringfireball) just posted a link to this review of the Nikon D3 (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/d3.shtml). The review contain some wonderful photos by James Russell, so I thought I'd share.

Anyone know how the toning was achieved ? If so, then please share in the retouching forum.

Tim

[Eric Hiss]

James Russell is one of the best photographers I've seen - he makes anything look good. But I have noted that he likes the new nikon because after reading many posts of his on numerous forums, I know he is pretty straight about his opinions and he doesn't like everything.

[Nill Toulme]

I was struck by those images too, but for a different reason. To me they have a striking but very unrealistic, almost metallic look — which no doubt prompted your question about their "toning." I need to go back and read his article again, but I thought he said he shot jpg's straight out of the camera and was pleased that they needed so little processing, which I thought was very odd considering what the images look like.

Well, on re-reading they're definitely (and quite obviously) not straight out of the camera. He says: "For the finals I 'reprocessed' all the files in Adobe Lightroom to fine tune the color and look."

Nill
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[Diane Fields]

I was struck by those images too, but for a different reason. To me they have a striking but very unrealistic, almost metallic look — which no doubt prompted your question about their "toning." I need to go back and read his article again, but I thought he said he shot jpg's straight out of the camera and was pleased that they needed so little processing, which I thought was very odd considering what the images look like.

Well, on re-reading they're definitely (and quite obviously) not straight out of the camera. He says: "For the finals I 'reprocessed' all the files in Adobe Lightroom to fine tune the color and look."

Nill
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www.toulme.net

and that they were for client--who obviously wanted that look. I'm betting it was for advertising client--which is what his mainstay is.

His quote at end of article. "For now I won't post any hi-res images as this is a pre-production camera and it will invariably open up the comparison discussions. The images I furnished Michael for this review are just small references and have been heavily worked in Photoshop for my clients final reproduction."