Daniel Cadieux
11-09-2012, 02:32 PM
Congratulations Dennis!
This was taken almost two weeks ago in the same county park that has the old barn. The color has been changing rapidly, so it probably isn't this green, now.
9-exposure HDR at 1 EV intervals
Nikon D3s, ISO 200, f/22 (for depth of field and the star-burst effect), zoom lens at 34mm
post-processing
Photomatix -- tone mapping for a good histogram
Adobe Camera Raw -- Clarity and some tweaking of Saturation and Luminance
cropped from the left for composition (star-burst in divine proportion horizontally; the horizon was already right vertically)
Topaz Simplify -- Watercolor II preset
Red Giant Knoll Light Factory -- additional rays of light with highly reduced opacity, masked off the foreground trees
Flypaper Textrues -- a brown texture with dark edges and corners (for vignetting and warming the scene a bit), Hard Light blend mode, reduced opacity
Curves -- two layers, one to lighten midtones and highlights, the other masked to lighten the foreground trees
Fractalius -- two different b&w presets based on Sketch, one with Divide blend mode, the other with Multiply
Alien Skin Snap Art -- Stylize Line Art preset with Divide blend mode
This was taken almost two weeks ago in the same county park that has the old barn. The color has been changing rapidly, so it probably isn't this green, now.
9-exposure HDR at 1 EV intervals
Nikon D3s, ISO 200, f/22 (for depth of field and the star-burst effect), zoom lens at 34mm
post-processing
Photomatix -- tone mapping for a good histogram
Adobe Camera Raw -- Clarity and some tweaking of Saturation and Luminance
cropped from the left for composition (star-burst in divine proportion horizontally; the horizon was already right vertically)
Topaz Simplify -- Watercolor II preset
Red Giant Knoll Light Factory -- additional rays of light with highly reduced opacity, masked off the foreground trees
Flypaper Textrues -- a brown texture with dark edges and corners (for vignetting and warming the scene a bit), Hard Light blend mode, reduced opacity
Curves -- two layers, one to lighten midtones and highlights, the other masked to lighten the foreground trees
Fractalius -- two different b&w presets based on Sketch, one with Divide blend mode, the other with Multiply
Alien Skin Snap Art -- Stylize Line Art preset with Divide blend mode