Dennis Bishop
04-05-2013, 10:20 AM
Serendipity -- gotta love it. While traveling leisurely homeward, we decided to take a road that preceded the interstate. It was well after dark when we came to Georgetown SC and stopped for the night at a Hampton Inn. One of the good things about a Hampton for people permanently attached to their camera is the local photographs that adorn the walls in the rooms and common areas. Because it was dark and we'd been guided by the car's navigation system instead of a real map, I had no idea how close we were to the coast. Or that there were shrimp boats tied up close-by. The next morning, armed with a local map and landmarks, both provided by a helpful person at the front desk, I headed out before breakfast to find the boats.
I got mixed reactions (from a very small sampling of people) to the image I made after returning home. It's the one I'd have posted if my favorite textures company hadn't released their tintype collection a couple days ago. That was more a great coincidence than serendipity.
Nikon D3S, ISO 200, f/22, three-exposure HDR at 1 EV increments, zoom at 17mm
processing highlights
perspective correction -- A combination of limited room (my shoulder was against a building), a lot of things I didn't want in the image, and the angle at which I had to point the camera resulted in major keystoning. It was one of those times I wished I had a tilt-shift lens.
Topaz Simplify -- Watercolor II preset, extensive and sometimes heavy masking because of webbing
Digital Film Tools Rays -- masked, to add the sun rays (which really weren't there)
Curves -- a zillion masked custom layers for lightening, darkening, and contrast
Nik Color Efex -- Sunlight, masked
Photo Filter adjustment layer -- Warming 85, masked
Redfield Fractalius -- three masked B&W layers, Multiply blend mode
Alien Skin Snap Art -- Stylize Line Art B&W layer, Multiply blend mode
uniform gradient vignette
Flypaper Textures -- three layers of the same texture, Normal, Hard Light, and Color (masked) blend modes
I got mixed reactions (from a very small sampling of people) to the image I made after returning home. It's the one I'd have posted if my favorite textures company hadn't released their tintype collection a couple days ago. That was more a great coincidence than serendipity.
Nikon D3S, ISO 200, f/22, three-exposure HDR at 1 EV increments, zoom at 17mm
processing highlights
perspective correction -- A combination of limited room (my shoulder was against a building), a lot of things I didn't want in the image, and the angle at which I had to point the camera resulted in major keystoning. It was one of those times I wished I had a tilt-shift lens.
Topaz Simplify -- Watercolor II preset, extensive and sometimes heavy masking because of webbing
Digital Film Tools Rays -- masked, to add the sun rays (which really weren't there)
Curves -- a zillion masked custom layers for lightening, darkening, and contrast
Nik Color Efex -- Sunlight, masked
Photo Filter adjustment layer -- Warming 85, masked
Redfield Fractalius -- three masked B&W layers, Multiply blend mode
Alien Skin Snap Art -- Stylize Line Art B&W layer, Multiply blend mode
uniform gradient vignette
Flypaper Textures -- three layers of the same texture, Normal, Hard Light, and Color (masked) blend modes