Dennis Bishop
05-03-2012, 12:29 PM
Another from my warm-up day at Van Hoosen Farm. The seat is from an old mower or rake, I think. (Pretty much the whole thing was there. I just can't remember what it was.) The dairy barn -- now a museum of sorts and the site of temporary exhibits -- is in the background.
nine exposure HDR at 1 EV increments, Nikon D3s, ISO 200, f/13, 105mm macro lens
processing
Photomatix -- tone mapping for good histogram
Adobe Camera Raw -- Recovery, Clarity, and some color tweaking in HSL
cropped from all edges for composition
Topaz Simplify -- preset based on BuzSim with reduced saturation
Levels & Curves, masked
two Flypaper Textures -- masked off seat
Nik Color Efex -- Skylight Filter, Pro Contrast
Fractalius -- B&W preset at Multiply blend mode, masked off part of seat, applied in order shown but run before Topaz Simplify
Alien Skin Snap Art -- Stylize Line Art for black lines, Multiply blend mode, partially masked with various opacities, applied in order shown but run before Topaz Simplify
additional outlining on a separate layer by hand
gradient vignette
nine exposure HDR at 1 EV increments, Nikon D3s, ISO 200, f/13, 105mm macro lens
processing
Photomatix -- tone mapping for good histogram
Adobe Camera Raw -- Recovery, Clarity, and some color tweaking in HSL
cropped from all edges for composition
Topaz Simplify -- preset based on BuzSim with reduced saturation
Levels & Curves, masked
two Flypaper Textures -- masked off seat
Nik Color Efex -- Skylight Filter, Pro Contrast
Fractalius -- B&W preset at Multiply blend mode, masked off part of seat, applied in order shown but run before Topaz Simplify
Alien Skin Snap Art -- Stylize Line Art for black lines, Multiply blend mode, partially masked with various opacities, applied in order shown but run before Topaz Simplify
additional outlining on a separate layer by hand
gradient vignette