a light snow
The photo was taken on January 1, 2008. I've been looking askance at the way I processed some of my images years ago and decided to redo them. This was the first makeover. The previous version suffered from extreme Fractalius syndrome.
Nikon D2X, ISO 100, f/14, 1/20 second, +1 exposure compensation, zoom lens at 58mm (probably a DX lens)
processing highlights
- blue layer -- masked to color a whitish sky
- Topaz Simplify -- saved watercolor preset, 88% opacity
- Alien Skin Snap Art -- saved watercolor wash preset, Hard Light blend mode, 37%
- three greenish Belle Fleur textures -- masked, various blend modes and opacities
- Photo Filter adjustment layer -- Warming 85, masked off snow
- Photo Filter adjustment layer -- Cooling 80, 33%, masked (inverse of previous one)
- three Fractalius layers -- saved black & white presets, two Multiply, one Divide, various opacities, all masked
- Snap Art -- saved Line Art preset, green & white, Multiply, 82%
- Simplify -- saved black & white edges preset, Multiply, 60%
- Red Giant Knoll Light Factory -- embellished an already existing light flare with the same location and orientation
- Nik Silver Efex -- used a light blue toner and brought back some yellow/orange from the light flare with a control point
- uniform gradient vignette
- Nik Color Efex -- Glamour Glow, 60%, masked
- Knoll -- reapplication with same or similar settings, 78%
- Knoll -- different settings on a 50% gray layer, enlarged, Linear Light, 16%
- Knoll -- copy of previous layer, rotated, Linear Light, 21%
- used a very large (larger than the frame) soft yellow brush to make one daub centered over the light flare and reduced the opacity to nearly nothing
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