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Thanks, my wife caught it, brought it inside and said her you go, and walked back out. All I could do to get a pic before it escaped.
Torch Ginger blossoms in local arboretum rain forest exxhibit.Hi Marty, I’m an IT nerd, so I love software. I use PS, Luminar, Topaz and some other specialized astrophotography software. Normal workflow for me is Adobe RAW, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise, Topaz Sharpen, LuminarAI, and Topaz Gigapixel, then finish up with Photoshop.
I’m finding that when I take more time to really look at what I’m shooting and think about composition, I need less post processing. I even caught a couple last week that looked good SOOTC.
That’s not saying I haven’t turned a few snaps into decent photos with a little post processing, but overall I’m happier with images that require less of it.
BTW Luminar is not a subscription and allows you to do pretty much anything PS will. Buy it once, free updates for a year. They have a 30 day free trial available too.
Thanks everyone, The flower is on a tree called a Powder Puff. Common in S. Florida. I’ve been shooting in burst mode, hoping at least one is in focus. I would have preferred the deeper DOF I would get on a stack, but outdoors with a live subject just wouldn’t work.
Hi Marty, nice composition. The overall image looks a little dark and soft to me. I pulled it into photoshop and used the RAW image filter with an auto setting. It brightened up OK, but changed the overall color balance to a warmer cast. I didn’t spend any time to speak of making manual changes but I’m sure I could get it there if I kept trying. I did a quick run through TopazAI Sharpen and it looked a bit sharper without any artifacts.
I was on the end of a dock that extends out about 10 feet from shore, so that was as far as I could get. The green in the water is an algae/weed and is really that neon shade of green. I actually used PS to do some RAW adjusting before I did everything else, with all the other programs used as PS plugins. The dehaze I applied added in the heavy cyan/blue tint, probably went a little too far.
Thanks Bruce, I’ve left it on the body as my standard lens, just for that purpose. Now if it would stop raining.
I went back and pulled the original NEF for this image. All that was done here is to add an exposure gradient to the
right hand side to lighten the zen garden on the right side of the photo. No other processing. You’re right, it has an HDR look to it, but it came out of the camera that way.Here’s my try. Darkened the background, sharpened the eyes and lips.
I agree with what has been said above, and usually a tilted horizon would pop right out at me, BUT the tonality and range of the image were such that I did not even notice the horizon. Well done!
I did a screen snip to get the image, then I used Topaz De-Noise to get rid of the noise. It took longer to repost than it did to process the image.
