Twisted Alice #PSW

Sep 032010
 

So yesterday was the typical day of run and gun shooting and having a great time talking with with all the students here at #PSW.  One place I stopped by yesterday was the Wescott photo shoot both that had some amazing models and great lighting setup providing a walk up an shoot scenario that few could pass up.  The theme it seemed yesterday (at least in my twisted head) was Alice in Wonderland.  I snapped a few quick shots and below is what I came up with…

The Red Queen was a fun shot, finished the image using a process I haven’t used in a while inside of Color Efex Pro.  It was a combination of Tonal Contrast, Glamour Glow, and Dynamic Skin Softener combined in CS4  working in the image as a smart object so I could stack the filter on top of one another and make minor adjustments as needed to get the final effect…

Since this was Alice, this is my White Queen.  The effect on this one was similar to the one above the only difference was in the Dynamic Skin Softener, the values were adjusted for skin tones and I used the eye dropper to select what I felt as a good mid-range tone so that the skin would be effected as uniformly as possible..

Captured with Nikon D700 0-200f2.8 II on Lexar digital film

Up Close

Apr 052010
 

With getting a new camera system there are things that you have to consider: What body to start with, lenses to get, and accessories to have. All of these effect your photography because you may not have everything you had before so you have to find ways to make it work until you can completely replace your old system with your new one. One thing that I miss already is my 100 Macro that I had, while it was a specialty type lens really only good for a few things, I really enjoyed using it for Macro photography. But with the switch to Nikon I haven’t replaced that lens yet, so I did the next best thing. I slapped a Canon 500D close-up filter on the new 70-200f2.8 and went looking for some wild flowers.

I have no idea the names of these flowers, but they were really fun to photograph.

Not to bad for a windy day.

Captured with Nikon D700 70-200f2.8 with 500D Close-up lens on Lexar digital film

Hwys & Bywys Pt2

Mar 302010
 

Some more from the road less traveled

The two above are from that great old tractor that I found towards the journey that made it onto the Life @ 50 posting for last week. The top shot was a quick edit in Silver Efex Pro. The lower shot was a bit more on the tweaking side to get that great aged look. I used a trick from the my book on how to age the tractor a bit by using Bleach Bypass to give the metal a bit of character, using exclusion control points on the surrounding areas to dampen the effect since I work mostly in Smart Filters now a days. After the trip through Color Efex, I dropped it into Silver Efex Pro and did a few quick edits and that is all she wrote. If you want to see a video of how this was done drop a line in the comments section, and I will try to get one posted in the next few days.

Shot of an old tool shed that was toward the end of the day. Loved the steel wheels with the Road Work sign.

This one I was hoping says it all, I hung my hat up (yes, I sometimes wear a cowboy hat) on the fence post at the end of the day and that was all she wrote. It was really a shocking thing to note that this road, one that has been nearby all this time, and one that I hadn’t driven on in a very long time had so many great things to offer.

Images captured with Nikon D700 70-200f2.8 II on Lexar digital film

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