Standing Alone

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 8, 2016183 views10 comments

This is a complete rework from the RAW file of an image I posted last Fall. Due to the recent availability of the NIK Collection at no cost, I downloaded the collection and experimented with some of the filters.

Nikon D-7100
Nikkor 15-85mm
Nik Filters
TK Saturation Painting mask and TK Web sharpening actions

Using the Nik filters is a paradigm shift for me in terms of work flow, and also learning a new piece of software. From my early tests, I find the collection to be pretty powerful, and should prove a valuable adjunct to Photo Shop. As I always say, "Research continues..."

Please see the large version. Thanks!

Your thoughts are always appreciated. cool

--P

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on April 8, 2016 at 8:25 PM

This is a very peaceful and serene image. Nice separation between the back lit vegetation and the stream. Overall the comp. works very well with good tension and balance between the foreground and the background rock. Well seen and composed.

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on April 8, 2016 at 11:10 PM

Technically this is of the highest calibur. I find the growth on the rock awkward looking.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on April 9, 2016 at 8:43 AM

Preston, I'd say the comparison is dramatically better. You would be the best judge of what you did or didn't do to the first image as well as what filtration was used out of the NIK collection here on this post. Overall, it obviously has nothing to do with any field comparison change, just what took place in the PS / NIK lab so to speak. This one almost looks as nice as a film shot....... sad

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on April 9, 2016 at 10:43 AM

That is most certainly an improvement compared to the previous version. The added warmth adds so much atmosphere to the photo, and the brightening of the darker parts makes the photo more inviting to me. Very nice! Enjoy the research.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on April 9, 2016 at 2:59 PM

Preston,

Having seen both images up close, this one clearly is a much better result! The color, saturation, clarity, all those technical things are much, much more pleasing to me. Great job with this!

The subject and comp are not to be forgotten either. A finely crafted and captured river image.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Jean C Cajolet on April 10, 2016 at 11:37 AM

That's a very nice intimate landscape. Compared to the one of last fall, I preferred this one because you bring the attention exactly on the flower. All around, water, other stones and brighter lines from the current match very well with it. It would have been probably shorter to say that it's very well balanced photograph. It's a very nice work!

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on April 10, 2016 at 1:57 PM

Hi Preston,

Pretty, and a darn good image. The colors fit well together and the plant on the rock is positioned perfectly devil

..............Jim

ps.: Nik filters are wonderful and you can't beat that price. The sharpening tools are awesome!

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on April 11, 2016 at 12:59 PM

Very nice, Preston, BIG difference from the original. Love the clarity overall and the warmer tones in the water. Well done.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on April 11, 2016 at 5:38 PM

Yep, big improvement in the processing. It turned out nice, Mr. B.

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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on April 14, 2016 at 11:11 PM

Nicely done! This is a very appealing composition, and I appreciate greatly your processing. The Nik Suite is fabulous, and I use a variety of its application regularly. This is a fabulous example.
ML

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