I Hear Mars is Gorgeous this Time of Year [Concept Experiment]
August 15, 2010 by Kivus · Leave a Comment
In order to take a bit of a brake from some of the cases I’m analyzing, I decided to take 20-30 minutes to go through and process some photos for upcoming snapshots on the site. I had taken an HDR image of dirt to test out something else I’ve been trying to experiment with, but the various shots of the reddish clay made me think “I wonder if I can make that look like a version of Mars”. With Nik Software‘s Color Efex Pro doing most of the heavy lifting, I ended up getting the image I was looking for.
Night and Day
July 30, 2010 by Kivus · Leave a Comment
With Brier Creek golf course closed, I had a few ideas for shots that I wanted to take in different parts of the course. I ended up running into a couple of problems though, including some storm clouds blocking the sun and me bumping up against the technological limitations of my Nikon P6000. So what am I to do with a bunch of shots taken for HDRs that don’t quite come together correctly? I decided to try tand do some “concept” images. This one is an experiment where I tried to get both the silhouette of the trees, in almost pure black, against the clouds in the sky, while keeping the green and the sand traps lit. In other words, I wanted to see if I could get the picture to look like I actually lit the green at dusk.
I’m not quite sure I managed to get that look without the picture looking too over proceed, but it was a good experiment for working with Photomatix, Aperture sliders (black point especially), and Aperture brushes (especially a shadows adjustment). Even if this image isn’t something that I’ll put in my portfolio, I hope the skills I used to create it help me become a better photographer.
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