Today is all about practicing processing. This shot was taken this weekend. I used Nik color processing plug-in with Aperture, trying several different ones. This one focuses on increasing the details in a shot and I liked the over-processed look that might convey the feeling from the days when this was the entry/exit for travelers to and from the city. The portico is in the original Union Station (train) in Chicago, across the street from the one that is active today. It actually looks fairly empty and desolate.
Wonderful shot and processing! Love the verticality of the shot. It's great that you included the people. It allows us to appreciate how tall the structure is.
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Thanks for viewing and commenting. Daniel, post -- it will be fun to see the shot from another perspective! Kim, I was happy to share how I did it. This processing stuff is pretty new for me and it's fun learning all the different options. For now, it's one big experiment.
Oh, the patterning is so "you" to capture, TAffy, and the processing explanation helps me understand your thinking about how you chose this one. I do like that feel of "over processing" that feels like it's from another era. (btw -- did you add the R to your name recently or am I just now noticing it?)
ANd, @danielwsc -- post soon so we can see it!
Beautiful. The editing you did really puts (added) emphasis on the perspective and architecture. Was this Nike Color Efex too, or do you mean that you got all the Nik/Aperture plug-ins?
So beautiful - what a catch!
I believe I've settled on something for your push this week. You've got a great range of styles in both your albums and do such a great job working with ambient light. That said, I'd like to see you experiment with flash - look for a high contrast scene and see how it might be improved with a little fill light, for example. If you're liking the challenge, why try some DIY bouncers and diffusers, or play with the sync speed. Here is a great article about on-camera flash if you want to take a look: http://www.phototechnique.com/how-to/how-to-use-your-camera-flash/
Hope this works - please let me know what you think :)
@bonniebouman Thank you Bonnie. I used Nik Color Efex, which was one of the Nik suite plug-ins for Aperture. I did buy the suite, but mostly have used the color and silver efex to try to learn what they can do.
@spirrowshoot Thanks for the kind comment. And EEK! Definitely a reason you see nothing but ambient light! I was just looking into a course on lighting Apr 15-16, since I know nothing about external lighting sources. Thanks for sending the link to the tutorial. I'll definitely start there as this is something I've been wanting to learn more about -- for water shots, high key, contrast, etc. You picked a great challenge -- it will really be a challenge to do this.
Thanks for viewing and commenting. Daniel, post -- it will be fun to see the shot from another perspective! Kim, I was happy to share how I did it. This processing stuff is pretty new for me and it's fun learning all the different options. For now, it's one big experiment.
ANd, @danielwsc -- post soon so we can see it!
One of these days we'll bump into one another, Taffy! I was there on Tuesday during the snow.
@kazlamont @amandal Thank you for the fav!
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Thank you for viewing and commenting!
Thanks so much for viewing and commenting!
I believe I've settled on something for your push this week. You've got a great range of styles in both your albums and do such a great job working with ambient light. That said, I'd like to see you experiment with flash - look for a high contrast scene and see how it might be improved with a little fill light, for example. If you're liking the challenge, why try some DIY bouncers and diffusers, or play with the sync speed. Here is a great article about on-camera flash if you want to take a look: http://www.phototechnique.com/how-to/how-to-use-your-camera-flash/
Hope this works - please let me know what you think :)