Yes, ocean. On one side of the area is a bridge which connects Orrs Island to Harpswell. The ocean surrounds the three islands on one side of the bridge and the peninsula on the other. So I was thrilled to get such nice reflections. I might have gotten carried away taking pictures on either side of the bridge. I'd played in color with a couple of shots but just wasn't pleased. So along comes @northy with her challenge to play with my new processing program (well I don't own it just demoing - maybe tomorrow I will purchase). Now in LR I have my own preset that I apply to all landscrapes. I call it "starting point" from this place I can tweak things to come up with something I like. So I applied my present and tweaked a little. Then took it into Silver Efex. There I applied my favorite so far - High Structure (harsh). Thought it brought the clouds out nicely. Tweaked that filter and then back to LR. Now I find coming out of Silver Efex there seems to be some noise so I tweaked that and then tweaked the dehaze function. Like the finished product.
This is the link to the unprocessed shot. http://365project.org/joansmor/extras/2016-01-05
this is great! you really got out some shine and sparkle in the reflection - very nicely done!
incidentally, i actually very rarely use the high structure preset in silver fx... it is a very good choice for landscapes, but i find it too harsh for some of the darker pieces i like to do...
Wow this is cool, love what you did with the clouds Joan!
Love it in b&w.
Glad you are explaining what you did I learned a few things, making a preset for landscape named starting point is great idea. I don't have an Silver Efex or Nik are these filters??? What is your new processing program?
@radiogirl I am demoing the Nik collection which is why @northy gave me the challenge she did. I am going to buy it tomorrow I think. Not too pricey. Richard says I should process first in Silver Efex and then in LR so I am going to try that next time. I watched the you tube presentation of Anthony Morganti. Wrote down the initial steps he takes to process a Landscape and me the preset. Saves a lot of work. It is not too good on a dark picture. So I am trying to come up with a preset for that.
Fantastic processing!! I love the silvery glassy feel of that water! Your Nik package should have come with Dfine. I run all my photos thru that after LR's sharpening and luminance tweaks (plus any other editing I do in LR) to clean up the noise. Makes a huge difference. What is the dehaze function in LR that you mentioned?
incidentally, i actually very rarely use the high structure preset in silver fx... it is a very good choice for landscapes, but i find it too harsh for some of the darker pieces i like to do...
Love it in b&w.
Glad you are explaining what you did I learned a few things, making a preset for landscape named starting point is great idea. I don't have an Silver Efex or Nik are these filters??? What is your new processing program?
Well done and a FAV!