Cool Blue by kph129

Cool Blue

Karen challenged me "...to experiment in cool tones" for my Get-Pushed Challenge this week. She noticed how much I love my cozy warm tones. I took this shot before I got the challenge, but processed it really pushing the RAW white balance toward the cool temperature end of the Kelvin scale. The already bright blue sky really popped as a result.

I love how even if we're bogged in with snow for a couple days in Calgary, you know that blue skies and sun will come out soon and make the fresh snow sparkle.

More info on the Get Pushed challenge:
http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/15149/get-pushed-week-20-december-3rd-to-9th
Ohhh, frosty goodness! I really like this!
December 4th, 2012  
@tigerdreamer ~ Karen - here's a first attempt. A little easier for me with the blue sky, but I'll try to push myself further again this week. I didn't find any cyanotype settings in my camera, but there is a cool in-camera Toy Camera creative filter that you can set to cool tones once you have a shot... I might try that one. And I found where I can manually set my white balance to cooler temps in degree Kelvin. Do you know if that is much different than adjusting a RAW file white balance in post processing?
December 4th, 2012  
@m9f9l ~ Thanks! I should have gotten out earlier as the frost and snow were quickly coming off the trees in the bright sun and warmer temps. The blue sky was so brilliant after the pure white of yesterday.
December 4th, 2012  
Excellent job. That sky was amazing today! This is lovely especially with the branches and snow.
December 4th, 2012  
This is just magical!.....Fabulous colours & pov Kristen! : )
December 4th, 2012  
Lovely shot, Ann just said it all
December 4th, 2012  
Cool indeed!
December 4th, 2012  
Ana
so gorgeous blue color!!!
December 4th, 2012  
Excellent, I always love a good diagonal composition and the white snow against the blue sky, very cool indeed.

I'm afraid I can't help you much with the raw stuff. My camera isn't that level. I pretty much have a glorified pns.

Good start, well done.
December 4th, 2012  
Very pretty. Love the shades of blue!
December 4th, 2012  
Stunning blue!
December 4th, 2012  
Love the saturation of blue in this! I miss the sunny blue prairie winter skies :)
December 4th, 2012  
You have really responded to the challenge. Wonderful!!
December 5th, 2012  
Magical!
December 6th, 2012  
This is beautiful! Well done!
December 6th, 2012  
What a fun challenge. It's amazing what you can get by playing around with the colours.
December 12th, 2012  
The blues in that sky are stunning, lovely shot
December 13th, 2012  
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