Celestial sphere by vikdaddy

Celestial sphere

I thought I'd try something a little different today. I wanted to concentrate on the creative process during post-processing, and try to make the mundane interesting. I took a few photos of my globe and this is the end result.

The main tweaks were to increase the clarity and contrast in Lightroom and de-saturated the colours a little. Then I added a sparkly texture as a layer in Photoshop and changed it to an 'overlay', so it has this effect.

I've booked the day off tomorrow. I'm going to the Peak District again; the last time was way back at the end of last August. I really enjoyed that shoot (you may be interested in viewing the set of photos I took back then: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikdaddy/sets/72157624843589968/), but I feel I can do better after accumulating more experience since.

By the way, yesterday's photo was quite popular and helped me exceed 600 followers. I must thank you all for thinking my photos are interesting enough to be worthy of following!

Canon 7D, f/8, 1/100, ISO-100
I haven't ventured very far into post processing, but you definitely seem to have a knack for it. Your images ar fantastic.
January 20th, 2011  
Amazing work! Love the colours, contrast and the specks of light (whatever they are) on the globe. :)
January 20th, 2011  
Our world looks so epic!
January 20th, 2011  
Yesterday's picture was pretty amazing! This one's pretty cool too! You're very talented!
January 20th, 2011  
Not surprised yesterday's was popular :-D

This stood out from the thumbnail. It has a rich, deep, dark look about it. Very effective processing.
January 20th, 2011  
Looks really stunning. :) Great work and love the pop of the greens.

I just hit 600 myself! :)
January 20th, 2011  
Turned out great! Wonderful color and fade to black!
January 20th, 2011  
Wow I like your photos! Great ideas!
January 20th, 2011  
This is brilliant!
January 21st, 2011  
Love it!
January 21st, 2011  
I so enjoy playing with post processing the "mundane." Awesome job, love what you've done here!
January 21st, 2011  
pretty cool shot.... looks like the real thing.....
January 21st, 2011  
I'm in love with this photograph. I have an obsession with globes and anything geography-related. I have a minor in geography and would like to pursue a masters in that field as well, but this photo is splendid. Truly gorgeous and it's just....perfect. Amazing work!
January 21st, 2011  
You deserve it - your work is remarkable!
January 21st, 2011  
great job Vik, keep up the excellent work
January 21st, 2011  
Fantastic job Vik, I always enjoy seeing your work
January 21st, 2011  
I like this shot.
January 21st, 2011  
Ohhh, I love the sparkles. Nice one.
January 21st, 2011  
Excellent!
January 21st, 2011  
You really made this beautiful!!! Fantastic lighting and color!
January 21st, 2011  
love this!!
January 21st, 2011  
Cool!
January 22nd, 2011  
I consider that sexy
January 22nd, 2011  
So beautiful! Love the light and the processing.
January 22nd, 2011  
Hrm, I remember having the intention of commenting this, so not sure why I didn't. Anyway: it's super dope, I like quite a lot of things about it
January 22nd, 2011  
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