Week 11 - Landscape Reflections
Week 11 – Landscape Reflections Workflow
Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.
My long-suffering husband was not amused at having to carry a large picture frame to the park (as well as carrying my camera equipment for me of course).
Once I'd found a place with an interesting enough background, I set up my camera on a tripod and took two sets of shots – on with David in it and one without.
When I say two 'sets' of shots, I actually took two sets of five shots each. Because of the strong shadows and highlights, I bracketed the exposures, taking five shots with 2 stops between each. Later, in post processing, I created two tone mapped images in Nik HDR Efex Pro 2.
Layering the picture with David on top of the image without, I created a Layers Mask and simply rubbed out the area inside the frame, revealing the scenery behind him.
Once I'd flattened the image, I used Bleach Bypass to extract some more details in the image, and a graduated neutral density filter to darken the background. I also used the Shadows and Highlights feature, as well as manual Dodge and Burn on individual areas of the picture.
Selecting just the foreground pavement, I changed the White Balance a little to warm it up to align the colour temperature with the part of the picture which was in the sun.
Finally I added a slight Vignette.
Week 11 - Landscape Reflections
Week 11 – Landscape Reflections Workflow
Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.
My long-suffering husband was not amused at having to carry a large picture frame to the park (as well as carrying my camera equipment for me of course).
Once I'd found a place with an interesting enough background, I set up my camera on a tripod and took two sets of shots – on with David in it and one without.
When I say two 'sets' of shots, I actually took two sets of five shots each. Because of the strong shadows and highlights, I bracketed the exposures, taking five shots with 2 stops between each. Later, in post processing, I created two tone mapped images in Nik HDR Efex Pro 2.
Layering the picture with David on top of the image without, I created a Layers Mask and simply rubbed out the area inside the frame, revealing the scenery behind him.
Once I'd flattened the image, I used Bleach Bypass to extract some more details in the image, and a graduated neutral density filter to darken the background. I also used the Shadows and Highlights feature, as well as manual Dodge and Burn on individual areas of the picture.
Selecting just the foreground pavement, I changed the White Balance a little to warm it up to align the colour temperature with the part of the picture which was in the sun.
Finally I added a slight Vignette.