David.McBee
Candy Wrappers
I took this shot a couple of years ago while walking around Venice Beach, CA with visiting family members. It was an overcast day, but we were all so happy to be oceanside that we didn't mind. I used my Nikon D750 and 50mm 1.8D for capture and a combination of Lightroom and Nik for post. I don't normally go this 'candy' in my color photos, so this image brings me out of my comfort zone quite a bit.
While processing, I tried to bring out a sense of depth by cropping to 16x9, adding a touch of artificial bokeh to blur out the sunglasses and the distant boogie boards, and gave it a touch - just a touch - of barrel distortion to mimic a bit of a wide angle in-your-face feel. I used several color effects to add warmth and haze the highlights to give it a warm, dreamy feel. Having gone way too far, I backed off the yellows in Lightroom before moving the oranges and blues away from each other to create a bit more color contrast.
Candy Wrappers
I took this shot a couple of years ago while walking around Venice Beach, CA with visiting family members. It was an overcast day, but we were all so happy to be oceanside that we didn't mind. I used my Nikon D750 and 50mm 1.8D for capture and a combination of Lightroom and Nik for post. I don't normally go this 'candy' in my color photos, so this image brings me out of my comfort zone quite a bit.
While processing, I tried to bring out a sense of depth by cropping to 16x9, adding a touch of artificial bokeh to blur out the sunglasses and the distant boogie boards, and gave it a touch - just a touch - of barrel distortion to mimic a bit of a wide angle in-your-face feel. I used several color effects to add warmth and haze the highlights to give it a warm, dreamy feel. Having gone way too far, I backed off the yellows in Lightroom before moving the oranges and blues away from each other to create a bit more color contrast.