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A 4X5 crop that includes 3 pillars and creates the perspective that leads the eye to the distant bathers. A slight rotation was made to correct the horizon.
Someone asked me how I processed my photos which led me to write my workflow out on my "About" page. After some confusion, I decided to do a visual as you see in the attached image.
a new blog article on the website about my post-processing workflow. I had a request with regard to this workflow (thank you, Yoann!) and this lead to a blog article.
During the pandemic, I've been using my cell phone for almost all my pictures. I just wanted to pass along my workflow for others who haven't tried their phones yet. Just remember that a RAW file gives you much more room to adjust contrast.
Do you have a photo-taking workflow?
Before I pull out the “big camera,” I sometimes snap a quick iPhone pic to check composition and lighting. Sometimes it tells me everything I need to know, like whether to shift left, crouch down, or just give up and go get some eggs benedict for brekky at a cafe. And when my wide-angle lens isn’t quite wide enough, it's iPhone panorama to the rescue! It’s quicker than taking multiple shots with the OM-1 and stitching later. Lazy or efficient? You decide.
Fun Fact Time - The Goldfish Edition!
Have you ever wondered how long goldfish live? Most pet goldfish clock in around 5–10 years. But some have gone the distance......
The oldest was Goldie (45 yrs). A very solid name choice in my opinion. He never made it into the Guinness Book of Records due to a lack of official paperwork. While he was alive, Goldie garnered international media attention, and his family the Evans family donated any money earned by Goldie’s appearances to charity to help children with physical disabilities. How cool is that, a philanthropist goldfish!
Other notable characters in the geriatric goldfish club include:
Tish (1956-1999) – the official Guinness title holder at 43 years old. In 1988 Tish had a brush with death when he leapt out of his bowl and landed on the carpet. His mum Tilda wasn't home but luckily, when she found him & placed him back into the water, he resumed swimming as if nothing had happened. I wonder if he remembered or if every trip around the goldfish bowl was new to him! Over the years, as he aged, Tish’s scales turned from bright orange to silver, matching the colour of Hilda’s hair. That's kinda sweet.
Fred (42) and George (44). Keith & Mary Allies from Worcester UK won the pair of fish at a fair in 1974, when they were only dating. Since then, the married couple kept the goldfish, who outlived two of their dogs. They passed in 2017 & 2019. Fred & George that is, not Keith & Mary! My takeaway - a couple who raise goldfish together, stay together!
Splash (38) and Splish (36) - Haley and Matthew Wright never did anything particularly special to care for Splash. He swam around his tank all day, ate regular fish food, and fed on live plants in his tank. Splish and Splash were funfair prizes won by the Wrights in 1977 (bit of a common theme there). Mr. Wright believes that Splash mourned for Splish when he was no longer around. PS If it is annoying I listed splash before splish you may be OCD ;)
Sharkey (24) – I reckon best name, hands down! Another goldfish who survived a near death experience. His owner Paul's mother found him belly up in his bowl. She thought he was dead and flushed him down the toilet. However, Sharky was still alive and swam back up the pipe and was saved in time. I guess he felt a bit shitty about that ;)
Bob (20) from the UK – well, it's a solid name for sure. I wonder if it is because he "Bobbed" up and down in his bowl? Bob experienced his 15 minutes of fame in 2017 when his family noticed that he was struggling to swim and developed a lump on his fin. They decided to spend $250 on an operation to save his life. I'm pleased to report the operation was successful and Bob fully recovered. The doc said that his family was very pleased with the outcome as Bob was older than their children and considered part of their family.
I hope these goldfish ramblings brighten your day. Thanks kindly for any likes/comments, they are always appreciated.
Waterscape 34/100 in 2025
Sculpture in San Antonio, TX. Post processing workflow: (1) Initial cropping and simple edits in Lightroom; (2) Conversion to B&W and fine tonal edits in Photoshop using hard masks and B&W Artisan Pro X extension: and (3) Final touch-up and toning in Lightroom.
- Thanks to everyone who looked at my picture, favors and have commented. Please press "L" or "Z" for a large view - an absolute must to fully enjoy this picture!
Said Bear has had a word with me about improving my workflow - whatever that means - and we published this picture directly from within Shotwell (a photo manager for Linux).
Said Bear has definitely settled into his new home, and I think he is actually taking over. No bad thing tbh.
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I couldn't believe how many images I came back with from the Palouse. We spent 4 days here and each day we had different light. The trip was a challenge to our photography skills. With the light being different everyday, everyday was a new challenge with the light.
On this particular evening we were waiting for the sun to get lower to the horizon so we could head down to the lupine field we found earlier in the day. The sun was still high, but just right to paint the hills with the perfect light and shadows that the Palouse is famous for. There was a nice glow from the sun but obtaining the proper exposure was quite challenging. I could have blended images, but I always try to get exposure correct in the field. After a couple attempts I still wasn't getting the image I wanted. I then through on the lens hood to block some more of the light coming into the frame. Still no good. Then Alan cleverly comes up with the idea to block some more of the sun with the cover of his IPad! Genius! With the combination of the lens hood, Alan's IPad cover and my hand, we were able to block out enough light to get a nice clean image. Who knew the IPad cover would come in handy in the field. So big thanks to Alan for helping me out. Thanks buddy.
August is finally/slowly coming to an end. This has been a long month, but yet has been very productive in achieving a better workflow with my processing. I'll be heading down to AZ and southern UT in a couple weeks and I'm so ready to get out and shoot again. Hope everyone is doing well, happy shooting and good luck with the light.
hybrid workflow Mint SLR670S/instant Lab, Polaroid bw 600 film film, Bonn Germany, day one 1/2
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Vintage Analog Lens: Nikkor AF 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5 (1987)
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Workflow: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Camera Raw, Google Nik Color Efex Pro 4 and ACDSee Photo Editor 11.
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I really wanted to start working out of my comfort zone and also use several of the techniques in Anna Czekala fine art piece called Creativity in Motion. One of hers was making her skirt from a shell. In my piece here called Water Abyss this model is wearing two butterflies and a face. Color lookup within the workflow vs just at the end to fine tune the story and other examples helped to do this underwater dream.
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Sometimes I wish I had recorded my workflow especially when the results are like this. I tried very hard to replicate it with another similar image but got nowhere near.
Selati Game Reserve
Gravelotte
Limpopo
South Africa
I have relied heavily upon Photoshop for post-processing. My only complaint is that it can be time-consuming. So, in an effort to speed things up, I tried using Lightroom to do the heavy lifting and then handed this image off to Photoshop for the final fine-tuning. Actually, however, I was quite pleased with the result in Lightroom... it was fast and easy... and I could have gotten by without using Photoshop at all for this particular image.
The workflow I followed was espoused by landscape photographer Tim Shields in his Landscape Photo Secrets Bundle. These video tutorials are part of the 2021 5DayDeal Photography Bundle. This is the fourth year that I have purchased the 5DayDeal Photography Bundle... they each contain more video tutorials than I usually get through in that year. I absolutely love them and highly recommend them to any photographer (of any skill level) without reservation.
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My new BW post processing video tutorial is now ready for download, for a limited time get all 9 videos for the price of 1
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Video 6 Fine Art Cityscape
Video 7 Fine Art Long Exposure
Video 8 Fine Art Street
Video 9 Minimal Photography
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My first FGR: Tell me what you're thinking when you play with yourself!
And my first TRP: doctored up photos
For those who asked, this was my workflow:
I darkened out the BG to black.
I then made a selection of my head and copied it into a new layer.
Then selected little pieces of that layer with the lasso tool and moved them away,
repeat this effect (yes this takes time) until you're satisfied. The smaller the pieces the longer it takes.
After that you can use the liquify tool to make the pieces flow more .
Then it's time for some brush action. I used various starfield brushes for the dust effect. Use different layers to paint them and blur so you get a sense of depth and density.
The cracks are just textures placed on top of the rest and using an "overlay" to blend them into the skin. Use layer masks to paint out unwanted parts and paint with different opacity settings.
When finished add some blur to certain parts to add depth and do some colorcorrection on the whole image...and Presto!!!
Textures used by: cgtextures.com
Brushes used : starfield brushes