Sunday, June 26, 2011

Ravens

Ravens by Tony DeSantis Photography
Ravens, a photo by Tony DeSantis Photography on Flickr.
One of the things I find most entertaining about photography is coming along something and you just snap a photo or 2 and go on your way. After a day or a week or a month, maybe even a year. You decide whether to keep that set of photo's on your computer or send them to the trash.
I am sure we all have them and for all of us they are different in types and scenes. This is one of mine. I came across this house just walking down the street. It caught my eye so I had to cross the street and snap off a few before moving on my way.
I could say this could have been anywhere but the block wall on the right side of the house says city all the way. But a great looking house none the less.
Once again I found a lot of fun in the processing of this. HDR, Topaz Adjust, Nik Color Efex Pro, Curves, Adjustment filters all sorts of fun in the processing. Taking me where ever the photo leads.

I know what you are thinking, I am all over the place with my photography.  Well I guess I am.  I am in search of where my passions lie.  Until that time, I guess my photography will all sorts of different scenes and objects.

The Shot:
Standard 3 Shot HDR, +2, 0, -2 with an additional -4ev for the sky, F/7.1, ISO 400, 24-105L @ 24mm, Hand Held

Post Processing:
>3 shots brought into ACR
>Removed Black, Sharpening, Added Noise Reduction, Corrected White Balance
>Added -4EV to preserve Highlights
>Saved all as Tiffs

Photomatix:
>Detail Enhancer
>Adjustments to taste and saved as Tiff

CS-5:
>Laso Tool and Fill to remove Electrical Wires
>Topaz Adjust-For Color and Detail
>Topaz InFocus for Sharpening
>Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0
  >Pro Contrast
  >Glamor Glow
  >Duplex (20% Opacity)
>Adjustment Layer-Hue/Sat Reduce Yellows in House
>Adjustment Layer-Hue/Sat Reduce Greens in House
>Adjustment Layer-Hue/Sat Yellows in Grass to Green
>Adjustment Layer-Hue/Sat Desaturate greens in grass
>Adjustment Layer-Hue/Sat Reds in Metal on walk way and stainglass window
>Adjustment Layer-Warming Filter-15% Opacity
>High Pass Sharpened
>Cropped, Framed and sized for posting

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