My husband and I took our coffee down to the water off 12th Street today and were early enough to wake up the Canadian geese and watch the fishermen setting up their poles. I took some bracketed shots, thinking I would do some HDR work, but ended up playing with my Color Efex Pro demo that I got (for free!), because I’m going to see Scott Kelby Wednesday (love you, Scott- sorry about what I said yesterday. . .). I’ve had the Nik Software collection on my wish list for over a year (it is EXPENSIVE!), so I’ve loved using this demo version for the last month. I think it doesn’t expire- it is just not the complete set. I can report that it is all it’s hyped up to be.
I did my regular Lightroom adjustments, and then went into Photoshop to apply the filter (I could have gone straight from LR, but I needed to do a bit of cloning). The filter I used on this photo is aptly called Monday Morning, and I love its “instagram-ish” look. One of the sliders is called smear! I turned it down a bit, but otherwise kept everything full strength.
Happy Monday!
And here is another shot that I also edited in Color Efex Pro- to bring out the color and detail in the shadows.
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This is fabulous! I love the tones and the composition. I’m glad you mentioned that you watched the fisherman set up his pole because I would have wondered if he got swept away!! 😉