Saturday, July 2, 2011

Getting creative with software

The day after our Santa Cruz hike, we took a boat trip out to a second of the Channel Islands, Anacapa. On this trip, we just cruised around for a couple of hours, looking for sea lions, seals, and other wild life. The early morning "June Gloom" hadn't yet burned off, and the trip out was somewhat gray. I took a series of bracketed exposures, planning to play around in my newly installed PhotoMatix once I got home. Of course, being on a bouncing, moving boat breaks all the rules about putting your camera on a tripod and carefully aligning your bracketed shots. Still, I had fun messing around with PhotoMatix and another creative program, Topaz Adjust (Spicify), to produce this image. Ghosting is apparent where the software tried vainly to align the three images, but I still thought the end result was fun!

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  1. LoisJuly 2, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    Love the effect of the HDR and Topaz gave to this beautiful scene.

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  2. GiseleJuly 2, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    Very nice. It looks like a good setting for a movie. I'm loving Topaz Adjust during my 30 day trial. I will likely purchase it.

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  3. Kim2900July 2, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    Wow! What more can I say?

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  4. Julie McLeodJuly 2, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    That is absolutely fabulous! I always sort of figured Topaz and Photomatix were kind of mutally exclusive - didn't know they'd be good layered on top of each other. But, this is way cool!

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  5. BobbieCoughlinJuly 2, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    Stunning! It looks other-worldly...the setting for a game like Myst.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 2, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Very surreal and dreamlike. The colors are fantastic.

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  7. JackiJuly 2, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    I just love that almost rainbow colour effect through the water and the sky, out of this world-like.

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  8. SherrieJuly 3, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    Hi Val,
    Didn't understand all the tech stuff, but love this picture. It's beautiful! Have a great day!

    Sherrie

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  9. AnonymousJuly 3, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    This is very nice....Many times I will combine layers of photomatix and Adjust edits. Topaz is a bit easier to bring out small details. Nice work!

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  10. AnonymousJuly 3, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    Has that Thomas Kincade look to it

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  11. LorriJuly 3, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    Great processing, Val! The colors create a mystical feeling.

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  12. AnonymousJuly 3, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    What gorgeous colors and lighting! Your processing really puts an already lovely scene over the top.

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  13. Sandra V.July 7, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    this came out great - love the colours.

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