Playing in Photoshop again...

These first two are fairly heavily processed photos. I got the effect I was looking for more in the second one as it didn't have the rock. I did want to see what I could do with the rock; think I masked out that rock to some extent but I didn't fully get to where I wanted to with that one.






The last four are all very similar and in some cases the same photo processing in a different way. I liked what I saw when I pushed these photo's. Most of this is done with the "Blacks" and "Fill-light" sliders in LR2. I got the different color effects with different white balance settings all pretty simple. I think I like the one closest to the original (the last one) best. These were all taken just under a bridge on the local creek. Mission Creek it's called... a great place to get away for awhile.

Abstraction along the way

See here are a few shot I took last week on a 2 hour walk about the Creek near where I live. The light wasn't spectacular so I thought I would have some fun with some close shots of various subjects along the way. I did some things with selective focus on my 50 f/1.8 lens but didn't do a great job with the backgrounds (too distracting). I also did some things with patterns and texture of the ice covered water. It is amazing how much information there is in a raw file. I got a lot of color came out of photo's in my post-processing. Hope you enjoy.

Autumn 2008 -

This one is taken along the shore of Mission Creek in Kelowna,BC. This was around the middle of October on a fairly warm (so far) year for the fall. I was having problems find a fore-ground with the great color of the trees in the background. This bend in the creek seemed to work pretty well. I like the curve created by the creek.



This is the leaves and rocks along the shore. I've always liked the "detailed" shots of rocks/leaves during this time of year. I am normally not happy with my captures as it doesn't have the same "feeling" as when I took them. This one is reasonable in that regard.

This last one I enjoy the strong colors and saturatedness of the scene. I was struggling with the composition as I wanted the reeds in the foreground but it didn't get to the point where I was completely happy. Also striving for the place I guess.