Processing Madness

Posted by MontereyJohn (Salinas, California, United States) on 28 June 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Want to know how to spend about 6 hours? Geezers!

I previously posted this image http://montereyjohn.aminus3.com/image/2009-05-05.html but I wanted to "do something" with it.

I spent most of the day processing this image. It was evenly lit and rather bland as it was shot of a cloudy and dreary day. Further, there was all sorts of junk in the picture including a power line over the river, and picnic tables and porta-johns on the right bank. So, I fired up both Photoshop and Lightroom. The goal was to get a decent center of interest, in this case the bridge and reflection, and get rid of the clutter. I darkened the bridge structure, boosted the saturation of the reflection, reduced exposure in the clouds, clone stamped out all the junk and generally fiddled with brightness and contrast until I got what I wanted. Not too bad.

I need a nap.

This one is being printed on canvas and will be going on sale this week.

Thanks for dropping by and sharing in the joy I take in this art of photography. Enjoy your visit, and if you have any comments or useful criticisms, please feel free to share them.

You can visit my web site at http://montereyjohnphotography.com/

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