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Okavanga — Monochrome - Water Abstraction
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Published: 2015-01-24 17:25:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 375; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 1
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The slowly moving water in the stream provides reflections and ripples that create an image verging on the abstract.More images from use of Google's Nik Silver Efex Pro software to generate monochrome pictures. Effects such as tinting (selenium and others) edge burning and vignetting have been used as felt necessary.
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Many thanks for that, Aaron. Much appreciated. If you have not done so, you might like to read my reply to Linda's comment below for some background to this work.
Cheers
David
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Nice capture. (was it a sunny day? I get the sense from the brightness reflected - of the sky? - that it was. )
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Well, Linda, this is a key photograph for me. The weather was not that sunny, and there were no strong contrasts at the moment of the shot. This is another from the day Mike Loveridge mikeloveridge came to Cleopatra in SA. We had been discussing how to capture slowly moving water so as to give it some character.The general idea that emerged was to feature some "still life" in the shot - rocks, grasses, part of the bank and so on, and any feature set up by the water - ripples etc.- and some sky reflection. I took a few shots like that and posted one a short while back (see below). However, I always thought this the better shot with ripples, framing, strong contrasts, textures, reflections, and a diagonal to add some movement. But, when I processed it I was very disappointed - very bland contrasts. Then I reworked it as the first image using Silver Efex, and the effect was dramatic. If you expand the view and look at the tiny bit of rock poking through the water near the centre, you can see a myriad of subtle shades, and such incredible detail. I have never been able to get that with any other software. You remarked on an earlier work how you had thought such shots were a big change. That is correct and this is the shot that did it.
Cheers
David
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Yes that's some incredible detail and tones when enlarged! So interesting to learn; and helpful too it will be, all these tidbits in the back of my mind, for my photo-manips!
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