January Image - "Dust and Bottles"

How I Did It -

The image was taken of old bottles in a greenhouse at one of our local estates that is open to the public.

The image has been processed entirely using NIK software. The work flow was Define, FX pro 4 Tonal Contrast, Viveza 2 first globally and then control points on the background and the bottles, all to increase the saturation. There was a little bit of cloning to reduce the highlight on the right. Image was then sharpened and an onONE border added plus a 3 pixel stroke, colour picked up off the background.

COMMENTS

Aavo Koort	You have shown again how Photoshop and plug-ins can take a dull image and turn it into a vibrant one. Good color combination
Carol McDonald	I like your boarder, the black brings your eyes into the bottles. The only thing you might do would be to take out the dark pole in the back. I find it distracting.
Nancy Sams	What a difference a bit of color can do for an image.  Very soothing colors and at the same time complimentary to the image.
Nellie Bretherick	I don't have any of the software that you have mentioned, which is unfortunate as I like the effect you have achieved with them.  The dull green bottles have been brought back to life.  This is very interesting and almost vibrant,
Karen Mason
Norman Piper

Member Bio

Peter Keverne ARPS - Biography I live in Cornwall UK. I have been involved in serious photography for over 60 years. I worked in the electrical supply industry and freelanced at the same time specializing in sport, musicians and the theatre. Returned to my native Cornwall in 1970 and worked as a media technician at the local College until 1990 when I had to retire on health grounds. For me, digital photography has broadened my creativity and it has enabled me to produce images that would have been difficult to achieve in the wet darkroom. I am Canon based with an EOS 7D and G11. I work in PSCS5 plus a library of plug-ins. I have been a member of the Royal Photographic Society for almost fifty years and I was awarded my Associateship in 1971 for my set of twenty Creative Colour Transparencies. I have two 20"x 16" prints- one colour and the other monochrome - in the Permanent Collection of the RPS at Bradford.