You never know what you might come across when you are out hiking. In this case, I was deep in the woods. The travel theme this week at Where’s My Backpack? is deep, so I figured I was in the right place. Turns out, I was in the right spot for a little mystery:
ISO 640 50mm 0ev f/5.6 1/160
I’m not sure which question I had first; was it, why is there a stone building here? or which storm?, we get a lot of them and I was just curious to know which storm the sign was referring too. I was at the Babler State Park in Missouri on a Monday so the visitor’s center was closed, so my questions will have to wait for another visit. And I will be going back, it is a nice park with hiking, biking, and equestrian trails.
Here is my original photo:
ISO 640 50mm 0ev f/5.6 1/160
I don’t know about you, but when I first looked at it, I thought the color was just wrong to go with the theme of deep. I wanted the richer orange color you see in the finished version. To get the look I was going for, I opened the photo in camera raw, and in the basic settings I adjusted the temperature setting to be a bit warmer. Then in Photoshop, I opened up a film plug-in and applied a Fuji Provia 100F filter. I thought that the little bit of texture that the filter added helped with the deep theme. I also sharpened it a bit.
What do you think? Does the first one say “deep” to you more than the second? Feel free to leave a comment below.
Cheers!
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Good post-you’ll have to let us know when you find out! Do t know about more “deep” but certainly more fall-like.
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It’s always good to have an excuse to revisit a park 🙂
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Just such a cool old building…this government shut down…there are just no words!
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There are a lot of CCC-era buildings in the area, and I suspect this one is from that some time.
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I very much like the reworked photo. You give me hope that I can turn some of my typically mundane photos a bit more glorious. I need to move back to shooting in RAW+Jpeg and then doing the good work of excising old/bad shots. So far I’ve not had the courage to delete photos. I noticed your rather high ISO: were you shooting in lower light? Great post and I’m going to lift your last paragraph and try it on my own photos!
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It took me awhile to get to the point where I was willing to delete photos, but at some point I began to feel overwhelmed by the number of images I had. At that point I gathered my courage, put my ego in check, and deleted a bunch. The light was what you might call “crummy”, I believe that is the technical term for it. It was overcast, so bright; but we were in a pretty wooded area, so dark. I also increased the ISO because I wanted a higher shutter speed because I was doing some bracketing and did not have my tripod. The film filter I am talking about in Photoshop was actually a plug-in. It is available until the end of the month for free. If you are interested, here is the link: http://www.dxo.com/intl/sony
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The brown color of the house does look more “deep”. Nice photo!
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Thanks!
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Nice work editing this photo! They both say “deep” in the woods to me and I really like your color choices in the final result.
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Thank you 🙂
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yes, I think you are right, the warmer colours of the first one are pleasing, but the fallen tree on the roof says ‘deep’ quite well enough for me!
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Thanks!
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I like the first one best. It has a more woodsy feel, and the orange coloring does give the home a richer feel. Excellent photo.
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I think part of it for me is that green tends to make me think of spring. When I think of spring, I think of light and not deep.
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Looking at the 2nd photo thru another lens (yours), I see what you mean. It does look more like spring.
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I’m glad you applied the filter to the photo because I like the result more than the original one 😉
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Thanks!
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What exactly does the sign say? Your watermark is covering most of it! Thanks.
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It’s very water logged but it says: “Warning area closed hazardous conditions from storm damage” Kind of ironic that it would be necessary to close a building with a partially collapsed roof, you think it would be pretty obvious.
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Aah! Got it. Thanks.
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Thank you 🙂
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Great images!
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Thanks!
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I had to keep going back and forth between the two because I like them both! But I finally decided that I, too, like the one with orange-y tint best!
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Thank you! opinion is a bit divided on that issue and my theory on that is that the difference in tone really makes these two different photos, despite being the same.
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I am an amateur photographer and I must say I prefer the original.
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Thank you for saying so 🙂
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I like the adapted version. I used to play in Photoshop quite a bit, and had no shame in coaxing evocative pictures out of otherwise everyday ones. They are two very different images despite being the same source!
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It is interesting isn’t it? how it can be the same photo, yet completely different. Thanks for your visit 🙂
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I like the one you’ve changed, it’s warmer.
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I like it for that same reason 🙂
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