Maybe this happens to you. You are looking at something and you see what is actually there, but in your mind you see something else. This happens to me a lot. When it comes to my photography it can create a bit of tension; part of me likes to record just the facts while another part is off imagining. This image is from that imagining side:
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This photograph is a panorama and the original files looked like this one:
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The original files are kind of just ho-hum, but what I liked was the green and also the texture of the brick. I was also just intrigued by the fact that the building was there. It’s part of an old sewage farm and was first constructed in 1887.
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The building now is in pretty good shape but does have an abandoned look about it. When I created the panorama, I knew I wanted to bring out that aspect of it. A quick sketch of how I created this image looks like this. I selected the original files that I wanted to use in Lightroom. Then Lightroom-Photo-Edit In-Merge to Panorama in Photoshop. From there I cropped and straightened the image. Then I sharpened it and saved it back to Lightroom. From Lightroom-Photo-Edit In-Analog Efex Pro. I ended up using a wet plate camera setting but then changed the settings within that filter and saved it back to Lightroom. In Lightroom I made a few more adjustments, mostly to get the green colors to a point where I liked.
In addition to posting this in the Weekly Photo Challenge, I am also posting it in an interesting challenge called Thursday Doors.
How about you, do you often look at something and imagine something completely different? Is the green of Spring emerging where you are or are you on the opposite side of the world, springing into another season altogether? Feel free to leave a comment below.
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With me it’s the reverse. I capture a photo and only later realize what the camera has captured 🙂
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That does happen sometimes 🙂
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!!! this explains how you get some of those amazing images, Dahlia! I was just telling my spouse this morning about how you find these unique sequences of photos, like the colors of Spring one recently. Kudos!
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Wow Theresa! You made my day – my photos are being discussed!!! I am soaring high among the clouds! Yippeee 😀
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🙂
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You have a GIFT!!!!
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Thanks 🙂
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Yayyy 💃💃💃💃
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Great story on a photo!
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Thank you!
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Very nice work on this shot. I love the end results. And hey, welcome to #ThursdayDoors 😀
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Thank you very much.
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Oh, it’s lovely for both challenges. You created a very classic look there that enhances the building’s character. Thanks for sharing the “How-to” as well….
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Thank you for your visit and lovely comment. I rarely post one thing in two challenges, but it just seemed to work out that way this week.
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Oh yes, I often see something and I vision something different. It’s the between that I have to learn to fill with new skills. 🙂
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I think this is very true. It can be frustrating to have an idea and no idea how to get the final result. Although, those tend to be the best situations because I learn a lot when I am trying to create something new.
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I like both versions! And I love old buildings. They are perfect for imaginings.
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Thank you and I agree nothing like a building that has been sitting around for awhile.
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What happens to me (over and over) is something catches my eye when I take the photo and only later, after looking at it again, I see something else entirely. Was this why it caught my eye? Why didn’t I see it the first time? Pre-visualization or post-visualization? That *is* the question, dear Yorick!
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Or perhaps a bit of both? 🙂
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Great colors and textures. I can see why you’ve chosen to alter them, deeper, richer. Well done 🙂
Spring is here, although the greens are in full force, I know snow will come again. I don’t mind.
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Spring is here for sure, but our first flowers have also had to deal with heavy winds!
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I love the panorama, thanks for telling us how you did it. I use Lightroom too for editing, but have not yet tried to do the panorama (or anything other than simple crop, straighten,etc)
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Thanks for your thoughts. Although they are not great in every situation, I do love panoramas, and they aren’t too hard to create.
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Amy, I love how you open this post. “Maybe this happens to you. You are looking at something and you see what is actually there, but in your mind you see something else. This happens to me a lot.” It really draws in the reader and it makes you want to read more. And I always enjoy the description of how you got the photo. 🙂
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Thank you, and I do appreciate you reading 🙂
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Of course!
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Yes, it’s part of the visualisation process which I learnt from a landscape photographer.
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Interesting. I would say I’m still a work in progress with it comes to visualization.
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Love the final outcomes. Love how the colours are not so jarring and garish but more muted and gives the place a laid-back feel. Back and forth between editing programs sometimes really does help you achieve what you want. A lot of the time I edit my photos in Photshop Elements before using a few simple tweaks in Picasa.
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I agree, I often do edit in more than one program. There are a few things that Photoshop does better, and same with Lightroom, in my opinion. I realize that may sound odd since they are the same parent company, but I think it is true.
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One thing I am afraid of when it comes to editing in different programs is losing quality and sharpness in photos. But I suppose if we save photos at high resolutions, the final product will always turn out fine.
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Yes, that is the answer right there, saving in high resolution. I tend to do that. My thoughts is that if it is worth saving, it’s worth saving well. Everything else goes in the bin.
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Nice shot(s) and good work on your workflow! I’m using Lr ver 5.5 (disk version) so I did not get the updated version to do panos; I use my camera program functions to do panos and the software does the stitching for me. Just did a 5 panel vertical pano of the SF Golden Gate Bridge tower from bottom to top and it came out well. Also, my blog pseudonym is pretty much you suggest you do in your photo work 🙂
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That’s interesting, I had been using Aperture for my photo catalog, so I had never used a version of Lightroom that was disk based. I like the name of your blog 🙂
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Hi Amy, I like what you’ve done in post. I do love that merge feature and you’ve created a more interesting image. I follow a similar work flow. 🙂 Great job.
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Thank you very much!
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All the time! I can’t help but imagine all sorts of things. It’s great.
Good rendition with the green sky.
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Thank you, I’m glad you like this version. I agree, it is great to see something that isn’t exactly what is there and then bring it to life.
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Love the result! Thank your for explaining the process.
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Thanks Amy!
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Hi, I found your blog via Sue Slaght’s and it looks like quite a find! I’ve had the experience of finding hidden gold in my photographs – and it’s always magical when that happens. I shall look forward to more of your posts. 🙂
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thank you very much for your kind comment. I made a quick visit to your site as well, so thanks for leaving a link here.
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This is true for me sometimes, while also the opposite is true 🙂 One thing I know for sure is that photographers tend to “see” much more than others.
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I agree, sometimes just exactly what I see is what I look to record.
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I think as photographers we out to photograph what we see in our minds not what our eyes see. You beautifully demonstrates that in this post. I love your mind’s photo. 🙂
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Thank you, I’m glad you like this version.
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