It’s been almost two years since I was in Tanzania and I still find it difficult to exactly express why this trip was so important to me. Even harder is to distil that thought into a single image. I have many files from that trip that I have chosen to keep but have not been through the editing process yet. The lens artist photo challenge for this week prompted me to go through them and this is the image that floated to the top of my imagination:
The vast landscape that was teeming with life. The humor of being caught in a wildlife traffic jam. The color of the landscape itself. These are all things that appeal to me in this image. For this particular image though, it is the inquisitive zebra that is the story. My edits reflect this. The crop and placement of the vignette are the most simplistic edits I have applied to accomplish this. The other technique I used was after applying a filter that gave this photo a bit of a vintage memory look, I used a brush at 20% to remove the filter a bit on the zebras in the foreground. The final edit is this:
What do you think of this edit? Feel free to leave a comment in the comment section. Because this was also a part of my Made with Luminar series, the next part of this post will spell out some of the details of the edit.
This photo was created for and added in response to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Pick a Place. The Picfair version is here.
The Made with Luminar Series
This image is part of a project I am calling Made with Luminar. What the images in this series have in common is the software used to edit them, Luminar 3. As with my usual blog posts particulars of the camera settings can be found in the caption below the image. The text of these posts include the Luminar “Looks” that have been applied to the photo. Each look is a series of presets that are applied to the photo. Where applicable I will mention what changes I have made to any of the looks. A full explanation of looks is available here on their website, https://skylum.com/luminar/user-guides/chapter-14-working-with-luminar-looks
You can assume other edits have been applied. My most common edits are cropping, detail enhancement, and vignette. Specific questions or thoughts on the image are welcome in the comment section below.
Luminar Look applied: Past Days. The texture within the look was reduced and the filter is set to 74% application. A mask was added and the filter was brushed out with a 20% opacity brush over the zebras in the foreground. A few more spots of the texture in the sky were erased.
Cheers!
Wow –
You really did make the zebras show up more – nice edits and nice choice of location –
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Thanks very much. I was happy with how this turned out. Fabulous memory for me of course 🙂
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The memory adds that extra touch!!
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Yes, I agree. It’s what makes the photo special to me.
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😊❤️
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I’m with you Amy onnthe incredible impact an African safari has on one’s heart. Lovely image, definitely lends itself to the nostalgic treatment you e given it
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Thanks very much, and I really appreciate this challenge that you set, it was a very enjoyable one for me.
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I like both. The edit version looks really nice.
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Thanks Amy
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Both are fabulous, but I think I like the first one the best….I like that you can see all of the animals – Tanzania is wonderful!
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Yes, that’s a good point, and they were everywhere 🙂
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this is a wonderful capture of this “traffic jam”. I love how you have ‘popped’ the zebras. I have been to Kenya and gone on “safari” there. The animals are a vision in Africa. Thank you for sharing this photo.
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Yes, this was a trip of a lifetime for me, I really enjoyed it.
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What a stunning memory!
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Yes, I completely agree.
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I think your post processing works well here. The vintage look really adds to the overall effect. I love it–an animal traffic jam!
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Thanks, I thought this week’s challenge set by Tina was great fun.
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Wow…gorgeous photo!!
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Thanks very much!
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Beautiful image, winderbeast zebra the vast landscape and the mountain. Would love to see more of this series.
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Thanks very much!
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