ISO 1000 f/11 1/125sec 70mm
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Wordless Wednesday: Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania
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Made With Luminar: Cat
I’ve taken a little detour, back to an older photo:
ISO 2000 f/14 200mm 1/6000sec
This original file was shot in December 2017 in Serengeti National Park. We sat an watched these lions for a while so I have a lot of files. Many are very similar and I have not yet edited them all. I enjoy every once in a while going back through them and picking out one to edit.
The edit:
ISO 2000 f/14 200mm 1/6000sec
I’ve used Luminar for this edit. One extra edit that I don’t often do, particularly in my nature images is use the clone and stamp brush. With that brush, I removed a branch that was between me and the female lion and showed in the original photo near her rear paw. I then added the Luminar look, Camden.
Instagram take:
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. I’ll then explain what other filters and edits have been applied, often mentioning what layer and therefore order that they were applied. The text of these posts includes any 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 basic 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.
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Added to Tuesday Photo Challenge, Cat.
What I Am Working On: Method and Madness
I write a lot about how I edit my photos. I also write quite a bit about how I have a method for discarding files. Today’s post is about the exception to my usual approach. At the time I am writing this, I have sorted through, edited, and discarded files through early July 2018. The exception is my trip to Tanzania. I was there in December 2017 and I still have almost all of my files from that trip. That trip was one I wasn’t sure if I would ever really have the opportunity to make and it meant a lot to me to be able to go. I have a lot of files that are still not edited, but this week I picked this one to work on:
ISO 1000 75mm f/16 1/640 sec
These young elephants were just off the road, seemingly content to munch away and ignore us. When it came to the edit, I wanted to express the serenity of this moment. Here is the edit:
ISO 1000 75mm f/16 1/640 sec
I started with a crop. From there, I created another layer to work on just the sky, as that was probably the element I was least pleased with in the original file. I recently posted about a new method I have been using to create a sky, so the details for that can be found here. My other edit was to use the Orton filter within Luminar to create the slight jewel-like glow in the final edit, to replace the harsher tones of the original file.
What do you think of these edits? Does this edit have a serene feel to it? Feel free to comment below.
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Added to Lens Artists Photo Challenge, Wild.
Picfair version is here.
Early Morning Serengeti, Young Male Lion
ISO 2000 160mm f/14 1/80sec
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Added to Live Laugh RV, Favorite Zoos, and Travel With Intent, Six-Word Saturday.
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Wordless Wednesday: Lake Manyara Landscape
Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. Giraffes with flamingos in the distance.
ISO 800 150mm f/11 1/1250
Picfair version here.
Wordless Wednesday: Red and Yellow Barbet
Red and Yellow Barbet, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania:
ISO 1600 70mm f/11 1/400
Picfair version here.
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