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Ocean Rocks
This image from Jamaica is one of my very first stock photos. I received an automated email from dreamstime agency saying “image has been online for more than 4 years with no downloads up to the...
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Cuba Buick
Karen shot this 1950 Buick on the streets of Cuba. To process the image I used a similar technique to Cuba Chevrolet. I started by using the Orton Effect to give it a bit of a glow. I worked on the...
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White Desert
This shot of the White Desert in Egypt has become my fifth Enhanced License sale. The original image had a very narrow tonal range giving it a dull greyish look. It is situations like this where it...
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I heard the sunsets would change now we have a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland drifting over us. It was a clear night so without high cloud there was no red in the evening sky. These are the...
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Peacock Butterfly
This Peacock Butterfly was sunbathing outside our house. To process the image I developed it using photoshops RAW developer. Once in photoshop I blended in layers to desaturate the background and keep...
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50 Matrix
This is the 50th post since the blog changed to its new format. WordPress has proven to be a powerful and flexible solution and the Reflections theme had the style I was looking for. This matrix of...
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Shetland Pony
I remember thinking this Shetland Pony was carrying a little extra weight. The mystery was solved when she introduced this new foal to us. To process this pair of images I used 3 adjustment layers to...
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Llyn Llydaw
This is Llyn Lldaw on the way down from the Snowdon Peak in Wales. To process the image I used Vibrance instead of Saturation to bring the colour out of the bleak landscape. I then used various masks...
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Llugwy River
This waterfall was under the miners bridge near Betws y Coed in Wales. I balanced the Camera on a rock and used a long exposure to get the water to look like that. I developed the image using Camera...
View ArticlePortmeirion Square
This is Portmeirion in Wales. Site of the 60′s TV series The Prisoner. To process this image I added Vibrance to boost the colour. Vibrance was introduced in Photoshop CS4. It was designed to add...
View ArticleEnhanced Firework
All stock agencies offer some form of extended or enhanced license, in which buyers are given unlimited rights to reproduce photographs, typically over 250,000 times. In the case of Shutterstock the...
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Salt Lake
This planet was made from a panorama of a salt lake in the Bahariya Desert in Egypt. I set up the tripod on the shore line which is why the resultant globe is bisected in the way. There was a lot of...
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Copper Mine
This is a Copper Mine in Wales. To add light to the darker areas of the image I increased the gamma value. Gamma shifts all the mid-tones towards the highlights or the shadows. By changing the Gamma...
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Ian’s Bike
I took this while taking my slightly smaller bike round Rutland Water yesterday. If anyone can identify the model of the bike please feel free to comment. In the original image all the colour was in...
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Desert Scene
This is the White Desert in Egypt. To process this image I have been experimenting with Photoshops inbuilt Camera RAW processor. Developing images from RAW files gives the best results. For this image...
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Wicker Spitfire
This creation has appeared on the A606 in Rutland to commemorate the Battle of Britain. I used the healing brush set to content-aware fill to remove the supporting strut and ground. It did the heavy...
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Rutland Stump
I shot this hidden bay on last weeks cycle around Rutland Water. The image did not need much work. A little vignette to darken the edges, Clarity increased to boost the mid range contrast and...
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Havana Cuba
This was taken in Cuba. This building is typical of the design and condition of houses in Havana. I like this shot as despite being taken with an early digital compact camera EX-Z3 it had a natural HDR...
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Self Portrait
If you look closely I’m the one in the white T shirt. I took this shot of the Oakham Parade in Rutland. To process this image I did my normal trick of selective desaturation to draw the eye to the...
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Pyramid Lightning
These are the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Lightning is hard to shot during the day. You need a very long shutter speed to stand a chance of catching a strike. But when you point at the sky it does not...
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