Jake's Backdoor Hippie-palooza, 2014 Edition

hark

Administrator
Staff member
Super Mod
Contributor
Yeah. I do see LR being way faster than PS for loads of regular adjustments. Since you been telling so much about LR, I started using that instead of Bridge and its actually really good.

Hallelujah!! Another convert!! LOL

Only took you like 30 long and very specific post ;)

Hmm...perhaps this will lead to a future Lightroom Tutorial thread! Something along the lines of members who have done Lightroom only edits can post a photo and tell which sliders and settings were used. ;)
 

BackdoorArts

Senior Member
Hmm...perhaps this will lead to a future Lightroom Tutorial thread! Something along the lines of members who have done Lightroom only edits can post a photo and tell which sliders and settings were used. ;)

Not a bad idea. You would need to start with a before and after copy, which is actually very easy to do in LR because if you forget the BEFORE then just make a virtual copy of your edited version and then reset the edits.

What I think might be interesting is to make a RAW file available to everyone and ask them to do their own LR edits and post the results, methodology and settings. I have some "almost" type shots that I can cull through and maybe put something up next week.
 

hark

Administrator
Staff member
Super Mod
Contributor
Not a bad idea. You would need to start with a before and after copy, which is actually very easy to do in LR because if you forget the BEFORE then just make a virtual copy of your edited version and then reset the edits.

What I think might be interesting is to make a RAW file available to everyone and ask them to do their own LR edits and post the results, methodology and settings. I have some "almost" type shots that I can cull through and maybe put something up next week.

That sounds like a great idea! :cool:
 

BackdoorArts

Senior Member
2014-032:

Lovely morning along the Musconetcong River in Changewater, NJ. I went down to try and capture what's left of the train trestle that was there (a series of rather high, monolithic stone structures), but got more enamored with the frozen formations along the quick moving river. There's more than this, but this is my favorite, and I'm in the middle of prepping the house for a gathering tomorrow.

20140201-_D622673-Edit.jpg
 

hark

Administrator
Staff member
Super Mod
Contributor
Mmmm...very pretty! :) Did you use an ND filter, and if so, was it your 10-stop?
 

RockyNH_RIP

Senior Member
2014-032:

Lovely morning along the Musconetcong River in Changewater, NJ. I went down to try and capture what's left of the train trestle that was there (a series of rather high, monolithic stone structures), but got more enamored with the frozen formations along the quick moving river. There's more than this, but this is my favorite, and I'm in the middle of prepping the house for a gathering tomorrow.


Excellent Jake... I need to try that in the next week or 2 down at the Souhegan river (I have taken pics there before..)

Pat in NH
 

BackdoorArts

Senior Member
A couple more from today. Snow, slippery slopes and stray branches kept me from getting some of the angles I wanted. Bad enough that most of these were shot from a one lane bridge with traffic coming blindly onto it from both directions. Yellow jacket and red cap helps. :)

20140201-_D622668-Edit.jpg


20140201-_D622670-Edit.jpg


20140201-_D622682-Edit.jpg


20140201-_D622657-Edit.jpg
 
Last edited:

Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
Super Mod
Very nice shots Jake. I just love the clarity and shutter speed you selected. Just the right amount of water movement.
 

hark

Administrator
Staff member
Super Mod
Contributor
Really nice images, Jake! :) Those frozen droplets remind me of a dresser scarf that my grandmother used. It had small pom-poms dangling from the edges! ;)
 

hark

Administrator
Staff member
Super Mod
Contributor
Rock doilies. :)

I literally laughed out loud at that comment! ;) And just so you know, you're killing me here with your photos--by giving me the I want acquisition syndrome. Do you know what I mean? I look at your photos and say to myself, I want a _______. Well, I just ordered a 6 stop neutral density filter to get me started on slowing down water. :cool: One would have been helpful in the waterfalls shots I took last summer and fall.
 

BackdoorArts

Senior Member
2013-033:

Sunrise at Merrill Creek Reservoir

7-frame HDR...

20140202-_D806897_HDR.jpg


Lightroom/Photoshop + onOne Perfect Effects 8...

20140202-_D622694-Edit.jpg



D600 Two-fer - Can you tell which is which??
(LR/PS + Nik + onOne) & (3 frame HDR + Nik + Lightroom)

20140202-_D622754_HDR.jpg


20140202-_D622755-Edit.jpg
 
Top