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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 364285" data-attributes="member: 13090">*Goes back and looks at Posts 76, 77...*Well I can see how you might think those were HDR shots but they're not... *crosses heart*.Hidden Doorway #5 (Post 76) was done with a filter called Glamor Glow in NIK Tools and adjusting the default settings using the sliders. I wanted a dreamy, surreal, sort of look with that shot and the Glamor Glow filters are a nice starting point for that. I also used a Curves adjustment layer on that shot to punch up the contrast and it was sharpened slightly using Unsharp Mask.South Tufa #1, #2 & #3 (Post 77) look over-processed to me now (as I was thinking they did when I posted them). What you're seeing with those shots is some really good Golden Hour light and my heavy-handed use of NIK Tools. I used Detail Enhancer on all three of those shots and played a lot with the sliders to bring up the contrast and punch up the clouds. That one filter (Detail Enhancer) can do amazing things if you're willing to learn how it works and experiment. I think I went a little overboard on those shots in particular, but that's basically how I got that particular look. I really was trying to get the shot to look like it did when we were there; the early morning light was just amazing and those shots do a pretty decent job of conveying what we saw that day. For Cheap Seats I again wanted a soft, surreal sort of look so it was back to the Glamor Glow filter. I also used the Detail Enhancer (lightly this time), a Curves adjustment layer and touched everything up with Unsharp Mask to get everything "just so". The Natives are Friendly was just a lucky shot and processing was minimal; Unsharp Mask and a Curves adjustment layer.....</blockquote>

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