I hadn’t been down to Denver lately so I decided to glance at the weather and schedule a solo photo-walk up. It turned out to a nice evening and quite an adventure. Right before I made this image, I grabbed a quick photo of a newly engaged couple out taking some engagement photos. I passed the photo of their photo shoot along to them, and I think they were quite happy. Remember a previous tip (rule) of mine? If you promise someone a photo, make sure you get it to them. Don’t give us photographers a bad rap!
Tip: It is subtle, but I wanted to keep the focus on the structure and blur the right side of the image. I did so by using a Nikkor 45mm PC-E lens and adjusting it so that the tilt was left to right, then I tilted the lens slightly away from the subject.
Capture Notes:
Nikon D700
Nikkor 45mm PC-E
Gitzo Traveler
Lexar UDMA
Processing Notes:
Capture – 9 images @ 1ev
Photomatix – HDR/ToneMapping
Photoshop – Global curves adjustment
Nik Color Efex Pro – Glamour Glow (25% mix)
Nik Sharpener 2.0 – Selective to structures
Sized for web
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Hey Justin, that’s a nice one today. I like that blue tone and the glow cast by those ceiling lights and the sun through the window in the back.
One thing I really like is the Glamor Glow effect. I might be tempted to pick up NIK just for that.
Well done!
Thanks Richard!
Yeah, Glamour Glow is a really nice filter. It serves 2 purposes for me….one is glow, the other it has a nice de-saturation effect. I use it on my skies quite a bit. I have a post coming up on Thursday where I use it on some clouds.
You can see it in use in the 2001 Wine Odyssey video here:
http://www.hossedia.com/vidorials/
If you do pick it up, you can use the coupon code LIGHTASMAGIC to get 15 percent off.
Thanks again Richard!
Justin
Hey Justin,
Great image! Love the G Glow and the lone empty chair….well done!
Sean
Thanks Sean! Much appreciated.