We were in Iceland for a workshop, thru Focus on Nature, and it never really got completely dark, therefore one of the images that I really wanted, warm sunset/sunrise backlighting a large chunk of ice, wasn't going to happen. Well, I managed to get a shot with the hot sun backlighting a nicely translucent enough small beached ice "sculpture." The funny thing about software is that if you take the time to get a little facility and concept, you'll start to pre-visualize the ultimate use of a particular plugin effect. As you can see the original image is a bright, graphic, backlit subject with no color. The ultimate image employs a healthy dose of Viveza 2 to dramatically darken the sky, then selected a very small point on the iceberg and cranked up the brightness, contrast, and warm white balance to render this scene as it should have looked.
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I love how you processed this one. It is no longer a cold piece of ice but a radiant jewel.
ReplyDeleteNice job on bringing your vision alive through imagination and Nik technology! Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSo you used the old light up the lamp trick on a block of ice, cool. I use that one so much now my self that I knew where you were going before I read it. Nik is great.
ReplyDeleteThanks much, Nancy, Karen, and Stacey! Pretty fun discovery!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Santa is passing you a joint!!
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