I really liked the last image Ricky shared with us in this lesson. I knew I had taken photographs of an antique clock I have so wanted to try using one of them to mimic that. I took tons of photos as we travelled back home this week. Once I started editing I chose to duplicate a single leaf and give it the B&W dreamscape treatment we used last week. I thought the duplicated leaf image took on the shape of a pair of angel wings. Maybe I was just staring at the screen too long! The leaf image was taken during sunrise using ISO 200, f/11, 1/400 sec, handheld. I used the invert option on the clock face layer and adjusted both the shadows/highlights and the brightness/contrast levels on the final image.
I have always loved this view of Colorado Springs so very happy to make an early morning panorama of it this week. I used 3 photos taken from left to right to stitch this panorama together. I felt I was lucky with the process as I did not need to do much in the way of liquify and fill although I did do some. I cropped a portion of the left side to accentuate the bowl effect in the view and a sliver off the top. I made no color adjustments, nor did I adjust the highlights/shadows. ISO 100, f/11, 1/8 sec, tripod.
I felt challenged to get the hang of this technique, but in the end found I had quite a few images I really liked. The sun was starting to fall in the sky, so the light was quite nice at the time I was taking this photo. I like how the sunlight played with the movement. Shutter Priority, ISO 100, 1/8 sec. Adjusted clarity, cropped a little off right to remove wisps of another tree. Spot healed a fence post that was stronger than I liked.
