** Picture of the Day 2 **

[dcg0317]

Thank you, that's why I always come back with wet and or dirty knees.

This is really great.

Another reason to always get remember to try and get down or move up to take a shot and get a different perspective.

 

[dcg0317]

 

[Scottwdw]

Field Trip to a Soda Pop Plant


Can Filler Machine by Scottwdw

 

[senecabeach]

Morning....

My contribution....Universal/Harry Potter..

 

[Renysmom]

Still working on post processing skills

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VA Zoological Park by Kelly_A, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[dgbg100106]

 

[SrisonS]

The Look of Love by Scott Smith (SRisonS), on Flickr

 

[ssanders79]

Disney Dream - Admiral Donald's Best Webfoot Forward by Scott Sanders [ssanders79], on Flickr

 

[mrcricket]

Crystal Bridges Museum, Arkansas

 

[dcg0317]

 

[senecabeach]

Morning.....

Ah...Aruba...Beam me down....now...

POTD...

 

[Renysmom]

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Sunrise at Atlantic Beach by Kelly_A, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[Renysmom]

Morning.....

Ah...Aruba...Beam me down....now...

POTD...

I want to be there now

Disney Dream - Admiral Donald's Best Webfoot Forward[/url] by Scott Sanders [ssanders79], on Flickr

Great angle and post processing on Donald.

 

[ssanders79]

Disney Dream - Walt Disney Theatre Rotunda by Scott Sanders [ssanders79], on Flickr

 

[dhorner233]

Disney Dream - Walt Disney Theatre Rotunda by Scott Sanders [ssanders79], on Flickr

WOW!

 

[Renysmom]

WOW!

Exactly what I said.

Scott this may be one of your all time bests..

Details on how you did it please

 

[ssanders79]

WOW!

Exactly what I said.

Scott this may be one of your all time bests..

Details on how you did it please

Thank you.

It was a 4 shot bracket (why 4 stops,, because I forgot to take the 5th.... grrrrrrr.) Anyway, I adjusted the 8mm lens distortion and white balance for all 4 images in LR3. Then exported to Photomatix. I started with the default settings and adjusted to my taste. Basically, it is like an eye exam. Move a slider one way and ask myself do I like it or not. There is a good deal of that back and forth. Back in LR3 I put a final fix on the lighting which was a mix of temps so I had to desaturated the blues in order to get the lights to go white in order to keep the warm wood and gold accent tones in tact The final stop for the image was Topaz adjust to give it the final pop. First I find a preset that gets me in the range of the look I want and just as before I tweak the sliders to get the final look.

 

[dcg0317]

 

[Scottwdw]

Oasis Waterfall by Scottwdw, on Flickr

 

[senecabeach]

Fish ladder in Alaska