Celine
studio Raphaël Photographie
http://www.raphael-photographie.com/
04.03.13 - Light Painting

This is a reworking of an image from a couple of years ago that will be published in a magazine shortly with some articles I wrote about hidden gems of nature locally. One of the hardest things to capture with a camera is that shimmer you get when leaves catch the light in a breeze. I've tried many things over the years, increasing the contrast slightly sometimes works, but this is the glamour glow filter in Color Efex pro. There isn't a lot of difference to the original, but the slight painterly effect does give a little shimmer I think
28.01.13 - Happy Memories (2)

Now that the snow has gone I've been trying to cheer myself up by working on some of the snowy pics from the last couple of weeks. I had some success by applying the Monday Morning filter in Color Efex Pro to some South Common images last week, this is a slightly older shot from Boultham Park. The filter works well with some images and not others, I think this is one of the better ones, and needs to be viewed as large as possible to appreciate the details in the trees. I think I would have liked a figure on the path, but there is also something nice about the empty scene i think.
28.01.13 - Happy Memories

I'm currently suffering some sort of post snow depression, so I've been working on the snowy pics from the last couple of weeks to cheer myself up. This is actually the left hand image from the 3 shot photomerge panorama that I used for my daily on 14.01.13, with the Monday Morning filter from Color Efex Pro added. I used this filter to great effect on some images last week, so I was keen to see how it worked on a few more. I never cease to be amazed at how filters work well with some images and not others. I like the painterly high contrast result with this image, and the details in the trees, but other images were either washed out or unbalanced in some way.

This must be seen as large as possible to appreciate the details.

Here is another image that I've been working on;
http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/Photography/ALTERNATIVE-DAILY-POST/15316442_m3F5HV#!i=2341515924&k=Fc4B56W
23.01.15 - Town and Country

This is another shot from my dog walk in the snow the other day, but I only worked on it yesterday. I used the "Monday Morning" filter in Color Efex Pro to get this monochrome painterly look, it has to be viewed huge to appreciate the details.

The composition is different for me, I wouldn't usually leave so much white space on the left, but I wanted to show the contrast between the forest path on the right with the distant town down the hill on the left.
Neige-Glace au Champ du Feu
Neige-Glace au Champ du Feu
Neige-Glace au Champ du Feu
28.01.13 - Happy Memories (2)

Now that the snow has gone I've been trying to cheer myself up by working on some of the snowy pics from the last couple of weeks. I had some success by applying the Monday Morning filter in Color Efex Pro to some South Common images last week, this is a slightly older shot from Boultham Park. The filter works well with some images and not others, I think this is one of the better ones, and needs to be viewed as large as possible to appreciate the details in the trees. I think I would have liked a figure on the path, but there is also something nice about the empty scene i think.
28.01.13 - Happy Memories (2)

Now that the snow has gone I've been trying to cheer myself up by working on some of the snowy pics from the last couple of weeks. I had some success by applying the Monday Morning filter in Color Efex Pro to some South Common images last week, this is a slightly older shot from Boultham Park. The filter works well with some images and not others, I think this is one of the better ones, and needs to be viewed as large as possible to appreciate the details in the trees. I think I would have liked a figure on the path, but there is also something nice about the empty scene i think.
28.01.13 - Happy Memories (2)

Now that the snow has gone I've been trying to cheer myself up by working on some of the snowy pics from the last couple of weeks. I had some success by applying the Monday Morning filter in Color Efex Pro to some South Common images last week, this is a slightly older shot from Boultham Park. The filter works well with some images and not others, I think this is one of the better ones, and needs to be viewed as large as possible to appreciate the details in the trees. I think I would have liked a figure on the path, but there is also something nice about the empty scene i think.
See photo in original gallery.