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22 Feb 13. Based on the overwhelming response, or rather the lack thereof, of the idea of Creative Thursdays, I guess we'll abandon that idea and just stay with B&W Tuesdays. But that doesn't mean I have to limit the B&W stuff to just Tuesdays, so we are going with one for today. Now, for those of you who are genuinely interested in B&W material, I'll go out on a limb and recommend two products to you, both of which you can employ as stand alone products, or in conjunction with other graphics editors. The first of these is from Topaz Labs, and is called B&W Effects 2. It is a plugin for several different graphics editors, or, can be run in conjunction with another product from Topaz Labs called photoFXlab. It is a very good set of integrated software and works by applying a filtered layer on top of your original image. There are several more programs from other companies that work in the same fashion, all with varying degrees of success. While the filter from Topaz is the least expensive of these filtering programs, I find it to be the best of the breed. On the other end of the spectrum is just one program that works by mapping the colors to their respective B&W values, and that program is from DxO Labs. Their premier offering is called DxO Optics Pro and comes in two versions, one for the DX sensor bodies and the other for both the DX and FX sensor bodies. This product also maps each individual camera body to the lens mounted on it as well as the sensor such that you get a result unlike anything you can experience from any other piece of software.They also offer another piece of software called DxO Film Pack 3 that allows you to accurately emulate many B&W films. If you are even a slightly curious type, I would encourage you to look into either or both of these companies programs, depending upon your desire to work in B&W. The image for today was prepared using the Topaz product, and it took perhaps only two minutes to prepare, so you can achieve some very nice results with minimal expense. And for the record, whenever Topaz Labs releases a new product, it is generally offered at roughly half price for the first month. To date, they have never charged for any of their upgrades and some of their products are now in version 5. I know of no other company that offers such. Nikon D300s; 18 - 200; Aperture Priority; ISO 200; 1/200 sec @ f / 8.
Early Morning Frost - Yosemite National Park, California - Cosmas Liu - February 2013
Hoar Frost covered trees and Bear Cache
Hoar Frost covered trees
19.02.13 - Frosty Foggy Fishponds Just when we thought Spring was in the air we woke to freezing fog! By the time I got organised to go out with the camera I thought the frost would have gone, but there was still some down by the river and fishponds. It always amazes me how the temperature varies between town and country, even over the space of a few yards. Literally the other side of the ponds, in the background here, there was no frost. The fog cleared by lunchtime, leaving us with a glorious cloudless sunny day. Thanks for the comments on my sculpture shot yesterday, for those that are interested there is a small gallery here showing different angles and perspectives; http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/Art/TEMPLE-GARDENS-SCULPTURES/28087435_RcCCMk#!i=2373022841&k=ZLwmz9q
Early Morning Frost - Yosemite National Park, California - Cosmas Liu - February 2013
Early Morning Frost - Yosemite National Park, California - Cosmas Liu - February 2013
Early Morning Frost - Yosemite National Park, California - Cosmas Liu - February 2013
See photo in original gallery.
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