The two recently concluded Outer Banks photo workshops were a huge success. Thanks to all the great participants for making it such a fantastic time. Everyone was pleasant, happy, eager, and produced wonderful images.
You will see examples of what they captured in the Awake The Light newsletters coming out over the next few weeks.
This is one of the few shots I took during the workshops. It was a wall of wine bottles behind a local restaurant. The bottles were held in place between wire "walls." This is a small section of the 8-foot long wall. Choosing how to frame the image was the main decision. The blue bottle was the key element, with the other colors surrounding it being more neutral in tone. I positioned the blue bottle in the lower left of the frame so that it could serve as the focal point of this image.
The image was optimized in Lightroom, and then was opened in Photoshop where I used a low opacity Poster Edges filter, along with the Oil Paint filter.
When using filters, or the options available in Topaz, Fractalius, or other software, a light touch is usually best. Use those techniques to enhance the image, but not to overpower it.
TECHNICAL DATA
Shutter Speed 1/250 sec. Aperture f/7.1. ISO 400. Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS, set at 106mm. Camera: Canon 6D. Handheld.
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I love this image. Great composition with the bottles and the combinations of the colors. And I especially love that you shot through the wire enclosure. One of my favorite things to do is shoot through wire fencing. Really nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda. Nice to hear from you!
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