I don’t have a lot to write about this particular shot, just wanted to share it. . I was exploring some different processing in Lightroom and ended up combining a few different presets, with some manual tweaks of my own. Roses are such delicate objects, and I thought this portrayal said ‘delicate’ to me. . . It is interesting in how your final treatment of an image can change its feel and meaning completely Your thoughts and comments are welcome.
Twenty-Twenty Five
Yearly favorites were harder to choose this past year simply because there weren't many exposures overall. I imagine that's an inherent problem with these yearly favorites posts. It emphasizes product over process in a culture that demands constant output. It can...
Boyd and Bernie, thank you!
The rose for me creates not only a delicate interpretation but makes you interpret it delicately if that makes sense.
Beautiful job Mark.
Very delicate indeed, it has an elegant feel to it as well, great work Mark.
hey Paul, Yes, I usually do most of my work still in Photoshop, but there are quite a few images that I can get to a final state in LR – which is like a bonus because it is so much faster. I really love this program, but it has a lot of quirks also.
Yes, the high key lighting and pastel colors both say delicate to me. I’ve not done a lot with Lightroom presets, though, preferring to go to CS2 for any serious editing. I do, however, like Lightroom’s export features.