Here's a link to a series of blogs by Tony Kuyper, that I was pointed to last year while on a workshop in Santa Fe.
https://tonykuyper.wordpress.com/2016/11/13/luminosity-masks-10th-anniversary%E2%88%92a-brief-history-of-how-it-all-started/
About ten years ago he invented a Photoshop masking process that generated continuous masks based on the luminosity of areas of an image. It looked intriguing, but I confess that I never followed up, as I'm pretty content with the Photoshop adjustment layer controls that I use at present. Also, his methodology has a definite learning curve. However, I joined distribution list, have been following his progress, and think that I will try it out and see if it makes much difference to the images that I print.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Images from Blackwater
Hi,
At the last gathering, we discussed photographing Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, and I said that I would post some of the images that I had taken over the past four or five years. Here are ten images, edited down from nearly 650. As you can see, with a relatively flat horizon the sky becomes a major point of interest, and clouds, sunsets, and reflections all contribute to the images that I liked best. I've included more images of birds than I expected to, as my wife is the birder, and I am more interested in graphic composition. Susan and I are in agreement that hanging around until dark frequently yields some great sunset color, even when it doesn't look like it is going to. We've seen thousands of Snow Geese in the winter, and Canada Geese, Blue Herons and Egrets are a staple. And we have never failed to see one or more Bald Eagles, sometimes more than a dozen on a visit.
Although you can overnight easily in the area, I think of it as a day trip, stopping at Annie's on Kent Island Narrows for dinner on our way back. It's about two hours each way.
Harry Meyers
At the last gathering, we discussed photographing Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, and I said that I would post some of the images that I had taken over the past four or five years. Here are ten images, edited down from nearly 650. As you can see, with a relatively flat horizon the sky becomes a major point of interest, and clouds, sunsets, and reflections all contribute to the images that I liked best. I've included more images of birds than I expected to, as my wife is the birder, and I am more interested in graphic composition. Susan and I are in agreement that hanging around until dark frequently yields some great sunset color, even when it doesn't look like it is going to. We've seen thousands of Snow Geese in the winter, and Canada Geese, Blue Herons and Egrets are a staple. And we have never failed to see one or more Bald Eagles, sometimes more than a dozen on a visit.
Although you can overnight easily in the area, I think of it as a day trip, stopping at Annie's on Kent Island Narrows for dinner on our way back. It's about two hours each way.
Harry Meyers
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