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Mountain Man Excursion

More Photo Magic

From Pixels to Posters

Bottles: 25/5/2011; 3:10pm; Bannack, MT; f 5; 1/30-50-160-320-800; Canon PowerShot SX130

I consider this shot my lucky break. It was my fist attempt at HDR and it ended up being one of my best shots. One reason I choose this is because it seemed to be a favorite with everyone. Why I personally like it is because it is an interesting picture. The angle makes the bottle look larger than life. Each bottle is of a different color, size shape and placement which makes it unique. The open window adds this element of open adventure and give the viewer an opportunity to let their imagination wonder. I also thought this would look really good on a metallic print and those are some reason why I choose it.

How I made this picture? I took five shots with a -2,-1,0,+1,+2 exposure values (EV). I put all give into Dynamic Photo and like the Eye-Catching and High-Contrast effects. I choose Eye-Catching and got a nice picture. I then brought the picture into Adobe Lightroom and used the following edits:

General - Auto Tone & Punch; Sharpening - Narrow Edges; Tone Curve - Flat; Green, Red, Adjusted the  

saturation for each color; added vibrance and added a small vignette. 

I exported that then added my signature. To make my signature I wrote it with a marker on white paper and scanned it, cropped it and converted it to a brush. I stamped it on its own layer and did layer adjust and embossed, gave it a drop shadow and put a gradient on it. The gradient was the final touch to my signature and gave it the black and white effect. That completed my picture and made it complete. And thats how I did it.  

Perception: 25/5/2011; 3:33pm; Bannack, MT; f 3.4; 1/80; Canon PowerShot SX130

I choose this picture because it allows you to see into the building, see outside and it captured me between it all. It is a like a self portrait and it represents me and my unique style. I also thought this would look great on metallic print.


I did the same edits as I did for the bottles expect for the fact I had taken only one picture. The rest was the same style of editing. Thanks.