I originally posted this image, apped completely differently, back in July. It was oversaturated and blurred using Tilt-Shift. I never really liked it. Was thinking about it yesterday, thought I would try something different, but I was not sure what. Emailed the raw image to myself and have been working on if off and on since then, trying different things, doing a lot of EffectTouch stuff to no avail. Finally hit on doing it in black-and-white. So here is the result.
I put it into PicGrunger and I also did two separate blurs in BlurFX and then I layered all four together in DXP, trying different combinations and layer effects.
If any of you have an old image that you would like to re-app, knowing what you know now, I’m sure I’m not the only one who would like to see it.
April 19, 2011 at 4:18 am
Yes, I agree with everyone. It’s much improved. Well done. Inspires me to re-app some old photos.
April 18, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Thanks all. It really hit me this weekend how little time I have had for my own pictures and, of course, music this last year. So it was really gratifying to rework that old picture into something I really like. Thanks for the props!
April 18, 2011 at 4:33 pm
SUCH a great capture of the bird landing…god, those feathers! And you improved on an already good image – it’s stunning now! Thanks for sharing…:-)
April 18, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Killer work Knox – this treatment is really good
April 18, 2011 at 7:56 am
Great looking shot Knox. Thanks also for info in PicGrunger, I hadn’t heard of that one…we need a master list of everyone’s favorite apps!
April 18, 2011 at 5:23 am
MUCH better! You’ve removed the distracting and uninteresting background elements as well as the color which really wasn’t doing much for the image either. Nice work or rework, Knox!
April 18, 2011 at 1:29 am
A wonderful shot! I like your re-apping.
April 18, 2011 at 12:44 am
great processing, super great composition. love the lines, love the birds.
April 17, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Went back to find the August pic. Glad you didn’t leave it as it was or toss it because I quite enjoy tonight what you have done with it. Is a fantastic capture, but just how wonderful a capture was originally buried in the saturated color. Really beautiful.
April 17, 2011 at 10:20 pm
Thank you, Juli. That reminds me I should link to the old one.