Salvage Saturday

[Ben Egbert]

Time to pile on with your reworked or newly processed images

this is my only trip to möbius arch in the Alabama Hills. I was lost and late so I had to wait for a position under the arch

 

[John Holbrook]

Robin's Nest, Knoxville, TN Shot with a Nikon D200 (2006) Edited for the Thursday's Task "Spring is in the air" originally but saved it for Salvage Saturday instead. Used DxO PureRaw 3 and Photoshop/ACR and also enhanced the image via LR's super resolution feature.

 

[AlanLichty]

I was bored to tears wandering around Kodachrome Basin in Utah one year on a bright sunny day wishing there was a worthwhile composition somewhere and resorted to looking for small scenes near the trails. I came across some deadwood that had very interesting shapes and textures but struggled to find a good angle to get the most out of the scene and ultimately grabbed some captures that I never spent much time trying to process. I decided to give it another go and went for B&W to give me more room to play.

 

[ProCaliberTraveler]

I was bored to tears wandering around Kodachrome Basin in Utah one year on a bright sunny day wishing there was a worthwhile composition somewhere and resorted to looking for small scenes near the trails. I came across some deadwood that had very interesting shapes and textures but struggled to find a good angle to get the most out of the scene and ultimately grabbed some captures that I never spent much time trying to process. I decided to give it another go and went for B&W to give me more room to play.

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I like the wavy lines in this, Alan. Nice job. Why were you bored to tears?

 

[Douglas Sherman]

This one is from Anza Borrego Desert State Park at sunrise during a super bloom. I took this image because I was impressed with the variety of plants in such a small area of desert landscape. It was very dark in the foreground because of the bright sunrise. I played with it in Photoshop and Lightroom to make it acceptable.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Robin's Nest, Knoxville, TN Shot with a Nikon D200 (2006) Edited for the Thursday's Task "Spring is in the air" originally but saved it for Salvage Saturday instead. Used DxO PureRaw 3 and Photoshop/ACR and also enhanced the image via LR's super resolution feature.

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Nice recovery it’s seamless

 

[Ben Egbert]

I was bored to tears wandering around Kodachrome Basin in Utah one year on a bright sunny day wishing there was a worthwhile composition somewhere and resorted to looking for small scenes near the trails. I came across some deadwood that had very interesting shapes and textures but struggled to find a good angle to get the most out of the scene and ultimately grabbed some captures that I never spent much time trying to process. I decided to give it another go and went for B&W to give me more room to play.

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I never found much to photograph at Kodachrome basin. You were creative

 

[Ben Egbert]

This one is from Anza Borrego Desert State Park at sunrise during a super bloom. I took this image because I was impressed with the variety of plants in such a small area of desert landscape. It was very dark in the foreground because of the bright sunrise. I played with it in Photoshop and Lightroom to make it acceptable.

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Really nice job pulling up those foreground tones

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the wavy lines in this, Alan. Nice job. Why were you bored to tears?

Kodachrome Basin is an interesting place to visit from a geological perspective but on a cloudless sunny day was almost devoid of interesting compositions and had a lot of harsh light. Small scenes worked but wider scenes just weren't working for me that day.

 

[ProCaliberTraveler]

Kodachrome Basin is an interesting place to visit from a geological perspective but on a cloudless sunny day was almost devoid of interesting compositions and had a lot of harsh light. Small scenes worked but wider scenes just weren't working for me that day.

I see what you mean. During my visit, it was completely overcast, a layer of featureless gray clouds. It made for similar bland compositions. But the geology there is indeed fascinating.

 

[dan swiger]

This is from my very 1st time visiting Tunnel View in 2007 and was a brother trip, all 4 of us.
Was a bit washed out but I liked the softer pastel colors.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is from my very 1st time visiting Tunnel View in 2007 and was a brother trip, all 4 of us.
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Pretty job

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I have been thinking of going for the Tulip festival in Skagit Valley but due to the cold weather, its a bit late this year. This is from the archives from 2009 and one of the images I never processed. I tried a shallow DoF and still not sure if I like it enough.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I have been thinking of going for the Tulip festival in Skagit Valley but due to the cold weather, its a bit late this year. This is from the archives from 2009 and one of the images I never processed. I tried a shallow DoF and still not sure if I like it enough.

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That’s the nature of salvaged images they were not quite good enough the first go around. I like your colors here