Processed
Photographer's opinions can vary quite a bit on how much post processing is "acceptable". Given the many images where Photomatix has been used, it might be obvious that I'm comfortable using whatever I think helps to capture - or enhance - what I am working on.
This gallery contains images that have been subjected to more than the usual amount of manipulation using filters or other settings though. My favorite filters at the moment are the ones from Topaz Labs. I find the filter called "Simplify" is particularly fun to work with. It has a wide range of settings - making it all too easy to over-process if I'm not careful.
I tried to be "subtle" with the images in this gallery for the most part. A few are more obviously processed than others but the general objective was to preserve some aspect of a "photograph" while enhancing - or simplifying - the composition.
I'd be particularly interested in comments on these images to know if you find them interesting or over the top.
Read MoreThis gallery contains images that have been subjected to more than the usual amount of manipulation using filters or other settings though. My favorite filters at the moment are the ones from Topaz Labs. I find the filter called "Simplify" is particularly fun to work with. It has a wide range of settings - making it all too easy to over-process if I'm not careful.
I tried to be "subtle" with the images in this gallery for the most part. A few are more obviously processed than others but the general objective was to preserve some aspect of a "photograph" while enhancing - or simplifying - the composition.
I'd be particularly interested in comments on these images to know if you find them interesting or over the top.
Paphiopedilum
Starting in October of 2012 I returned to the realm of macro photography. I spent hours as a teenager chasing insects - trying to get shots up close - but it wasn't until my wife happened to forward a URL to an interesting video about Thomas Shahan that I decided to get back into macro photography again. There is another gallery with more information about that pursuit and some of the tools and software I've used. This image is in this gallery because - as with some of the other images - I ended up thinking it looked more interesting after I ran it through one of the Topaz filters than as a straight photograph.
