Autumn Light by auntietk
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Although the title is Autumn Light, this image was taken in June, and the light was fairly flat. There was no water nearby.
This is all about the postwork!
Here's my point in telling you this: if you have an image that's sort of "mehh-hh," play with it! Use filters. See what you can come up with. The more I play, the more I learn, and the more fun I have!
This started out as a nicely composed but rather dull image. The light, the drama, the water, was all a construct.
Whether you like the result or not, the point is that this image has a totally different feel to it from the original, and you can do anything you want!
Get busy! Play around!
Comments (49)
beachzz
I'm learnin, or tryin to!! This is absolutely gorgeous, that light and reflection is magic and I love it all!!
Faemike55
Ah Yes filters! I use them on my photos, not as good as you do, but I do enjoy the occassional fiddling about the pixels Great work, Tara
barbdennist
Keep on playing because you sure produce some fantastic results. I love the ripple in the water and the reflection of the leaf. Great job!
koosievantutte
great colours and composition. you are so absolutely right about the possibilities of postwork and if you learn a lot you can go a long way with that and it becomes a separate art.
cmolsen2002
Love it! (and don't believe a word of it!) lol.........really? post-work? Makes me never want to try it..........couldn't possibly reach this superlative standard!
RickGot
Very nicely done. Digital photography allows for such freedom of artistic expression, and this is an exquisite example of this expression. Digital expression is what Renderosity is all about, after all.
mickeyrony
I believe well that the result is brilliant. Cheer and mile mercies. Times explanations us referent with wisdom of one beauty ((5++)) Je crois bien que le résultat est génial . Bravo et mile mercis . Des fois les explications nous refèrent à la sagesse d'une beautée ((5++))
bluedarkmoon
This is very beautiful and breath taking and i wish i had more time to try out more. Super creative and stunning work!!!
bebert
excellent lighting
mariogiannecchini
Great colours and composition! Only the imagination can put limits to what you can do! Often I like to do during the day or night pictures autumn in spring!
lyron
Gorgeous image!!!
wysiwig
Stunning post work. By all means, play on.
bazza
Very lovely work on this image the end effects look amazing.. very well done!!
helanker
I agree with you Tara. It is amazing what we can do with a photo, that was not exactly how we wanted it to be . This became soo beautiful and now it is my fav.
durleybeachbum
What Arthur calls a 'wowser', I believe! Very clever, and I particularly like where the tip of the thin lobe touches the 'water'. Beautiful!
Katraz
I must admit to being a bit old fashioned when it comes to tweaking my pictures, too many years working on B&W and Colour in a real darkroom, I tend to only use Dodge and Burn, tweak the colour and contrast and crop,this is like doing combines that would have taken days if not weeks ,I think I may give it a try after all I've taken to Photo-merge for panorama's these used to take days the old way but it still feels like cheating. Apart from that, the shot and post-work is great so ignore me and carry on regardless.
babuci
Well said Tara. Bit of the postwork can make wonders. I realy like what you done here.
bmac62
Having seen this in its' original form, the transition is remarkable. It has gone from a nice image of some handsome leaves to a real piece of art. The kind I'd be proud to frame and hang in any room of my home. I also like the encouraging remarks to remind us anyone can do this given any photo editing program and yes, some time. But you know what? What used to take me a half an hour to do in postwork, now takes me only about 10 minutes. Your point is well taken. Thanks very much!
Meisiekind
Most wonderful result Skat!! I love what you did and I fully agree with you on sprucing up a rather blah image into a winner! Well done! :)
wjames
Beautiful work.
watapki66
Good Magic!
ArtJosephNito
Excellent postwork, reminds me of FlamingPear's Flood.
emmecielle
Fantastic results! :)
flavia49
very beautiful!!
lucindawind
its gorgeous!!
belasebok
Fabulous photo!
danob
Excellent work Tara the flood filter works a treat
hipps13
love the water the colors do swim and smile warm hugs and love, Linda Kaye
ShadowsNTime
Pure gorgeousness Tara! I love the flood filter, and you used it perfectly here. I like how the thin part of the leaf appears to be painting the surface of the water. Beautiful!!!
goodoleboy
Sterling effects in this postworked capture. I especially like the jagged oscilloscopic wave emanating from the bottom tip of the leaf. I could have sworn there was water down at the bottom of the image. Postwork reigns, and is the raison de'etre for all things in existence!