Converging

Ann McRae

During a rare sunny moment this winter!

Cameron

I like it! A nice example of how light can make the whole picture. Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you got some sunshine!

Eia

Nice! very soothing......... ya know...it reminds me of the spine on our backs.

Ann McRae

Thanks!

An alternate title that crossed my mind was

"slats" - kind of reminds me of the shadow from a set of venetian blinds

or, perhaps, "laces" as in the laces of an undone corset....

but then maybe I just need to get out more! ;-)

Doug Solis

Very cool, looks like it could be an abstract. I'd clone out that little black spot on the right middle side. nice image

annnna8888

Beautiful photo!
I'm all for simplicity. Love the soft light and long shadows.

Ana

BradfordBenn

Ann very nice shot as usual. Can you share what processing you did on the image? I have been trying to capture some of the same ideas but the snow has melted already.

Ann McRae

BradfordBenn wrote: »

Ann very nice shot as usual. Can you share what processing you did on the image? I have been trying to capture some of the same ideas but the snow has melted already.

Hi! Thanks! Lightroom history says that I did the following things (I mostly just play until I like the result!).

Cropped
Set WB
bumped Exposure
Bumped clarity
Convert to B&W
Increased black clipping value
Increased exposure again
Chose strong contrast in the tone curve setting
Fiddled with the shadow (decreased) and highlights (increased) in the tone curve setting

Then I added a post crop vignette as a preset, and then manipulated those values. I actually think the vignette made a huge difference to this shot.

Then I bumped both blacks and exposure again.

Final values Temp 6432, tone +21
Exposure +1.2
Blacks 32
Clarity +45
Tone curve strong contrast, Highlights +29, shadows -31
Vignette amount -34, midpoint 65, feather 50

With our current long term weather forecast, we will have snow on the ground in May, so if you want to practice snow shots, come on by!

Ann McRae

annnna8888 wrote: »

Beautiful photo!
I'm all for simplicity. Love the soft light and long shadows.

Ana

Thanks Ana!

Ann McRae

Doug Solis wrote: »

Very cool, looks like it could be an abstract. I'd clone out that little black spot on the right middle side. nice image

Thanks, and I'll look after that spot!

ann

BradfordBenn

Ann McRae wrote: »

Hi! Thanks! Lightroom history says that I did the following things (I mostly just play until I like the result!). ....
With our current long term weather forecast, we will have snow on the ground in May, so if you want to practice snow shots, come on by!

Nice to know I am not the only one who is just playing at times. Now in terms of visits, as other DGrinners can warn you - you never know when I might show up.

schmoo

I'm late to the party but I do love this image! And thanks for sharing your workflow, too.