Winter Wildlife in Vermont
1. Sunrise scene
a. Brightness/Contrast: Brightness 40
b. Watermark
c. I didn’t want to change too much of this photo in order to preserve its natural beauty.
2. Deer eating under gazebo
a. Color Balance: Color Levels 50 50 50
b. Brightness/Contrast: Brightness 20 Contrast 0
c. Watermark
3. Deer just starting to cross road
a. Crop Tool: I cropped this image in order to get rid of a lot of the background. The deer wasn’t in the center of the image so by cropping I think I helped the deer to be center stage. In the original photo the deer was also hard to see because of its colors matching the background so well. So I think this helped a lot!
b. Brightness/Contrast: Brightness 35 Contrast 70
c. Filter: “Crosshatch” Stroke Length 9, Sharpness 6, Strength 1
d. Watermark
4. Deer in the middle of road
a. Crop Tool: Same explanation as the previous photo.
b. Brightness/Contrast: Brightness 35 Contrast 70
c. Filter: “Crosshatch” Stroke Length 9, Sharpness 6, Strength 1
d. Watermark
5. Deer across the road
a. Crop Tool: Same explanation as the previous photo.
b. Brightness/Contrast: Brightness -10 Contrast 60
c. Filter: “Crosshatch” Stroke Length 9, Sharpness 6, Strength 1
d. Watermark
e. In each photo of the deer crossing the road; I tried to keep my changes relatively the same so each one would flow being next to each other in the slideshow. It didn’t flow well at all when I made completely different changes to each.
6. Individual light brown horse
a. Clone Tool: Used to get rid of an orange ribbon on the barbed wire fence. The color was very distracting.
b. Brush Tool: Painted in the section of the fence that I lost when I got rid of the orange ribbon.
c. Blur Tool: Blurred the area surrounding the horse just a little bit to make him stand out more.
d. Burn Tool: Brush 65px 100% hardness Range- Highlights Exposure- 30% Also used this around the horse just a little bit to make him stand out a little better.
e. Filter: “Smudge Stick” Didn’t adjust anything because it gave the horse a great glow!
f. Watermark
7. Individual dark brown horse
a. Dodge Tool: Lightened up the horse’s face just a little bit.
b. Brightness/Contrast: Brightness 40 Contrast 30
c. Clone Tool: Used to get rid of an orange ribbon that was on the barbed wire fence.
d. Brush Tool: Painted in a section of the fence that I got rid of when removing the orange ribbon.
e. Watermark
8. Both horses, rubbing in snow
a. Blur Tool: Used around the snow the light brown horse is kicking up. And also around the brown horse to try and put more focus on the light brown horse.
b. Brightness/Contrast: Brightness 30 Contrast 40
c. Watermark
9. Beaver Dam
a. Brightness/Contrast: Brightness 50 Contrast 50
b. Filter: “Mosaic” Tile Size 12, Grout Width 3, Lighten Grout 9
c. Watermark
10. Owl in tree
a. Smudge Tool: Mode- Normal Strength- 50% Brush Size- 100px Hardness- 100
b. Watermark
11. Sunset scene
a. Brightness/Contrast: Brightness 50- This brightened up the beautiful sky colors.
b. Watermark
c. I didn’t want to change too much of this photo in order to preserve its natural beauty.
Honestly I don't think this slideshow does my photos justice just because it is so small. So if anyone is interested in seeing the bigger version of my photos in the photo story just let me know and I will upload them here. I just found that these slideshows made it really hard to actually see the photos! So like I said if any one is interested I can post each individual photo!
ReplyDeleteNikki
I'm glad you posted them larger, although you know we can size your slideshow to full screen, too, right?
ReplyDeleteI think your photo story is lovely. I'm glad you were so detailed in your manipulations as I'm not sure I would have caught many of them w/o your text since they remain pretty natural. I'm surprised you didn't add music with this show as it would have added to the story.
Nikki, I like your story. These animals are beautiful - I love horses. I am glad the the winter wildlife has finally transitioned into Spring wildlife I hope and it makes the animals in your photos happier. I like you use of the road with the deer - it gives a lot of distance to the photo. Your #9 photo I believe it to be a beaver dam....? Looks like it could be a sketched postcard, I like the filter you used here. I think my most favorite would be the horse rolling in the snow and the brown horse as the sun hightlights his coat. I almost didn't recognize the owl in the next to the last photo...how neat! Nice work.
ReplyDeleteI love you photos, they capture VT's winters very well and make for a nice ease on the eye. I agree with Lisa, it is hard to see the manipulations you used until you read what you have done to them, but over all each photo is beautiful for its natural touch. Great job.
ReplyDeleteLoved your story! I love wildlife photos, and you really captured them so nicely! My favorite was the horse rolling in the snow! Priceless shot!
ReplyDeleteI agree, I was hoping for some music. I think it would add a lot.
I really liked the photo where you used the rule of thirds (the horse). And the owl one caught my eye too with the background; however, even though the background caught my eye the owl still stood out which I was very impressed with. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love the first picture! The colors and lighting are beautiful. The one of the owl in the tree is almost abstract. I had to read the title to know what it was before I could tell it was an owl.
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These were great pictures. And a great story to show the beauty of VT. I think it was great that you were able to get all of the pictures of the deer that you did, that was great. And of course the horse in the snow was priceless.
ReplyDeleteNikki! it looks like you have a strong passion for wildlife between your photos of horses and deer in your photo story. it looks like you really enjoyed this project and if photography is what you are after will it be envolving wildlife?
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