This was an interesting tussle to witness. It seemed more like a minor display of dominance than a full up fight over territory or a female. These two walked away but stayed near one another a few minutes later.
ISO 400 55mm f/8 1/125sec
I’ve used Luminar AI for this edit. I added the Warming Sun template at 75%, it highlighted the warm tones in the image, but set at 100% seemed a bit over the top. I used the dodge and burn tool to lighten the face of the elk. Your thoughts on the edit are welcome below.
Cheers!
This image was also added to Day 21 of the SquareUp challenge.
I was working with a file that I shot in February 2020, it’s the Liberty Statue in Budapest. I had a few different ideas in mind. I wanted to create a standard landscape crop and also a square crop. Mostly, I just wanted to see how the crop would change the story of the image.
The original file:
ISO 400 f/8 1/13sec 55mm
The first edit:
ISO 400 f/8 1/13sec 55mm
In addition to a crop this first edit has also had some of the lights at the base of the statue removed. In Luminar 3 I’ve also used the sky enhancer and polarizing filter sliders.
Then it was on to the square crop:
ISO 400 f/8 1/13sec 55mm
In addition to the different crop I’ve also added my custom filter that I call vintage film.
While the crop does make a difference in the photo I ended up thinking that the filter changes that I made is what makes these two edits distinct from one another. Your thoughts on that are welcome below.
It’s already the 7th of January, but this post is my first entry to the January Squares challenge that is running over at The Life of B. I chose to start my entries to this challenge with this one because it makes me smile:
ISO 400 55mm f/10 1/60sec
In case you are concerned, this was an encounter that went well. The driver of this vehicle was parked and the elk walked up to it, the driver had not attempted to attract the animal in any way. When the elk began to lick the car, the driver restarted his car and reversed slowly away and the elk lost interest.
But this split second, when the two are sizing each other up, made for a good photo. It was shot on my Canon 80D and then edited in Luminar AI. I’ve added the “Instant Result” template at 80%. Your thoughts are welcome below.
The image above is what I started my editing session with. I did a few of my usual edits, beginning with a crop. Once I was satisfied with that, I decided to add a LUT. This type of edit will change the color values in your photo. It’s a preset, but for color only. A lot of other editing presets will change multiple things, but this is a singular edit. A deeper explanation of LUTs can be found here. I created three different versions.
The LUT, Chrono-Steel:
ISO 400 f/11 1/500sec 18mm
The LUT, Blue Trace:
ISO 400 f/11 1/500sec 18mm
The LUT, 1960:
ISO 400 f/11 1/500sec 18mm
Both the Blue Trace and 1960 version have had the slider on the LUT itself moved down, Chrono-Steel is set at 100%.
LUTs are available many places. Luminar has some that come preloaded. The one above called “1960” is one of those. They are also available for purchase and in some cases free. Google is a good way to search and identify ones that would most appeal to your sense of style within your photography. I find them to be a fun way to change things up a bit. Let me know if you have a favorite of these three in the comments below.
Shot on the South West Coast Path in April 2019. I’ve used the Luminar Look, Cool Tones, set at 100% but then I added a mask, set the brush at 50% and erased the look out of part of the sky. I then set the brush to 25% and erased the look out of part of the foreground. The mask is very subtle, but sometimes it’s these little differences that are important to the overall image.
The Made with Luminar Series
This image is part of a project I am calling Made with Luminar. What the images in this series have in common is the software used to edit them, Luminar 3. As with my usual blog posts particulars of the camera settings can be found in the caption below the image. I’ll then explain what other filters and edits have been applied, often mentioning what layer and therefore order that they were applied. The text of these posts include any Luminar “Looks” that have been applied to the photo. Each look is a series of presets that are applied to the photo. Where applicable I will mention what changes I have made to any of the looks. A full explanation of looks is available here on their website, https://skylum.com/luminar/user-guides/chapter-14-working-with-luminar-looks
You can assume basic edits have been applied. My most common edits are cropping, detail enhancement, and vignette. Specific questions or thoughts on the image are welcome in the comment section below.
For the edit I was interested in cleaning it up a bit and making it pop. Nothing too crazy, but I started with a crop and removed a few birds that looked more like specks than distinct birds. I’ve added the Luminar Look, Dramatic Landscape, set to 100%. While I kept that filter at 100%, I did tone it down a bit by decreasing some of the contrast and vignette it had added. Here is the result:
ISO 400 f/11 1/250sec 18mm
The Made with Luminar Series
This image is part of a project I am calling Made with Luminar. What the images in this series have in common is the software used to edit them, Luminar 3. As with my usual blog posts particulars of the camera settings can be found in the caption below the image. I’ll then explain what other filters and edits have been applied, often mentioning what layer and therefore order that they were applied. The text of these posts include any Luminar “Looks” that have been applied to the photo. Each look is a series of presets that are applied to the photo. Where applicable I will mention what changes I have made to any of the looks. A full explanation of looks is available here on their website, https://skylum.com/luminar/user-guides/chapter-14-working-with-luminar-looks
You can assume basic edits have been applied. My most common edits are cropping, detail enhancement, and vignette. Specific questions or thoughts on the image are welcome in the comment section below.
Cheers!
Added to Lost in Translation, Pick a Word, Craggy. Picfair version is here.
This original file was taken at the Cambridge American Cemetery in February of 2019:
ISO 400 f/11 1/2500sec 55mm
The edited version starts with a crop. Then I made adjustments to the whites, blacks and shadows. I used sliders to enhance the sky, small details, and luminance. I then applied the Luminar Look, Autumn Colors, set at 78%. The final step was a vignette:
ISO 400 f/11 1/2500sec 55mm
The Made with Luminar Series
This image is part of a project I am calling Made with Luminar. What the images in this series have in common is the software used to edit them, Luminar 3. As with my usual blog posts particulars of the camera settings can be found in the caption below the image. I’ll then explain what other filters and edits have been applied, often mentioning what layer and therefore order that they were applied. The text of these posts include any Luminar “Looks” that have been applied to the photo. Each look is a series of presets that are applied to the photo. Where applicable I will mention what changes I have made to any of the looks. A full explanation of looks is available here on their website, https://skylum.com/luminar/user-guides/chapter-14-working-with-luminar-looks
You can assume basic edits have been applied. My most common edits are cropping, detail enhancement, and vignette. Specific questions or thoughts on the image are welcome in the comment section below.
