Denise McKay
About the Image(s)
This image is of a cellar door located at the Historic Daniel Boone Home site in Defiance, MO. The buildings at this site are from the 1700 - 1800's. I was drawn to the textures of the old stone, wood, and metal work with the ivy overgrowth. It gave me a feeling of a mysterious door into a different world, which I tried to bring out in my post-processing.
Camera was handheld in natural light and settings were ISO 500, f5.6, 1/200 sec.
Edits as follows:
In Lightroom - cropped and changed angle a bit. Increased texture, contrast, and black point. Decreased highlights. Masked and lightened shadows above the door. Removed the modern padlock.
In Luminar Neo - applied a "mystical" filter which I manipulated until I got the effect I liked. This filter softens luminescence, increases contrast and saturation, and adds a glow to lighter areas in the image. This was the first time I used Luminar Neo for a photo edit. I played with it after taking a class on creative editing that spoke highly of this software. I'm still learning about what it can do.
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8 comments posted
I struggled with how to straighten the image and thought I had it more vertical than I did. Thanks for the example.   Posted: 10/13/2024 12:59:35