Bank Street Tree

2022-02-012022-02-01Sherry Felix

I had this dark processing in mind when I photographed this tree in the snow. The third of these three processing methods is an inverted image that makes it look a little like an infrared image.

Method: In Photoshop I cloned out the windows, added a starburst protecting the darks, added a vignette, converted it to B&W, and added a blur and masking out the center. In the third one I inverted the image as well.

Contributed to the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-February 2022

Jet Eliot 2022-02-04 / 10:37 am

Very interesting to witness your processing magic, Sherry. It’s such an elegant tree, and easy to see why it attracted you. At the risk of sounding unartistic, I like the first photo for all the lines in it. The wavy fence on the left, the snow drift, and the various tree shadows. I’ve read a lot about the recent snow there, so I found the deep snow amazing.

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- Sherry Felix 2022-02-05 / 8:29 am
  
  It’s interesting that you like the unedited version. The windows distracted me from the tree, and I wanted to give it a more ghostly look. It is fun learning how different people view things.
  
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Vicki 2022-02-02 / 5:50 pm

That last shot is stunning. I love the composition and texture.

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- Sherry Felix 2022-02-03 / 10:15 am
  
  Thanks Vicki. Some like the middle one more. I like the last one best too, become of its other worldly look.
  
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SoyBend 2022-02-01 / 9:50 pm

I like the second one, Sherry. A radiant view.

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- Sherry Felix 2022-02-02 / 12:56 pm
  
  Thanks.
  
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Tales From My Lens 2022-02-01 / 11:34 am

What a great subject. It is hard to choose which one I like and the dark mood is perfect. But I will say the second one is very dreamy and ethereal. I am waiting for something to happen when I look at it. Wonderful!

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- Sherry Felix 2022-02-01 / 12:35 pm
  
  Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed these.
  
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XingfuMama 2022-02-01 / 10:57 am

Really interesting technique. I like how you modified the background to make it look like the tree was at the center of a starburst. But kept the shapes of the tree shadows as a frame.

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- Sherry Felix 2022-02-01 / 12:49 pm
  
  In Photoshop I cloned out the windows, added a starburst protecting the darks, added a vignette, converted it to B&W, and added a blur and masking out the center. In the third one I inverted the image as well.
  
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spanishwoods 2022-02-01 / 10:32 am

Oh wow Sherry, I love this technique. Really beautiful.

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- Sherry Felix 2022-02-01 / 12:36 pm
  
  Thank you so much. Glad it works.
  
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