A week ago, we took a hike around a local lake. Mostly we just wanted to get out and get some fresh air and exercise (can never get enough of that can we?). We took our cameras along and took a few shots. I thought it would be neat to play with one of the photos and share the results with you.
What if you could take this original photo:

and in less than 5 minutes come up with a bunch of variations like these:






It took me less than 5 minutes to come up with all of the variations you see above. This is pretty much how I get images to “speak” to me. I run the actions from EZ Actions (www.ezactions.com) and see which variation stands out to me. I can literally come up with these variations in minutes. Once I know which direction works best for a photo, the fun really begins. I take the variation that represents the direction I want to go with the image and can spend my precious post production time creating the finished photo.
Thanks for stopping by,
John