Monday’s Makeover: Deschutes River, Oregon

by Sherri on June 8, 2009

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Photo #1 – A foggy morning along the Deschutes River, Oregon.

Today, I’m starting “Makeover Monday.” Each week, I’m going to select one image from our Lightroom catalog (NEF) and give it a makeover. NEF files straight out of the camera are dull and can always be improved with processing.

I will post both images; the image straight out of the camera and the image with the makeover. Then, I will explain what I did to achieve the results I wanted.

This image was selected for a makeover because, it is one of a series of images we are presently developing, to be uploaded soon to our Baby Boomer gallery.

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Photo #2 – A foggy morning along the Deschutes River, Oregon.

Photo #1 – to get the results above, I changed the White Balance to Daylight to warm it up a bit. Then, I applied this wonderful Nikon D300 Preset developed by Christian Løverås of Oslo, Norway. We just started using this preset yesterday and we love it! I then used the Adjustment Brush to tone down the over exposed glare on the water.

Photo #2 – this is the NEF the way it looked straight out of the camera.

Which one do you like best?

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1 Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images June 8, 2009 at 6:34 pm

Hate to disappoint…. but I like them both equally well. I’ve always enjoyed the whiteness of the mist for it’s more pure ethereal feelings. OTOH, the warm color is also nice because it’s, well… warm.

Cheers,

Gary.

2 Sherri June 9, 2009 at 9:12 am

No disappointment here. They both have their good qualities, but I do have to say I prefer the warmer tones!

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