The tide has made getting to the dock a little harder. A couple of sea gulls reconnoiter the situation. Perhaps, the shallow water between the pier and the land gives them a good feeding ground. The scene is a couple months back in St. Bernard Parish at Bayou Bienvenue -- just down river from New Orleans.I had a little digital darkroom fun with this one (again, click on the image to enlarge it to get the full effect) --first I auto white balanced the shot which made it brighter. I then used the auto color enhance in Gimp to give the colors more zip.
Lastly I ran it through the Cartoon2 filter I downloaded into Gimp's Script-Fu/photo effects scripts. The Cartoon2 filter gives you two sliders -- smoothness ( I toned this way down to a 2) and colors (I bumped this way up to 24).
Before I did all that I cropped the original image way down to get it to the focus of the shot. Here's the original image:
-- steve buser
Steve ~~~ I think you're having just a little bit too much fun here..... Glad you are playing around with these photos... what fun to see what you can do with a little imagination and technology~!!!
ReplyDeleteVery Good!!
Hi Steve! Just a speedy visit to say hello! I’ve been busy the whole last week and will be out in the next, so this is far less than your blog deserves… ;(( But I promise I’ll come back with more time after June 10th, at least…
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, loved to see the digital experiences...
Meanwhile, to avoid leaving you empty hands, I published a last post on Marrakesh 2006 at Blogtrotter. ;))
Enjoy!
Very beautiful photo!!
ReplyDeleteLove what you did with this photo. You really made it pop and I found it much more interesting. Its always fun to see what people do with their posts.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. Thanks for letting us know what you did.
ReplyDeleteI need to get that program now that I have the MAC.