Flora as Art...

[PKM-UK]

A few recent(ish) re-edits...

Shot raw in Hartshill Country Park, Warwickshire, England and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ Nik Collection, Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop and Topaz Labs Studio 2.

Phil

Double vision...

Somewhere out there...

Together forever...

 

[jdeb]

These are all worthy of hanging on a wall. I like the frames added, wish I knew how to do that.

 

[PKM-UK]

Hi John,

Cheers, much appreciated!

I’ll let you into a secret (if you promise not to tell anyone else… ), the frames are added using Topaz Labs Studio 2 and our logo/ signature is Custom Brush (meaning I can change colour/ size/ opacity), created in Photoshop. This step-by-step YouTube video by Anthony Morganti will show you how.

I don’t think you can buy Studio 2 now (Topaz Labs ceased development) - a pity as it‘s one of my favourite creative programs - but Dave Kelly provides purchase links on his YouTube channel (not sure if these are active - but worth a try?).

There are probably other programs/ techniques for producing similar results, but this is how I do it.

Phil

 

[Hali]

A few recent(ish) re-edits...

Shot raw in Hartshill Country Park, Warwickshire, England and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ Nik Collection, Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop and Topaz Labs Studio 2.

Phil

Double vision...

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Somewhere out there...

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Together forever...

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These are just beautiful. I love the shallow depth of field and the dreamy look! They are indeed works of art. I need to look at my Topaz Studio 2 and see about reinstalling it. I didn’t know they did frames. Thank you for the information!

 

[PKM-UK]

These are just beautiful. I love the shallow depth of field and the dreamy look! They are indeed works of art. I need to look at my Topaz Studio 2 and see about reinstalling it. I didn’t know they did frames. Thank you for the information!

Hi Hali,

Cheers - appreciated!

Yes, 'Digital Frame' is one of the Filters in Studio 2. I've saved a couple of my favourite configurations as 'Looks', so it takes but a couple of clicks to apply.

(I'd like to claim it was incredibly difficult and techy, but Studio 2 makes it ridiculously simple... ).

Phil

 

[YangMills]

A few recent(ish) re-edits...

Shot raw in Hartshill Country Park, Warwickshire, England and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ Nik Collection, Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop and Topaz Labs Studio 2.

Phil

These are all great but I particularly like the first one. I love the way the oof background is rendered and contains motion blur. I assume this is a composite of two shots? Very attractive pictorially.

 

[PKM-UK]

These are all great but I particularly like the first one. I love the way the oof background is rendered and contains motion blur. I assume this is a composite of two shots? Very attractive pictorially.

Hi Yang,

Cheers - appreciated!

The ’two shot’ effect in the first image was produced in Nik Collection using the ‘double exposure’ filter. I can’t recall what else I did in processing this, but it was taken on a frosty morning which helped with the dreamy/ pastel feel of the composition.

Phil

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

And there was me thinking that Flora was something you spread on toast...

;-)

 

[micheric]

Phil, the are absolutely stunning photos, I really like the first one the best, regardless of how it was processed, the final photo you produced is beautiful.

 

[PKM-UK]

And there was me thinking that Flora was something you spread on toast...

;-)

 

[PKM-UK]

Phil, the are absolutely stunning photos, I really like the first one the best, regardless of how it was processed, the final photo you produced is beautiful.

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your very kind words, we’re pleased to hear you enjoyed our images.

P&k