Relic of the Pioneers, Montana.
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I discovered this scene in beautiful Montana, USA, an old cart left in a field, with a couple of fine horses hanging around. I knew it would be a shot I would ‘do something later’ with in Photoshop, since on its own, photographed in the middle of the day in too strong sunshine, it wasn’t very exciting light ! The scene made me think of those pioneers that travelled across America, in the hope of better things.
I shot on my CANON EOS 40D, with polariser attached to my Tamron 28-300 lens, set at 150mm, iso 200, auto wb, f6.7, 1/350sec, (wanted to blur an uninteresting background) underexposed by half a stop, RAW file processed as a pseudo HDR in Photomatix, then edited in Adobe CS3, levels/curves adjustments, LAB colour for saturation, added a dark vignette, then a little Orton, still wasn’t happy (!!) so I further added a couple of texture layers, which I adjusted with layer masks/opacities/blends etc.
I had a great deal of fun processing it !! The texture is my own, one I took in Namibia, in Kolmanskop mining ghost town !
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Gregory Ewanowich
Beautifully edited . It turned out great!
Donna Ridgway
Love the glow! I think I see a 5th wheel flat bed back there. lol
LTPhotography
Great composition and processing!
Bryan D. Spellman
A beautiful piece of work. Thanks for sharing the information on how you produced this image.
Rany Lutz
Beautiful scene and treatment!
John Kowalski
Turned out real nice! love the textures and the processing, lovely image!!
Janet Fikar
Wow, I LOVE what you did with it. I’m sure the before and after was an amazing tranformance. Super job.
walela
Fantastic shot!!
shellbee
most wonderful photo!!!!
Curtiss Simpson
I like the tone and texture, beautiful piece of art !
Linda Gregory
Gorgeous treatment of a fantastic capture.
Richard George
Superb…the light and quiet, peaceful mood to this is wonderful. Very nicely crafted piece.
Tom Gomez
Lovely treatment …
Derek Dobbie
Lovely artwork.
Blair Wainman
Great work with this image!! Well done!!!
Bunny Clarke
Great capture. Love the rich colors in this.
Lindsay Oram
Fantastic work.Love it
Sean Jansen
This looks so awesome. Love the mood to this !!
clmustin
Very nice.
Ric Alexander
Beautiful Image, Love the detail and the tones in this. Congrats !!!!
Phillip M. Burrow
So beautiful Barbara. Great work.
Matthew Reilly
Wow! Great image & love the treatment!
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Debbie Roelle
Beautiful image I love the tones and treatment
Trudi's Images
Wonderful work and congrats on your feature !!
Teresa Zieba
This photo was chosen as an avatar in Amazing Orton Effect group. Congratulations Barbara!!!
PhotosEcosse replied
WOW !! I am blown away, my FIRST avatar !! THANK YOU !!!!!
Linda Gregory
Congratulations, Barbara! Very well deserved!
PhotosEcosse replied
Thank You Linda !! I am VERY pleased about the avatar !
LumenLux
Thanks for the image and for your narrative.
Charuhas Images
Fantastic outcome. Wonderful work.
Rosemaree
Very beautiful piece of art. It would fit perfectly into the cowboy/cowgirl art, equine athletes and horse at work groups.
Sinisa Saratlic
Love it! Like excellent painting !
Kasia-D
Great treatment – real nostalgic feel.
Scott d'Almeida
excellent