Diane Varner has one of the most successful and well visited photoblogs in the world.....and rightly so. She is a photographer and artist and that combination of skills has been a match made in heaven. Her work is quite beautiful and can be seen here: http://www.dianevarner.com/

She has been kind enough to post a technique she uses which includes screencaps of a very popular image she recently posted. The instructions can be seen here: http://dianevarner.com/technique_2.html

I thought forum members might like to see this.

Tom K.

Very nice, Tom,

thanks, lou

Nice site! Thanks, Tom.

Sharon

Interesting. Thanks!

Geez. I'll stick to Crop, then Levels, then Contrast, then USM thank you very much. =)

Am I the only one who prefers the original?

sgirard wrote:
Am I the only one who prefers the original?

No :-)

I am a huge fan/practitioner of PP'ing. But it's just a matter of taste and the artist chose to evoke other emotions. Her pp'd version is lovely. Dark, mysterious, painterly. But the original is equally beautiful. Gorgeous lighting and a perfect exposure, full of nuance and detail.

I suppose she wanted to go down the road less travelled. Kudos to her as this shot could easily have gone to a "glowing-sunshine-happy" place. How boring would that have been? And how like a thousand others?

And huge kudos to her for sharing her technique publicly. There are far too few who do...

pamorl wrote:


And huge kudos to her for sharing her technique publicly. There are far too few who do...



So true.

thanks tom for sharing the website, i am always searching for such websites.

My thanks to her and to you.

yuk

sgirard wrote:
Am I the only one who prefers the original?


I find the original dead, almost washed out with no 'pop' to it. Love the final product.

sgirard wrote:
Am I the only one who prefers the original?

No :-)

I am a huge fan/practitioner of PP'ing. But it's just a matter of taste and the artist chose to evoke other emotions. Her pp'd version is lovely. Dark, mysterious, painterly. But the original is equally beautiful. Gorgeous lighting and a perfect exposure, full of nuance and detail.

I suppose she wanted to go down the road less travelled. Kudos to her as this shot could easily have gone to a "glowing-sunshine-happy" place. How boring would that have been? And how like a thousand others?

And huge kudos to her for sharing her technique publicly. There are far too few who do...

+1

Photoshop confuses me at the best of times! 1 layer and I'm lost..