Fragile
by CODE

Comment by CODE:

Originally posted by posthumous: fascinated by the processing on this. it's kind of Vaseline but doesn't look like anything I've seen before. I always like seeing something I haven't seen before. Thanks.

Don,

Apologies for getting late to this (OMG, 2 years!) while I love DPC I don't check it that often due to work.

I made all my adjustments using Adobe Camera Raw (somehow I got used to it for post-processing and bridge for workflow before Lighting and since it keeps improving over the years have not bother to change).

Here is what I did:

1- Under Profile changed the color profile to Adobe Monochome
2- Under Light adjusted parameters (Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, etc.)
3- Under Effects I played with Clarity all the way to -93, this will give the "dreamy" effect.
4- I crop the right side to remove distracting elements
5- I used content-aware remove to remove other distracting elements.
6- I masked the butterfly and increase its exposure and clarity to bring attention to it.

I believe the effect is made mostly by steps 3 and 6. If you ask me now I would have done steps 3 and 6 using masks, the one I use for the butterfly and an inverse one for the background with clarity all the way down.

The funny thing is that I disliked the original photo, but after post-processing I really liked the result, it reminded me of Japanese butterfly paintings.

Thank you for your comments.

I'm trying to have more time to invest on my photography, let's see how it works in 2024!

Message edited by author 2024-01-30 16:46:51.

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fascinated by the processing on this. it's kind of Vaseline but doesn't look like anything I've seen before. I always like seeing something I haven't seen before. Thanks.

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