Famous IAC Building designed by Frank Gehry, Manhattan, New York.
The Ansonia Building, New York.
The Ansonia is a building on the Upper West Side of New York City, located at 2109 Broadway, between West 73rd and West 74th Streets
Gaudy Building Barcelona, Spain
The fall is coming in NY so please enjoy a few photos of the autumn colors.
I decided to return to one of my favorite place in Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn botanic garden. In the middle of the garden there is a beautiful Japanese garden and pond. It has some hidden jewel - a waterfall.
I already did a photo of this place a few years ago https://www.photoaleks.com/blog/2016/6/29/brooklyn-botanical-garden with my Nikon D3200 camera but since I have my new Sony A 7 II I decided to take the photo again Enjoy.
Just a warm summer evening in the Battery park, Manhattan, NY.
These photos were post processed by using Lumenzia V7 https://gregbenzphotography.com/luminosity-masking/luminosity-masking-is-easier-than-ever-with-lumenzia-v7
It helps to use Luminosity masks in Photoshop.
Just another cold winter day at the beach. I wanted to take a few photos of these piles hiding in the water but I was at the wrong time. The tide was at the lowest so all piles were dry:)
Well, let’s try something else.
This is a panorama made from 6 frames stitched in LR. I was walking on unexpectedly warm day, about 60 F, near this lake in the Prospect park in Brooklyn, NY. I just purchased my new camera Sony A7 II with 28-70 mil lens and wanted to test it.
So, I took six frames and stitched them in LR. My idea behind this photo was to show a beautiful winter day (not the one I took this photo), but a real winter day with temperature well below 32F. The little unfrozen area is where air pumps into the lake, so it wasn't covered with ice. I think it adds some contrast to the picture. The sun is real so does shadows on the ice. It was about 2 PM.
I used some Serge Ramelli tonal presets to create this winter atmosphere, used gradient local adjustments to make sky more dramatic, also used curves to add shadows to the ice.
I also added a little fog to the picture by using negative dehaze and negative clarity. It always some haze or a fog in the air if the mercury drops well below 32 F due to ice crystals. Know it from my own experience when I used to live in Ukraine where -32 C (-26 F) winters are common thing.
I just purchased my new Sony a7 ii camera and was waiting for a good place to test it.
So I decided to go to the Central park to catch something interesting. I was right, more than that - who knew that in the middle of New York we can found a duck from the Asia - a Mandarin duck.
Nobody knows how she end up in the lake, where she came from. She is tagged but it’s not a zoo tag.
In this post I want to show how Serge Ramelli presets and profiles can completely change the whole image with just one click.
As you might know in LR v.7 Adobe has introduced Profiles. It’s a very cool feature that allows completely change the whole image with just one click. Of course it’s doesn’t mean that you have to completely rely on it - it’s just a starting point. But it’s rather changes a mood of the image that can be emphasize by using LR post processing.
So here it is
Brooklyn Bridge
Before
After
Used Natural Every Day presets - Sunset Linear Circle Light
Central Park Waterfall
Before
After - used Natural Every Day presets, Snow Linear Circle Light
Central park lake panorama
Before
After - used Natural Every Day presets - Sunset Linear Circle Light
Now let’s try to remember one of the best movie Once Upon a Time in America.
Do you remember this iconic place?
Before
Next. let’s convert it into B/W. I used Nik Collection for it.
And finally - I applied Shades: White & Tan Dark preset to add movie look.
Finally I took this shot. Do you remember this scene from the movie?
It was pretty hard because of hundreds of people around and to make it even harder - you need to be in the middle of the street which means in the middle of the road. So you need to catch the moment where there is no car and there is no people around.
Post processing was in LR with Serge Ramelli Signature presets and Nik Collection Silver Efex Pro filters.
Tried to catch the the last light of the summer.
Post processing in LR.
I want to show some landscape photos taken in New York Prospect park and Central parks with using Lightroom profiles.
As you might know in LR v.7 Adobe has introduced Profiles. It’s a very cool feature that allows completely change the whole image with just one click. Of course it’s doesn’t mean that you have to completely rely on it - it’s just a starting point. But it’s rather changes a mood of the image that can be emphasize by using LR post processing.
In these images I used Serge Ramelli LUT
So here it is
On 11/4/2018 I met with one of the famous landscape photographer Serge Ramelli on a photowalk in Dumbo area in Brooklyn, NY.
I’m happy to show some new photos taken at this photowalk.
Tried to play with Luminar and Aurora HDR 2018.
This photo was processed with Lightroom and Luminar 2018. I decided to see how it will look in B&W so I converted a regular photo taken at night in May, 2016
and converted it into B&W. After it I exported TIFF file to Luminar 2018.
Here is a final result
Then I decided to create HDR from 3 B&W photos in Aurora 2018. So at this time I converted 3 photos with different exposure into B&W and exported them into Aurora HDR 2018.
Here is a final result.
Manhattan at night as it seen from the Top of the rock, Rockefeller center, NY
Tried to play with selective colors in Lightroom.
Yet another sunset over the Verrazano bridge. Post processing in Lightroom Classic.
The autumn foliage in the Central Park, NY.
Tried to play with the Luminar 2018
Somewhere in West Village, Manhattan
Yet another foggy day - Cony Island, NY.
