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.
A cold winter day in Prospect park, Brooklyn, NY
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.
Mandarin duck in the Central park
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.
Before and after
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.
Once upon a time in America
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.
The last light of the summer
Tried to catch the the last light of the summer.
Post processing in LR.
Lightroom profiles for landscape photography
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
New York at sunset and after
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.
Another foggy day
Yet another foggy day - Cony Island, NY.
