Quote Originally Posted by Seb
Hi Ray,

Looks like I should spend more time on the Viewfinder board, I am glad I haven't missed your tread. My favorites pictures happens to be the very first one, the red barn in the snow and the perfectly centered tree in the snow (a clever composition, it usualy wouldn't work but it definately doe's in your case!!).

I'd be curious to hear a little about the post-processing that was involved here. Your series have unique aestethic which I find very strong and that I have rarely seen.

regards

Seb
Hi Seb,

First, thank you for the kind words. I am pleased that you enjoyed the photos.

As for post-processing, it all actually begins in the camera itself. The DRebel, like many other digital cameras, allows you to customize certain parameters for contrast, sharpness, saturation, etc. I've set these to my liking, and for these particular photos I chose to use the cloudy setting for white balance to provide a bit more of a reddish tone to the images (to bring out the natural color of the soil in Arizona). When I brought them into photoshop, I slightly adjusted to the positive the saturation of the reds and yellows, used selective color to lighten the whites, adjusted curves to the lower midtones, adjusted contrast, added unsharp mask, and finally adjusted levels for all channels to 8 on shadows), 248 on highlights, and 1.02-1.05 for the midtones slider, and then added border. It's not really that complicated and doesn't take very long, and it's how I like to "process" my pictures for a consistent asthetic. Hope that answers the question.

Ray