I spent an extended week in a small town called Tourrettes sur Loup in France in February 2010.
Right outside the town, I found this little waterfall, which I made a photo of, because back then I found it a bit interesting. Now, almost five years later, I find the photo a bit dull.
So I decided to fool around with some textures. I had 3 brackets to play with, so I started out by making an HDR in Nik HDR Efex Pro 2. And then I imported all 4 photos into Photoshop, cleaned the falling water up, and masked in the brights’ exposure.
I also clean up a lot of garbage lying around the base of the waterfall.
The blur was added through the plugin Topaz Lens Effects – which I don’t use that often, preferring the ones from Nik – I was aiming for an old/plastic camera effect.
Once I was happy with the photo, I started to import textures. I went through a lot before I found something I was happy with.
So do I like the photo better now? Well, I like it more now than without the textures, that’s for sure, the textures and the “old camera” effect really add something good. But I also have to admit that it’s not the best photo I made, but then again, it’s not the worst either.
What do you think?
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: NIKON D300
- Focal length: 12mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/2.5s
