The fall is coming in NY so please enjoy a few photos of the autumn colors.
Japanese garden
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.
A cold winter at the Coney Island beach
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.
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.
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.
The last light of the summer
Tried to catch the the last light of the summer.
Post processing in LR.
