Today I received an invite to a new group on Flicker about Yellowstone. This small new site perked an interest in some past photos I have taken. I went back and found a Raw image of Gibbon Falls. To process this image I used NX2 and made five different exposures all one stop difference. I made a few changes in NX2 and saved them as jpegs. Next I imported these images into Photomatix Pro and played with it until I found some colors I liked. I then took the image into Lightroom and made a few small adjustments. I imported to CS4 to finish the photo by using Topaz Adjust to make the colors pop and Topaz DeNoise to reduce the noise. In both of these programs I over processed on purpose to bring out the color of the cliff and the blues of the water.

I like this photo because for the rich colors.
I like the silky smooth effect of the photo.
I like the details of the rocks and the silky feel of the water.

Thank you for visiting today.

~wr~