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Ed Knepley | all galleries >> Photo a Day (PAD) since 5/04 >> dec_07_pad > 12/6/07 - Winter Walk 2
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22-JAN-2005

12/6/07 - Winter Walk 2

A favorite winter shooting spot about 1/4 mile from the location of yesterday's PAD.
Converted from color to monochrome since there wasn't much color to begin with.
Using the B&W conversion routines (3 of them) in Nik's Color Efex Pro was interesting. The one that I settled on was the only one that managed to bring out my foot prints in the snow - for good or bad, but I was interested in seeing how much detail could be pulled out of the image. As it came from the camera contrast-wise you would have been hard pressed to know the foot prints were there. Here is the Before version - http://www.pbase.com/image/90014902
The large amount of snowy foreground was included to allow space for text so that this could be used for a greeting card.

Nikon D70
1/15s f/11.0 at 46.0mm full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Ed Knepley07-Dec-2007 16:55
Short version of a longer off line reply to BJ - the plug-in for Capture NX.
Julie Hatvany07-Dec-2007 03:39
Excellent job with the processing, it will make a lovely card
Bryan Ramsay07-Dec-2007 01:58
Ed are you using Nik Efex in PS or Capture NX? This is a very nicely converted shot! -BJ V
Chris Sofopoulos06-Dec-2007 22:08
Poetic image!
Many bravo to you. v
Guest 06-Dec-2007 21:09
Very nice scene. Good work!