Lately, I’ve been using Nik Software’s plug-ins for Photoshop and have to admit that I’m loving them. As a result, I’ve been revisiting some old images in an attempt to breathe some new life into them. One image in particular that I’ve had in mind is this shot of the Pacific Ocean that I took in April on my visit to Anacapa Island in Channel Islands National Park.
Wave Abstract, April 2010
In this shot, I wanted to accentuate the detail in the waves, as well as the water texture in both the leading and tailing edges of the waves. By processing the lower lefthand part of the image as monochrome using Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro and leaving the upper righthand part of the image in color, I was able to accentuate the difference in these areas of the water.
Incidentally, in my last post on my Channel Islands trip, I talked about how intense the wind was. For most of the night, we dealt with wind gusts of 50-65 miles per hour, with no vegetative cover. Equipment takes a beating in that kind of wind, and today I received an image from my friend, whose tent we used that night on Anacapa. These tent poles used to be straight.
The Wrath of Anacapa
