Bisti Mosaic
©Joe Bridwell
Magic Hour light, Bisti Hoodoos, highlights and shadows.
What an evocative hoodoo/reflection shape to set up a pattern.
Then with subtle color change, a remarkable repeat, just a different pattern...
©Joe Bridwell
Magic Hour light, Bisti Hoodoos, highlights and shadows.
What an evocative hoodoo/reflection shape to set up a pattern.
Then with subtle color change, a remarkable repeat, just a different pattern...
Darwin Wiggett
In a summer competition, Darwin is focusing on Intimate Landscapes. At first, I thought I had just the one - Water Woman.
But then, I read the rules a little more carefully. "No sky..."
Back to the Drawing Boards
Time to go back through several years of Bisti images. Also, time to start from scratch developing those images because of new development tools in Lightroom and CS4.
I've evolved tremendously since shooting these Bisti images. My evolution is in creative application of Photoshop. The tight connection between Lightroom and CS4 has allowed me to 'pick and choose' between the appropriate tool in each piece of software.
At this point, I really prefer to do a lot of early tone mapping work in Lightroom's develop module. Early work - clipping, curves tone mapping (using the TAT tool), hue, saturation, and luminance (HSL’s TAT), landscape sharpening with masking, and camera profiles in Lightroom. Closure - varied application of Pixel Genius' Photokit Sharpener using the creative sharpening tool for advanced 3-D sharpening in CS4.
Or, even more subtle masking techniques in CS4...
Bisti Mosaic – Tone Poem?
I really love how light and shadows captured one late fall sunset interplay with challenging and ever-changing hoodoo shapes of the Bisti Badlands. With skillful Photoshop application, Bisti Mosaic has become a tone poem... one lit shape casts a shadow on another shape; then God, with a mischievous gesture, changed the shape and color, casting yet another evocative shadow!
Who says you can't fly to the Bisti on a magic carpet, take pictures as if you were off-world on Mars, yet create the perfect Intimate Landscape?
Enjoy...
But then, I read the rules a little more carefully. "No sky..."
Back to the Drawing Boards
Time to go back through several years of Bisti images. Also, time to start from scratch developing those images because of new development tools in Lightroom and CS4.
I've evolved tremendously since shooting these Bisti images. My evolution is in creative application of Photoshop. The tight connection between Lightroom and CS4 has allowed me to 'pick and choose' between the appropriate tool in each piece of software.
At this point, I really prefer to do a lot of early tone mapping work in Lightroom's develop module. Early work - clipping, curves tone mapping (using the TAT tool), hue, saturation, and luminance (HSL’s TAT), landscape sharpening with masking, and camera profiles in Lightroom. Closure - varied application of Pixel Genius' Photokit Sharpener using the creative sharpening tool for advanced 3-D sharpening in CS4.
Or, even more subtle masking techniques in CS4...
Bisti Mosaic – Tone Poem?
I really love how light and shadows captured one late fall sunset interplay with challenging and ever-changing hoodoo shapes of the Bisti Badlands. With skillful Photoshop application, Bisti Mosaic has become a tone poem... one lit shape casts a shadow on another shape; then God, with a mischievous gesture, changed the shape and color, casting yet another evocative shadow!
Who says you can't fly to the Bisti on a magic carpet, take pictures as if you were off-world on Mars, yet create the perfect Intimate Landscape?
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