I had run out of photo projects so I decided to do some work with the Nik Collection HDR Efex Pro 2. I reprocessed some old images from my Lightroom catalog and thought I rather liked what I saw. I know we frequently make negative comments about photos that are "overcooked". But what if overcooking is you goal. It's not for everyone to be sure but I thought it was fun to create images that look like they want to jump right off the wall. I doubt there is serious artistic merit in this work but your comments would be appreciated. Go easy on me, I'm only having fun.

#1 This is a street scene from Cartagena, Columbia. The original photo was pretty intense but the HDR sent it over the top.

#2 I called this one "Hollywood Alps". One or two days each year the skies of Los Angeles are super clear. This was one of those days. Canon 5D Mark II (since retired) with a 70-300 mm 20 year old lens.

#3 Hong Kong 2018 I think this is where a lot of the current protests are taking place. Camera was a Panasonic GX8 with a 12-60 mm lens.

#4 Windstar ship in the Adriatic 2017. This was a twilight shot approaching our cruise ship at Dubrovnik. I'm not posting the original but this is a significant improvement.

You are going to have to hit the download to get the intensity. Photos are out of order from the text.

I had run out of photo projects so I decided to do some work with the Nik Collection HDR Efex Pro 2. I reprocessed some old images from my Lightroom catalog and thought I rather liked what I saw. I know we frequently make negative comments about photos that are "overcooked". But what if overcooking is you goal. It's not for everyone to be sure but I thought it was fun to create images that look like they want to jump right off the wall. I doubt there is serious artistic merit in this work but your comments would be appreciated. Go easy on me, I'm only having fun.

#1 This is a street scene from Cartagena, Columbia. The original photo was pretty intense but the HDR sent it over the top.

#2 I called this one "Hollywood Alps". One or two days each year the skies of Los Angeles are super clear. This was one of those days. Canon 5D Mark II (since retired) with a 70-300 mm 20 year old lens.

#3 Hong Kong 2018 I think this is where a lot of the current protests are taking place. Camera was a Panasonic GX8 with a 12-60 mm lens.

#4 Windstar ship in the Adriatic 2017. This was a twilight shot approaching our cruise ship at Dubrovnik. I'm not posting the original but this is a significant improvement.

You are going to have to hit the download to get the intensity. Photos are out of order from the text.

I had run out of photo projects so I decided to do some work with the Nik Collection HDR Efex Pro 2. I reprocessed some old images from my Lightroom catalog and thought I rather liked what I saw. I know we frequently make negative comments about photos that are "overcooked". But what if overcooking is you goal. It's not for everyone to be sure but I thought it was fun to create images that look like they want to jump right off the wall. I doubt there is serious artistic merit in this work but your comments would be appreciated. Go easy on me, I'm only having fun.

#1 This is a street scene from Cartagena, Columbia. The original photo was pretty intense but the HDR sent it over the top.

#2 I called this one "Hollywood Alps". One or two days each year the skies of Los Angeles are super clear. This was one of those days. Canon 5D Mark II (since retired) with a 70-300 mm 20 year old lens.

#3 Hong Kong 2018 I think this is where a lot of the current protests are taking place. Camera was a Panasonic GX8 with a 12-60 mm lens.

#4 Windstar ship in the Adriatic 2017. This was a twilight shot approaching our cruise ship at Dubrovnik. I'm not posting the original but this is a significant improvement.

You are going to have to hit the download to get the intensity. Photos are out of order from the text.

I like all of them. A nice change from the ordinary, and the Windstar is fabulous!