Nik Software Collection: Just learning the basics

Fort Morgan, Alabama

Here's an image from 2011 I took using my Pentax K100D Super DSLR. I have always liked this photo for the texture and depth displayed throughout the image. 

I recently started learning the Nik Collection of plugins for my Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop Elements software. This is the first image I have posted using Aperture, followed by Nik's Dfine 2 and Viveza 2.

Lazy Saturday Afternoon

Here's are two more pictures from a lazy Saturday afternoon.

Taken on Pentax DSLR with tripod and remote shutter, transferred to iPad with camera connection kit, edited with iPhoto. #iphoto #hummingbird #pentax #ipad

Learn to transfer photos, videos to iPad with Camera Connection Kit and SD card. Watch YouTube Video  or Snapguide Tutoria

Lazy Saturday afternoon. Just hanging out, eating and swinging

Taken on Pentax with tripod and remote shutter, transferred to iPad with Camera Connection Kit and edited with iPhoto.



Learn to transfer photos, videos to iPad with Camera Connection Kit and SD card. Watch YouTube Video  or Snapguide Tutorial

Using TouchRetouch HD to remove unwanted elements in an iPad photograph

One of my favorite iPad apps is TouchRetouch HD. This app provides the ability to remove unwanted from a photograph. I'm really amazed by TouchRetouch HD's simplicity and effectiveness.

The photo was taken with my Pentax K100D Super DSLR and imported to my iPad via the Camera Connection Kit.

This video demonstrates the basic steps to remove unwanted elements in a photo on the iPad while using the TouchRetouch HD app.

View TouchRetouch HD website.

The video was created with Mac OS apps ScreenFlow 4 and Reflector, and a Blue Yeti microphone.

Slick Rock Falls

Slick Rock Falls is one of the waterfalls we visited during a 2010 trip to North Carolina. Of all the waterfalls visited, this is probably my favorite picture because of the silky texture to the small amount of water cascading in a densely wooded area.

The original was taken with my Pentax K100 D Super before being transferred to my iPad 3 for processing.

The histogram was adjusted in Laminar.

iPhoto was used to adjust contrast, lightening and saturation, along with spot darkening and lightening. An artistic cool gradient and artistic vignette gradient were also applied in iPhoto.