this is the closest i have come so far to creating a nice oil painting effect, it was shot at 1/5 sec. to give the water. a sense of movement, a ND filter of two stops and a gray filter to bring down the sky 2 1/2 stops, to speed lights were used on the rocks in the foreground for fill light, he was brought in to photoshop levels and curves were used for contrast and brightness, topaz adjust 4 was used for color boost and to bring out detail in the rocks.
one note should be mentioned. i had something on one of the filters with slightly blurred it a little. unfortunately.

this is the closest i have come so far to creating a nice oil painting effect, it was shot at 1/5 sec. to give the water. a sense of movement, a ND filter of two stops and a gray filter to bring down the sky 2 1/2 stops, to speed lights were used on the rocks in the foreground for fill light, he was brought in to photoshop levels and curves were used for contrast and brightness, topaz adjust 4 was used for color boost and to bring out detail in the rocks. one note should be mentioned. i had something on one of the filters with slightly blurred it a little. unfortunately.

• Year: 2011
• Location: redondo beach, california
• Camera: nikon-d80
• Lens: 18-55 mm ,f/3.5-5.6

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