copyright © 2010, Richard Lovison

I felt like trying something different by toying with a couple of the Nik filters. The final result was a mixture of Glamor Glow and Duplex.

Nature's Balloon; copyright © reserved 2010, Richard Lovison

I haven’t a clue as to what this is… it was found on the ground during a hike. It is rather fragile as it is dried. The balloon is about twice the size of an acorn and hollow. The overall length from the tip of the stem to the end of the balloon is about 2 inches and the height is around 3/4 on an inch. Any help in its identification would be appreciated.

The photograph is a CombineZP merge of five images taken at 1/2.5 of a second, f5.6, with each successive image having a focus point a bit deeper into the subject. The subject was placed inside a light box with sunlight providing the illumination from the right hand side. The Nik “sunlight” effect was used to warm the light a bit and add the tonal qualities to the foreground and background.