I came upon the tree I dubbed ‘Palo Duro Tree’ in a West Texas canyon, bent and alone, begging for a photograph. I obliged, using my Canon G15. Much later, I looked back at the Palo Duro Tree, and made my edits in Camera Raw on my iPad Retina Mini, treating it three ways:
Vivid Center Focus: Photographed with my Canon G15 in Camera Raw, and edited on my iPad Retina Mini in Snapseed, increasing the saturation slightly for a more vivid effect, and applying the center focus effect. Snapseed, a powerful photo editing app, supports high resolution RAW file editing.
High Drama: Photographed with my Canon G15 in Camera Raw, and edited on my iPad Retina Mini in Snapseed, applying the drama effect, which desaturates color.
Impressionable: Photographed with my Canon G15 in Camera Raw, and edited on my iPad Retina Mini in Glaze, a photo-painting app, applying the sunset effect from the basic Studio mode. Glaze allows saves in full-resolution, or in three smaller jpeg formats, and allows application of many overlaying painterly effects. ♣
Which treatment of the Palo Duro Tree speaks to you?
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I really like the saturated color in the first image. The effect of the Glaze app on the hillside is quite interesting in the third version. It is nice to see 3 different versions of one image—good job.
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Thanks for weighing in, Allan. Glaze has lots of options in the paid version, but even with the free app you can become a painter in two seconds.
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I like the sky color in the high drama photo…
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Thank you–the drama effect is great, though not exactly reflective if reality. What apps do you prefer?
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I like the 2nd one. It makes the tree and the land look like arid biblical country.
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Ah yes, the Drama filter does create some drama, and in truth, Palo Duro Canyon is pretty arid, but not exactly biblical. Though magical, to be sure. Thanks for making a choice.
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