Scott Keegan Photography

I thought Tintern Abbey was fantastic, although difficult to photograph as there isn’t a lot of space around the site with unobstructed views, unless you’re prepared to hike into the hills, and that’s just not me.

This image was first processed in Photomatix and then had some basic adjustments applied in Lightroom.  I then ran it through Topaz DeNoise to reduce the usual HDR processing artefacts before giving it some ‘pop’ in Topaz Adjust.  Finally I gave it a bit more clarity and sharpening in LR3.

This was taken at the Canal Boat Festival in Little Venice, London during the recent May bank holiday.  It’s a 3 exposure +/- 2 stops HDR which I processed in Photomatix, then tweaked in Lightroom 3 beta 2 and CS5 to test out some of the new functionality.  I don’t normally push my HDR shots this much but the sky was so forbidding (the heavens opened not long after this) that I couldn’t resist it.

This area is often referred to as the “Grand Canyon” of Jordan.  The drive down from the mountains and then through this area was spectacular!  I decided to go for a HDR shot as the colour of the rocks was fantastic and I just didn’t think the non-HDR version of the shot did them justice.

This was first processed in Photomatix and then tweaked in Lightroom using the adjustment brush.  There are several brush adjustments made; to the sky to improve the colour and contrast, to the foreground to reduce the exposure, and a few saturation tweaks on the rocks.