“Insights in Photography,” published quarterly, is available at Issuu.com

This is an excerpt from the Spring 2014 edition of “Insights in Photography”.    

Enjoy!     ~JG

Olympic National Park Stream

For many years I walked past this location in the Hoh Rainforest deep in the Olympic National Park, WA. I always thought it to be too cluttered to make an interesting image.

This time the light was perfect and I imagined this processed using the “Orton” effect. I actually ended up using the Glamor Glow filter in Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro.

The recent rain made the greens extra vibrant. Little processing was used here, other than Glamor Glow, to create the mysterious looking image.

Tech Data: Nikon D700; Nikon 17-35 F 2.8 at 35mm; ISO 200 2 sec at F16 Matrix Metering Polarizer; Gitzo 3541 Tripod