The roedeers are back in my garden. They are late this year, and earlier this winter they just visited a few times in the middle of the night. I only saw traces of them the next morning. This male is the less shy one. I have used his image to try some effect presets in Lightroom, since I just discovered that the program has this ability. There is a list of effects (Library – Quick Develop – Saved preset – Lightroom presets), and the one above is called Yesteryear 2. The next is B&W Creative Look 1.
And then there is Color Creative – Aged Photo and B&W Creative – Sepia Tone. I did not do other adjustments.
On the last I didn’t use LR presents, but did some of my own adjustments and then a slight dash of HDR-effect with the free version of the onOne software. I guess many of you are very familiar with applying effects. I find it fascinating to transform a picture with a click, but most of my photos will still probably be mainly “natural”. But it is also interesting with new tools.
Bente Haarstad Photography 
i just imagined that this reindeer stood steady all the time you applying all those effects.. lol.
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He actually did. Didn’t have a choice. Thanks Mayur.
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Das letzte Foto gefällt mir am besten, danach kommt das erste. Ist es ein Stoff-Reh? Oder ein echtes Tier?
Gruß aus Berlin Michael
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Ein echtes! It is a real deer for sure. But this one is very used to me. All of them will run away if I go outside, but he don’t mind me looking from a window..
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The second to last one looks like it might have been in a newspaper. I like the last one best with that bluish tone.
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This is just before dark, that’s the reason for the bluish tone. I might have made it warmer of course. I think I agree with you, Anneli, even if I am a hdr sceptic.
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Lovely shot. Think I prefer what you did in the last one Bente 🙂
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I might think so too. Thanks, Madhu.
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I like the second b&w and the sepia ones best but I’m not very keen on vignetting. Having said that, it seems appropriate in this case. I like to control things myself most of the time – does that make me a control freak?
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I want to be a control freak too. Aften playing around for a while. Thanks for your comment!
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Great a roerdeer in your garden.Woooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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If this was in the middle of a city it would not have been fun, a city is not good for them. But in a countryside garden it is ok, because all the plants are covered with snow. Thanks.
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Like the photos, Roedeer are a new one for me. I love the Sepia tone pic.
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What a great deer! Very natural pictures Bente 🙂
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Isn’t push button processing fun Bente? The options are endless ! Love seeing you play with the different effects.
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he is beautiful, and none of your ‘effects’ damaged him in the slightest 🙂
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so beautiful so beautiful. Thanks and Love, nia
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Although black-and-white can hardly be relegated to one-click wonders, there is a lot of experimenting you can do to fine tune the look of your monochromes. Perhaps, however, the image you chose to experiment with is not the best for the purpose: the light is very flat and the subject is quite contrasty. If you repeat the experiment using an image that has a great many mid-tones, the different effects of the various presets will be more evident and easier to judge. Just my 5 cents’ worth…
In any case, it is inspiring to see such a seasoned photographer as yourself eager to try new things. All the best, Bente!
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Yes, it’s absolutely interesting how one can change the mood of a photography by using effects. The effect that the roebuck stands on this wooden shack is the most fascninating in this scene to me. 🙂 Ha en fortsatt flott dag.
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Lightroom is definitely on my list of additions this year. You’re doing a good job of convincing me sooner rather than later! I still like the last one best. – Suzan –
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The last one, with the “cold” colours is my favourite. It smells of winter and it looks like the animal was surprised by a camera under cover because of the dark edges. Lovely! Lou
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Niesamowite ujęcie 🙂
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What a gorgeous series…. Such a lovely portrait!
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Think I like the second B/W one best. It is so wintery. You can almost feel the cold in it.
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I liked the colored one the most, the B&W 2nd 🙂
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The last pic is my fave…apart from that gorgeous reindeer….
A suggestion, bente….your Lr presets pix look a little ‘flat’. I suggest you export your effects-playing pix into the sRGB colour space, which is the one that looks the best in a web browser. Usually Yesteryear looks a lot more vibrant. Cheers! 🙂
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Love seeing the different ways you can work this picture! I think the second one might be my favorite 🙂 Just posing for you HAHA
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Vad kul med de olika redigeringarna. Härligt! En fotograf sa en gång till mig att “det är inte en tekniker i Japan som bestämmer hur mina bilder ska se ut”
Klem og alt godt til dae!
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