The Stones - After The Rain

[Rob MacKillop]

These kind of stones...

I got absolutely soaked today, but it was worth it. These stones looked so beautiful after the rain.

Fuji XS1 - some were raw files, some jpgs with Velvia simulation. Some Nik filtering, mainly border and Pro Contrast, and darkening.


rocks5 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Talk about trying to get blood out of a stone...


rocks3 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr



rocks6 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


The hale clanjamfrie (!)


rocks1 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

I can't believe the price of the Fuji XS1 is now below 300 USD or Pounds Sterling. What a bargain! Mine was a Fuji Refurb, 100% condition, for £450, if I remember correctly.

 

[Pete Askew]

These are truly gorgeous Rob. The last, especially so. Love the detail on the second though.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I like them all but mostly " the heart of stone " which reminds me of an incident where my wife found someting similar. She said that's for you from me and I exclaimed; " What, a heart of stone?!" What a daft remark, eh?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, guys. Glad you like them. I also got some very wet tree barks, which I'll edit later.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Nice work Rob...love the wet.
It's a good thing you're not made of sugar Rob...ya would a melted.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Clearly I'm not made of sugar, but I'm sweet enough

 

[Keith Hollister]

Really nice - the last two are quite special in my opinion. Love the gold and copper tones of the last one.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Keith. The last was a raw file, and I did quite a bit of tonal work on it in Adobe Raw and Nik Colour. Here's a straight-to-jpeg of the rather flat raw file. I'm always amazed at how flat a raw file can be, especially compared to the in-camera Velvia jpeg Fuji can muster. But it does mean you can do a lot with them, should you want to.

 

[Beth Carter]

beautiful series. the processing really seems to suit #1 and #3, brings out the rich browns of the rocks.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Beth.