SD Storm - Speed Edit

If you follow my Facebook page (Just search "Framed By Nature .NET"), you've already seen this. However, since deviantArt is a place for collaboration and learning, I figured it was more appropriate to share this here Here's a quick behind-the-scenes look at my typical editing process. All of these adjustments were applied in Adobe Camera RAW, after which I usually open the image in Photoshop and apply the finishing touches (though usually, the image is pretty much done and ready to be resized for web coming out of ACR). As you can see, a slight crop, some contrast/clarity gradient adjustments, a slight boost in color, and that's about it! Obviously some images take a little more work if they have a challenging dynamic range, but I would say that this is pretty representative of the process most of my storm images go through. Originally took about 5 or 6 minutes, and sped it up so you can watch it in about 45 seconds. I always love seeing how some of my favorite photographers process their work, because it always presents a great learning opportunity. If anyone has any questions or comments about my process, feel free to shoot them my way! I'm here to hear and help

I may start "recording" these edits more often... it's really fun to speed up the process and see how an image takes shape!