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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#ECK #PostProcess #Reveal Original 📷: @rjrock.bsky.social I wanted to reveal the structure in the otherwise open expanse. Very much an experiment as I worked in the Affinity app instead of my usual Adobe tools.

edits in Affinity App.

Used layers to dodge/burn for lighting on the area with the structure.

Heavily used a disruption filter to create unrealistic but motivated lighting to bring eye to the structure area.

Painted over the light area in the foreground with the stamp tool to create a dark foreground.

Lens blur on the foreground.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sign the Plug Into Solar Act (SB 868). It legalizes affordable solar panels that plug directly into a home outlet, cutting energy costs dramatically, especially for renters and apartment buildings.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#ECK #PostProcess #Subtraction Original 📷: @rjrock.bsky.social This was a fun exercise. I used some of Adobe's removal tools (which are AI based) to subtract the cables and wires. It did an ok job. I spent some time hand fixing the artifacts. Next target: the big blue screen. I got creative

There were a bunch of edits, and I did this a couple of days ago, so I won't remember them all.

First thing... I removed the wires and cables

Then I created masks for the sky, the buildings on the left, the structure on the right and the track area. I made an additional mask of just the rails. Did tonal/color adjustments for all those.

I created a layer with a copy of just the traveller (dude on platform) and pushed exposure and shadows pretty hard. Then I masked it off and slowly painted back in a little of that pushed layer to bring out the left side of the dude (lighting motivated by sunset).

Then I took a copy of the whole scene to a new layer, fit it into the screen area and used blending and masks to make it look like the screens were showing what the camera sees.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Not sure how easy it is to automate comments on s-stack, but is is possible there wasn't a "person" behind the comment?

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A Closer View Shift as in perspective to see anew  Blend  as in flavors  from throughout the pantry Stack  as in layers  of various lessons and learnings    Intend  as in art  from a caring mind #poetry #poem #photography #OriginalContent #ECK #ImageAndVerse #MacroMonday

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The "Naked Cowboy" in #minimal attire. This fine specimen of humanity can be seen bringing joy and frivolity to Times Square in the great city of New York. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #OriginalContent #ECK

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This week's #PostProcess Challenge is #Painterly. Thanks to @rjrock.bsky.social for the image and inspiration. #eck #photoshop #photography #art? With sincere apologies to Leo, the word "painterly" just makes me think of....

In Photoshop...
- added Mona Lisa layer
- flopped the lake horizontally
- created a sky mask
- with stamp tool copied and flipped upside down the clouds from the lake into the sky (to correct for washed out sky)
- color toned the entire landscape to match Mona (desaturate orig and add the golden yellow tone)
- added fiber texture to luminosity across whole image to make it feel like it may have been painted on wood.

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The Ghost of Mark Twain @ghostofmarktwain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

MapQuest stood up to Trump, and now its app is reaping the rewards. The “OG of online mapping,” announced Thursday it would not change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, despite Trump’s executive order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to update the lake’s name.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Lavender Trumpet Vine. #post-process: created a mirror effect and then treated background to pixel drip effect. #stunday #eck #photography #abstract

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just finished 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. Was pretty good. Very long book. Good for escaping from *all this*

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Thanks. I think separating foreground from sky is essential. Photoshop layers still are my main control mechanism

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

water flows until it doesn't sometimes it rests in chaotic suspension on the wild puff of a fertile dandelion pod make a wish and blow #BlueSkyArtShow #water #photography #OriginalContent #ECK #ImageAndVerse #vss365 #fertile

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Shockingly, I have a straightforward edit for this week's #PostProcess #Converge challenge. Given two images... one exposed for sky and one for the landscape. My edits in alt. Original image is by Rock @rjrock.bsky.social

All edits in photoshop.

Each image on a layer, masked out the sky on the top layer. Adjust basic tone on each layer.

Touch up edge of mask with attention to allowing more light on the western facing slopes.

Spot removal tool on streaks of light in the sky. They were distracting.

Bright up whites and shadows on the building

Vignette and brush-in darkening of the field in the foreground to put attention further back (the house and sky)

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

glad you like it. It is part of a weekly photo editing challenge. Also, thanks for all you do.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The contours of the rocks/cliff seemed very reminiscent of some scary ocean temperature data I recently saw via @zacklabe.com #PostProcess #Ghost #EastCoastKin #ECK Original photo credit: @rjrock.bsky.social

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

10:30am works for me. Excited to see and capture the dahlias.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

She's been watching too much World Cup. Picking up soccer habits.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#ECK #PostProcess #DuoTone Original photo by @rjrock.bsky.social I wanted emphasis on the boat in motion. What is it doing while the city in the background seems so alive with light? The mauve color for highlights seemed to work best. Full edit description in Alt.

edit for #postprocess #duotone. original image @rjrock.bsky.social.

Edits in photoshop.
.. Created a b+w version on a separate layer.
.. Created duotone via a Gradient Map adjustment layer set to Color blending mode. Added a white stop in the middle to keep colors from blending.
.. I felt like the sky needed slightly different edits, so made a mask and applied more luminescence in the sky.
.. mirrored a bit of the sky brightness to the foreground water as a reflection.
.. stamped all that to a layer and brought it into Camera Raw for final tone adjustments... including a mask on the boat to bring it up relative to its surroundings.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Stun. Not all that distant from Extonare, latin for "Thunderstruck" Take your time, a whole day even. Make space to be Astonished Astounded Amazed in Awe. You are human, and it is #Stunday after all. #photography #PhotographersofBluesky #ECK #Berkeley #sfbay #sunset #clouds #vss365 #distant

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The Campanile, University of California. Taken at 1pm #sharp on January 1, 2023. Sits at the center of the magnificent grounds that house students and faculty who are all quite sharp #BlueSkyArtShow #Sharp #photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #ECK #Berkeley

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

though it is gonna be a while before we get puddles around here again.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thank you for the catalyst to look back at these. I never did anything with them. Might have to re-invigorate the project and come up with a collection of images around "Puddle Perspectives" and "Through Water"

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is "puddle perspective" where the camera is in the gutter during a rainstorm, water flowing around it (so looking downstream)

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is unedited shot looking down into a glass of water that was on top of an iPad which had a photo of a flower.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Not technically. Or I should say not fully submerged. I played with it in rain.. getting puddle perspective. I also experimented with putting the lens into a glass of water. Will send examples

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I am sure the TG-7 is improved, but here's a TG-6 image that would have been much better with my current iPhone 14 Pro. Note the fringe on the part of the flower in the background. And how the bush, further in the background just becomes blobs of color. So, kinda meh.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I have a TG-6. Can confirm that they are OK little cameras. Very rugged. However, at this point my phone takes much better RAW images... so I rarely carry it as that second camera anymore. You can borrow it if you want.

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𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚉𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.𝙰𝚛𝚝 @alanzucker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

#PostProcess #Temperature challenge... "make an image feel warm or cold." >> Original image from @rjrock.bsky.social << As if the photo were taken through an ice frosted window. #EastCoastKin #Photography

In Lightroom, set to B+W with basic tone adjustments, reduced clarity and texture.

In Photoshop created three layers of the image to control 1) highlights, 2) effects, 3) the base image.

Effects are Diffuse Glow, Ocean Ripple to provide approximation of icy window.

Two adjustment layers. 1) curves applied just to sky to darken mids 2) gradient map to give silvery duotone effect (at 22% opacity)

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