And Alien Skin’s plug-ins are so vast and furious (soon to be a movie playing at a theater near you) that there’s no end to what you can do with an image. That said, darn it, these things are fun! If you’re willing to suspend disbelief and accept them for what they are, plug-ins open up new vistas.
Homer sees the forest but never the trees, whereas Lisa approaches each tree with a deliberate step, taking time to study the branches. At the end of the day, consider whether you want to be Homer or Lisa (Simpson, if you haven’t gotten with the program). But when you’re no longer using imaging tools to realize your vision or make a bolder visual statement, you’re crossing that line and fooling yourself into thinking you’re producing more imaginative pictures, when in fact you’re falling into an abyss you may never crawl out of. And once I realized that I was allowing myself to be swept up in this mania of adding effects just for the sake of doing so, without rhyme or reason, I pulled back and placed some restraints on myself– actually, it’s an ongoing process.Īnd, granted, it’s a fine line. As with other plug-ins, I at times became so enchanted by them that I lost sight of the original image or my purpose in using the plug-in. I’ve worked with Alien Skin Software plug-ins for years. Follow this image through its various iterations brought about though the use of Alien Skin Software's plug-ins. Breezy conditions dictated a fast shutter speed (1/500) and the shade mandated a high ISO (1600). I made this f/4.5 exposure of these columbine blossoms with a Nikon D300 and Nikon 10-24mm lens (at 24mm), by available light. A wide range of add-ons to help you create sometimes startling, sometimes pretentious images.
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