‘Hint of Summer in the Meadow’ - Bedfordshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/eya7t38ma1071.jpg
Don't have anything to say about this, just enjoy the beauty, the atmosphere and the colors.
It went through some darkening.
‘Last of the Autumn Colour’ - Stockgrove Country Park, Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/cterxdkppbf61.jpg
Very artsy and exquisite.
I increased contrast a little and sharpened the image a little. But just a little.
Sunrise in Bedfordshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/aslql2ivqvw61.jpg
Yeah, I know I'm overdoing it with the puns. Sorry about that.
This is just so calming.
Only pushed the blacks and the saturation a little so it works better as a wallpaper. And cleaned some sharpness related white edges.
‘Buttercup Field at Dusk’ - Bedfordshire/Buckinghamshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/6cz3576l3t471.jpg
More Craig Sweetman, and another meadow (possibly even the same one? I told you he likes to squeeze water from rock...). This one has a different atmosphere, muted and dark. Very relaxing and pretty.
I removed some clarity-related halos around the trees, otherwise I think Mr. Sweetman's color control is great.
‘English Meadow in May’ - Bedfordshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/5q9clond4hz61.jpg
Another one by Craig Sweetman, and this one is a good example of why I like his photos. It's just a simple meadow, but the lighting and the atmosphere are so nice that they really draw you in. Light, airy, beautiful colors.
I did absolutely nothing to this. Well, except remove the signature, because I don't want distracting elements on the wallpaper. Sorry about that, but I try to make up by giving full credit in all the posts, and all the files have credit in the filename.
‘Deep in the Woods’ - Stockgrove Country Park, Bedfordshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/4iye7pmutpx61.jpg
This is one of my favorite photographers, I'll post more of his photos here in the future. Most of them are simple landscapes from Bedfordshire, England, but really tastefully done, with great painterly lighting and composition. I like to think that he's squeezing water from the rock, because he uses repeat and mundane subjects, and turns them into something amazing. I'd be really interested in what he'd do at some other locales.
Another unusual thing about him is that he - unlike most photographers, unfortunately - does great post-processing. So good in fact, that I am uncomfortable in messing with it at all - the only reason I do is that he apparently post-processes his photos for print, and I want them to look good on the screen as wallpaper. Otherwise, I wouldn't touch them.
So I just upped the contrast and blacks a little.
