Nightmare Journey

A little bit of creative fun with filters at the expense of the young woman and her daughter.

Ian. who looks as if he’s in a trance, was probably just blinking as I took the photo. It had just gone dark and he was sitting illuminated by his iPad as the train rattled and rolled through the night.

11 thoughts on “Nightmare Journey”

Andy Townend on March 16, 2015 at 10:37 am said:

This is an excellent shot and great use of the filters, I too have been experimenting in a similar way recently.

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- smithiesshutter on March 17, 2015 at 5:46 pm said:
  
  Thanks Andy………I’m in filter heaven……and so are you by the looks……
  
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  - Andy Townend on March 18, 2015 at 3:30 pm said:
    
    I’m having a lot of fun, I’ve been using Analog Efex Pro 2 a lot. Also, been trying to use Photoshop CC more, especially for combining two images, I still have a lot to learn about layers, challenging and interesting. I’m also wrestling with whether to switch from my beloved Aperture 3 to Lightroom as the new Photos app on OS X offers nothing like the features that Aperture has for organisation etc…
    
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    - smithiesshutter on March 18, 2015 at 5:05 pm said:
      
      I don’t use either Aperture or Lightroom, so can’t help there. In the main I do pre-processing using Adobe Bridge and then increasingly the Nik software including Analog. I have stopped using iPhoto, though much of my early photo collection is still stored there and now store photos in Bridge, so basically my photo libraries are in chaos! I’ve always worked using layers and of course that’s how the Nik software works when used as a plugin with Photoshop.
      I find it quite difficult to be subtle with Analog and now use it very selectively, otherwise it’s difficult to rein in!
      🙂
      
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      - Andy Townend on March 18, 2015 at 7:14 pm said:
        
        I know what you mean about Analog, I have a serious addiction to it at the moment! So, do you use Photoshop as well, and are you using an older version or did you opt for the CC subscription model?
        
        Always good to talk John!
        
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        smithiesshutter on March 18, 2015 at 10:00 pm said:
        
        Yes Photoshop when working in layers and have version 5. Would consider Gimp rather than going to a subscription model.
        Am preparing for an exhibition in May and just bought 37 frames and mount board….must be mad.
        
        Andy Townend on March 18, 2015 at 10:02 pm said:
        
        Wow!! Fantastic news, not mad, well deserved!
        
        smithiesshutter on March 18, 2015 at 10:46 pm said:
        
        Thanks Andy, hope it comes together o.k.
        
        Andy Townend on March 21, 2015 at 9:59 am said:
        
        Hope you keep us posted and maybe show some images of the exhibition?
        
        smithiesshutter on March 21, 2015 at 3:39 pm said:
        
        I took some images for a friend to critique and that has raised my game somewhat…….but given me much more to do….and now I’ve gone down with this chest infection and can’t be bothered to do anything.
        
        Andy Townend on March 21, 2015 at 4:13 pm said:
        
        I really hope you feel better soon! Take care of yourself please.