March 10, 2012 – A year of portraits – Jonathan Ferrell

My Saturday environmental portrait is of Jonathan Ferrell, a blacksmith at The Homeplace located in Land Between The Lakes that runs through Kentucky and Tennessee. It’s a living history farm that shows life as it was in the 1800’s. Here he’s watching his fire as he heats up a piece of metal.

Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 @66mm
Exposure: Matrix Metering, 1/200, f/3.5 with an ISO of 4,000
File Type: Nikon RAW

Post Processing
Photoshop CS5 using auto levels and some burning down on the edges of the photo.

Filters Applied
Topaz Adjust, Clarity