©Ansel Adams - The Tetons and the Snake River - 1942Īs you can clearly see, we had similar skies to work with, but the trees have grown substantially over the past 69 years. This was the same location that Ansel Adams made his indelible image back in 1942 that has been seared into the minds of so many landscape photographers. It had been many years since I had been in the park and I wanted to check the classic view from The Snake River Overlook. Simply put, if the color, texture, or tone was captured in the RAW file, Color Efex Pro 4.0 will find it allow you to alter or enhance it any way you see fit! Not only that, Nik has made this software so user friendly, that even the most timid of computer neophytes should have no trouble processing their images with professional results.įor this story, I have chosen an image I recently made while photographing in Grand Tetons National Park. Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro 4.0is about to be released and is so incredible, it has literally transformed the way I go about processing images. Canon 1DsMKIII, 24-70mmL f/11, 2.5 second timed-exposure, 200 ISO, Singh-Ray Circular Polarizer, Singh-Ray 5 stop soft-edge GND, Lexar Digital MediaĮvery once in a while a piece of camera equipment or software comes along that makes even the staunchest of pros stand up and take notice.

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