Densely populated

Gallery: FloraPosted July 7, 201481 views6 comments

Late evening, Lake Artemesia Natural Area, MD

Three Raw exposures for DOF, hand blended in PS CC, processed in LR5, with TK resize/sharpening for web. Canon T3i, 0.3 s, f/9, ISO 200, EF 70-200 mm @ 125 mm, CPL

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Seeking any and all advice and comments. Thanks in advance.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 7, 2014 at 7:55 PM

Ronald - Very nice repeating shapes and the kind of front to back focus that needs to be expected from stacking.

I find the photo a bit flat. Play with curves a little bit and also increase some sharpness may be ?

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 7, 2014 at 8:36 PM

Ronald:

Excellent sharpness throughout the frame. I am expecting to see some warm tone with a late evening shot but perhaps this has been excluded by the CPL.

BTW if you want to experience densely populated, come to Hong Kong

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 7, 2014 at 9:59 PM

Good advice from Ram. This is a good blend for DOF, it just needs to pop a little more.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 8, 2014 at 1:05 AM

Ron: Frame filling fantastic. Really good call on using the polarizer. Top notch shot. >=))>

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 8, 2014 at 5:08 PM

Great job with the depth of field, Ronald - the three exposures have worked really well. I like the overall sense of pattern but might just like a touch more brightness. Nice image whatever.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on July 12, 2014 at 6:00 PM

This is a cool shot, the only thing hurting it is the debris on the pads. Otherwise nice artistic vision and well executed

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