Psychedelic

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 15, 20171,933 views5 comments

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I have been posting some sunset scenes in the Man & Nature Gallery that include a lakeside village. When the color in those clouds faded, I packed up my camera and tripod. Before heading down the hill, I turned around for one last look and saw this. I ripped the camera from my pack, turned it on and cranked up the ISO as I headed to a vantage point for some hand-held shots. To get it all in, I had to make 4 horizontal exposure (2x2) for stitching.

The colors look strange, but they are pretty much what is in the Raw file. (in ACR: highlights down 40; shadows up 40; and saturation +10. After stitching, I added +10 saturation again, plus some contrast adjustments to make up for the darkness of the view.) That color did not last long. That night a local TV weatherman got several reports of oddly-colored clouds. His explanation was that the colors at least partly were a result of the autumn leaves acting as both filters and colored reflectors. In his words, "The Sun shined through and reflected off the autumn leaves."

This viewpoint does not include the village that is in the other views in the Man & Nature Gallery, so I cloned out a few barely-visible buildings so I could post it here in Landscape.

Canon 5D Mark III: 24-105
1/30 sec. @ f/8; ISO 1250
4 frames stitched in PSCC

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 16, 2017 at 2:22 AM

Wayne,

What a Glorious sky! I gotta say, I don't find anything odd or strange about the sky/clouds. It's pretty darn close to believable to me! Sure, saturation and colors get subjective real quick, but I wouldn't say these colors were over the top or odd, at all.

I think the illuminated fall color at the bottom of the frame - include the little bit of leaves in the LRC - create a strong base for this glorious landscape image.

The only small nit is that the sky up top is either over sharpened or a bit noisy.

"The Sun shined through and reflected off the autumn leaves."

Can't say I buy that, but don't want to spoil the fun..... angel

Love the moment you've captured.

Lon

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on November 16, 2017 at 4:26 PM

The sky really put on a show this evening. Love how the light filters through the upper leaves to give them a glowing appearance. Unlike your earlier posts, the branches have cleared the lake or mnts, so it feels less cluttered. Those 2 little branches on the left, might clone them out. Wish the clouds were more over the mnts. so that the mnts were not trailing off the image, but looks lke you made the best of it.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on November 16, 2017 at 7:01 PM

That sky is indeed psychedelic! That is something and you have a nice foreground to compliment it. I might clone out the two little branches coming in from the left and maybe the big leaf bottom left, but minor stuff. Real nice image.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on November 17, 2017 at 6:04 PM

This looks real nice, Wayne. The color is pretty saturated, but quite believable. My only nit is the red leaves in LRC. They tend to grab my eye. I like the sunlit Autumn foliage. Nicely done.
--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on November 17, 2017 at 9:48 PM

I love this Wayne. I have seen spectacular colors on Cape Breton, NS.

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