Posted by Steve Storm on November 1, 2006 at 3:52 PM
I had difficulties shooting vine maple in sunlight this Fall and essentially started looking for trees in shade. I thought this image was one of my better results. In hindsight, I wish I'd used a polarizer. Details: full frame (24-85 at 24mm) at f/16; 2 second exposure. Nikon Capture; curves and some color work in PS.
Anyone have suggestions other than using a polarizer?
Comments and feedback much appreciated.
Thanks for looking.
Posted by Curtis Knight on November 1, 2006 at 6:19 PM
nice reds and oranges! The grayish tree trunk really helps the VM stand out. Well-framed Steve.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on November 1, 2006 at 6:54 PM
Darn it - that's great!
Posted by Rick Lundh on November 2, 2006 at 2:52 AM
Steve, great find. The only thing I can suggest is to remove the Cyan cast, especially apparent in the tree bark.
And welcome aboard Participation can be scarce at times so dont be afraid to chime in on an image/s you have thoughts on.
Posted by Steve Storm on November 2, 2006 at 1:08 PM
Thanks all.
Rick, good eyes! My typical workflow (good or bad) is to use two Levels layers at the end of processing my Master; the second to set the BP/WP to (usually) 12/12/12 and 244/244/244, respectively and the first, if I feel the image requires, to establish "Middle Gray" within the image. On my monitor (a calibrated LaCie LCD), the tree trunk appeared to have a magenta cast on the left and a blue cast on the right. By reversing the order of the two, I could see what you mean.
On this image, I modified the WP from 252/250/177 to 245/243/171 (after all that leaf's yellow!) after taking out the overall blue cast from the tree trunk with the Middle Gray layer. This seems to have removed the Cyan cast (although possibly inducing a slight Yellow cast?); or at least resulting in a considerable warming-up of the image. Please let me know what you think.
Do you do this (detect color casts) "unaided," or, as I typically do, by adding a Saturation layer at 100%? If unaided, I've got a long, long ways to go!
BTW, your images from the Japanese Gardens are spectacular. I thought about going up Sunday morning, but other duties called. I've never shot there and can see I've got to take a look.
Thanks!
Steve
Posted by Erik Lundh on November 2, 2006 at 2:58 PM
Nice comp and colors. It does seem to tilt to the right just a little. An easy fix so not a big deal.
Hi, Steve,
This is a great comp with spectacular color. Erik and Rick are darn good editors, too, to pick up what they did. Your second post looks great. Keep posting.
Discussion
7 repliesAnyone have suggestions other than using a polarizer?
Comments and feedback much appreciated.
Thanks for looking.
And welcome aboard
Rick, good eyes! My typical workflow (good or bad) is to use two Levels layers at the end of processing my Master; the second to set the BP/WP to (usually) 12/12/12 and 244/244/244, respectively and the first, if I feel the image requires, to establish "Middle Gray" within the image. On my monitor (a calibrated LaCie LCD), the tree trunk appeared to have a magenta cast on the left and a blue cast on the right. By reversing the order of the two, I could see what you mean.
On this image, I modified the WP from 252/250/177 to 245/243/171 (after all that leaf's yellow!) after taking out the overall blue cast from the tree trunk with the Middle Gray layer. This seems to have removed the Cyan cast (although possibly inducing a slight Yellow cast?); or at least resulting in a considerable warming-up of the image. Please let me know what you think.
Do you do this (detect color casts) "unaided," or, as I typically do, by adding a Saturation layer at 100%? If unaided, I've got a long, long ways to go!
BTW, your images from the Japanese Gardens are spectacular. I thought about going up Sunday morning, but other duties called. I've never shot there and can see I've got to take a look.
Thanks!
Steve
This is a great comp with spectacular color. Erik and Rick are darn good editors, too, to pick up what they did. Your second post looks great. Keep posting.