Posted by Adrian Klein on October 21, 2007 at 11:43 PM
I have been too busy to get my butt out in search of fall color until this last weekend, today in fact. Although I had a nice drive and time with my son a week earlier would have been nice for more leaves and less brown. Nonetheless I was able to scrap a few decent images from today's outing.
On a side note I have really been enjoying all the fall images posted here lately. It got me to put my other photo work and chores on hold for a day to get out!
Anyway, not sure if the sharpening and processing on this one is quite right. This was my first outing with the 40D and I forgot that I need CS3 to use ACR for it so I had to use Canon's DPP until I make some time later this week to upgrade PS. All comments are appreciated.
40D / 10-22 @ 19 / 6 sec and f/20
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Posted by Zack Schnepf on October 22, 2007 at 12:28 AM
This is beautiful, I really dig it.
Posted by Bryan Swan on October 22, 2007 at 2:03 AM
The processing looks quite good for DPP. That program has always underwhelmed me.
Compositionally, I'm not sure I like the branches of the Fir tree on the URC (understandably difficult to crop out though), but the color on the left is fantastic.
Oh, this is really super. Having the river on one side of the frame like this looks quite good and gives prominence to the river bank. Very pleasant, too, with Fall colors that are nice and mellow and not screaming red. It goes well with the very silky water.
Posted by Adrian Klein on October 22, 2007 at 9:30 AM
Bryan it's funny to hear you say that about DPP. I always agreed, until maybe now. I did a test this weekend with a landscape image and portrait from the 20D RAW file (and soon will test for the 40D). I processed each image as close as I could to each other in the different programs. When you zoom in 100%+ I was surprised to find a slightly cleaner image and better natural colors from what came through DPP. I know more than one fulltime professional that uses DPP over ACR which I always thought odd until now. The GUI for DPP is poor at best compared to ACR but if after futher tests I continue to get better images I may use DPP to process RAW files that I don't batch.
I think might have to start a thread to see what people have to say about this one. I would be curious...
Posted by John Williams on October 22, 2007 at 9:35 AM
Perfect exposure, and I too like the balance of the water and the color. I'm glad you were able to find some color, although sorry you ran into so much brown. Did you try any of the side roads? I think the Vine Maple was a bit better higher? Regardless, this one is great.
Posted by Adrian Klein on October 22, 2007 at 11:49 AM
John, I did not get too much into the backroads so that may have been part of the issue. By the time we got to St Helens I had already made a number of stops in The Gorge and along the way since I was unsure what I would find later on. I did notice the Vine Maple was still fairly decent and in fact it was more abundant, I thought, between Carson and St Helens. I did get some images of them and those I still need to process!
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6 repliesOn a side note I have really been enjoying all the fall images posted here lately. It got me to put my other photo work and chores on hold for a day to get out!
Anyway, not sure if the sharpening and processing on this one is quite right. This was my first outing with the 40D and I forgot that I need CS3 to use ACR for it so I had to use Canon's DPP until I make some time later this week to upgrade PS. All comments are appreciated.
40D / 10-22 @ 19 / 6 sec and f/20
Polarizer
Compositionally, I'm not sure I like the branches of the Fir tree on the URC (understandably difficult to crop out though), but the color on the left is fantastic.
I think might have to start a thread to see what people have to say about this one. I would be curious...