Posted by Bernie Kasper on October 27, 2008 at 7:46 PM
Spent a couple of days in the Park, Friday was a wash but got a couple shots in Tremont that came out alright on Saturday, are the reflections and or light to bright in this ?
Thanks for taking a look
Posted by Sandy Young on October 27, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Great Color. I wonder if I passed you somewhere this weekend. Just got back. Congrats - SandyLee
Posted by Bruce Painter on October 27, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Nice color in the water here. I think I would crop the top and get rid of the bright spots there. To me that part of the frame does not add anything and draw attention away from the color in the water. You might also tone down the bright reflections but they do not bother me as much and the top.
I also drove through on Friday on the way home from N.C. but with the rain I did not even drive up the road to Tremont. I can't complain though the rain is much needed.
Bruce
Posted by Lori Kincaid on October 28, 2008 at 8:18 AM
Love that reflected gold, Bernie. It does look a little bright to me, mainly due to the clipped highlights in the upper part of the frame. Can you re-process the RAW file to recover some detail? If not, I'd go with Bruce's crop suggestion.
Did you find much good color while you were there?
My inclination is exactly opposite. I would crop the blown highlights in the reflection and try to repair the clipping in the trees by reprocessing the RAW file. If that isn't possible, I would still crop from below. This would also place the bottom of the boulders about on the lower third line rather than the middle, which is aesthetically more pleasing. I realize the opposite would happen by cropping from above, but the reflected highlights are strident and distracting to me.
Posted by Bernie Kasper on October 28, 2008 at 8:44 PM
I will try reprocessing the raw file, thanks for the input folks.
Lori, the colors were very dull in Tremont, a lot of yellows very few reds, and many leaves have begun to fall without much of a change, looks to be pretty bleak even up here in Indiana.
Gorgeous shot!
If you have Adobe Lightroom 2.0, they have awonderful feature that allows you to use a Graduated Filter on your photos. This shot would be a wonderful canidate for using this awesome tool for the upper third of your photo. In the graduated filter mode you can adjust these factors - exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, clarity,sharpness and if that is not enough you can change the color of the filter at the same time. To beat it all, these adjustments will not affect or change your original file.
For those of you who do not have this tool... you are missing out on something that can take an average shot to something very special. I would even go as far to say that in the "world of photography" in three years there will be no need for photoshop in the development process of photographic files.
Posted by Emily Rich on October 31, 2008 at 9:26 AM
Discussion
8 repliesThanks for taking a look
I also drove through on Friday on the way home from N.C. but with the rain I did not even drive up the road to Tremont. I can't complain though the rain is much needed.
Bruce
Did you find much good color while you were there?
Lori
Lori, the colors were very dull in Tremont, a lot of yellows very few reds, and many leaves have begun to fall without much of a change, looks to be pretty bleak even up here in Indiana.
Gorgeous shot!
If you have Adobe Lightroom 2.0, they have awonderful feature that allows you to use a Graduated Filter on your photos. This shot would be a wonderful canidate for using this awesome tool for the upper third of your photo. In the graduated filter mode you can adjust these factors - exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, clarity,sharpness and if that is not enough you can change the color of the filter at the same time. To beat it all, these adjustments will not affect or change your original file.
For those of you who do not have this tool... you are missing out on something that can take an average shot to something very special. I would even go as far to say that in the "world of photography" in three years there will be no need for photoshop in the development process of photographic files.