Posted by andy murray on December 9, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Hello,
I've been meaning to get up a shot so apologies that my first contribution isn't strictly Pacific Northwest! I was up in Canada a month ago for work and managed an extra day in Banff National Park, Alberta. This was taken at dawn. Not as great a morning as seen in Marc Adamus' stunning Banff shot "The Beginning" but a great morning nonetheless! Still working on my Photoshop skills - here I've boosted saturation a little, sharpened and even though I used an ND grad, I layered in a photoshop ND Grad filter to balance out the sky. Comments and critique very welcome!
Andy
PS D80, tripod, ND Graduated Filter. 2sec at f20
Posted by Nancy Lamb on December 10, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Andy - Hi.
I've not seen Adamus work, but this makes me feel like I'm sitting in my kayak paddling downstream. It's a beautiful image, imho.
The only thing I'm thinking of picking on is the lower right corner could use a big log or rock. I think it's awesome and I know I'd love to have taken this shot.
Nancy
Posted by andy murray on December 10, 2008 at 12:57 PM
thanks for the comment Nancy. I think it would have been nice to have a beaver or a duck in the foreground! There was a pool with beavers in just 100 yards from there but alas none in the stream!
Posted by Kosta Koeman on December 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Andy,
I think a vertical comp by cropping out the left side strengthens the image. I do like the mood of it - the beauty of nature really is something, isn't it?
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3 repliesI've been meaning to get up a shot so apologies that my first contribution isn't strictly Pacific Northwest! I was up in Canada a month ago for work and managed an extra day in Banff National Park, Alberta. This was taken at dawn. Not as great a morning as seen in Marc Adamus' stunning Banff shot "The Beginning" but a great morning nonetheless! Still working on my Photoshop skills - here I've boosted saturation a little, sharpened and even though I used an ND grad, I layered in a photoshop ND Grad filter to balance out the sky. Comments and critique very welcome!
Andy
PS D80, tripod, ND Graduated Filter. 2sec at f20
I've not seen Adamus work, but this makes me feel like I'm sitting in my kayak paddling downstream. It's a beautiful image, imho.
The only thing I'm thinking of picking on is the lower right corner could use a big log or rock. I think it's awesome and I know I'd love to have taken this shot.
Nancy
I think a vertical comp by cropping out the left side strengthens the image. I do like the mood of it - the beauty of nature really is something, isn't it?