Posted by Jeremy Cram on April 25, 2009 at 3:14 PM
This was a week ago or so down in Jedadiah State area. I was heading out to drive up hwy 101 and saw clouds rolling through the trees. I pulled over and bushwacked way into the bush til I got to some pretty cool clearings of just ferns and trees. I was soaked to the bone but it was well worth it.
Its always more fun when you are dirty and wet! The light filtering down is great, and the exposure was controlled nicely. My only gripe is the perspective distortion. Its pretty noticeable here. Should be able to correct that in PS though.
How were the conditions down there? I'll be probably heading for the NorCal redwoods in the next few weeks. Trillium? Lupine or Iris on the coast? Just curious.
Posted by Jeremy Cram on April 25, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Thanks Aaron. Can you explain what you mean about the distortion and the fix. Kinda noobish here. The plane of the lens was parallel with the trees, so I'm not sure how to really fix it.
As far as the blooms, was pretty early. It was the only time my buddy could get off work, so we went. End of May for the roddys so we were real early for those. There was just a few little white flowers blooming on the cliffs. They looked like wild strawberries...?
Oh...trilliums....yep going strong. Got a few macros....nice for some black and whites.
Thanks for the report, Jeremy. I was as far south as Gold Beach this morning, and the Lupine and Iris were just starting to bloom. And yeah, those were probably wild strawberries you saw. They are all over the place on the sandy shores and cliffs.
About the distortion; it looks as though your lens was slightly tilted down. the trees on the extreme edges are leaning out and away from the frame. A slight crop from the L&R would eliminate the biggest offenders, or the lens correction filter (filter-> distort-> lens correction-> vertical perspective) in photoshop can correct the problem as well.
Hopefully that helps, and thanks again for the report.
Posted by Zack Schnepf on April 26, 2009 at 1:28 AM
I like this one a lot more than the last one, I love the ferns in the FG and you got some nice atmosphere. Great to see you on the forums again buddy old pal.
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7 repliesHow were the conditions down there? I'll be probably heading for the NorCal redwoods in the next few weeks. Trillium? Lupine or Iris on the coast? Just curious.
As far as the blooms, was pretty early. It was the only time my buddy could get off work, so we went. End of May for the roddys so we were real early for those. There was just a few little white flowers blooming on the cliffs. They looked like wild strawberries...?
Oh...trilliums....yep going strong. Got a few macros....nice for some black and whites.
About the distortion; it looks as though your lens was slightly tilted down. the trees on the extreme edges are leaning out and away from the frame. A slight crop from the L&R would eliminate the biggest offenders, or the lens correction filter (filter-> distort-> lens correction-> vertical perspective) in photoshop can correct the problem as well.
Hopefully that helps, and thanks again for the report.
In my opinion, these sorts of images are very hard to do well. You sir, have done very well. Nice image!
Kosta