Anytime I'm out shooting I scout other locations in the same vicinity. That way if the clouds don't work at one location I'll move to the other. The only concern I have with this image is it may be a bit right heavy. Just wonder what your opinion is on that. Thanks.
A bit right heavy? Not at all! The trees on the left add a perfect counterweight to the grassy foreground on the right. I'm not loving the tilt those trees exhibit from the use of the wide-angle (first thing I did was look for trees on the right to see if they tilt the other way, rather than the image being tilted), but I think that also acts to counter-balance the image. It's stunning.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on June 12, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Dean, this does not seem right heavy to me at all. My eyes linger left center in the river.
Using some lens distortion correction would help with the leaning trees which Todd notes, but would also straighten the slightly bulbous horizon of the meadow.
I like the overall color of the grass in the image and how it goes well with the deep reflected sky in the river. Being nit-picky, a few blades of grass in the foreground seem too blue/cyan.
Posted by Jack Garrett on June 12, 2012 at 11:09 AM
Other than the tilt correction, this looks to be spot on. I don't know if you use LR4 but it has lens profiling built in and I use this a lot and it seems to work just great. Overall, I love the peacefulness and color in this shot, nice work.
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8 repliesGibbon River, Yellowstone National Park
Using some lens distortion correction would help with the leaning trees which Todd notes, but would also straighten the slightly bulbous horizon of the meadow.
I like the overall color of the grass in the image and how it goes well with the deep reflected sky in the river. Being nit-picky, a few blades of grass in the foreground seem too blue/cyan.
I really like these images from Yellowstone that convey peace and open space.
The colors are to-die-for. The balance is just fine.