I was wondering when we would see some of your Crested Butte trip here.
That's a fine comp with your stitch. And, the stitch and focus stack look good at this size. The color looks very natural as well. The only nit I have would be the light looks a little flat. Especially on the foreground ferns. If the light is the same throughout the scene, I think the highlights in the foreground should match the middle ground light on those ferns. I hope that makes sense. Anyway, see what others say. It could just be my monitor or old eyes. Love the depth you got in this scene.
Nice eye Morris. The light is a bit flat in areas of the scene. It has a little to do with the lower setting sun and the rays breaking up through the trees and finally hitting the forest floor. I tried to pull out the foreground fern lighting with a local curves adjustment, but it just didnt do the trick. There's no substitute for light.
This is a gorgeous creation, Kane! The composition is excellent and imparts an almost 3D quality to the image. I'm sure the focus stacking helped out in that regard, as well. The one small bouquet of flowers is a fine complement to the preponderance of greens. This would look great hanging from someone's wall!
As for Morris' comment...I also noted the 'flatness' before he commented upon it in just the three fern fronds in the lower left, starting at the base of the aspen and curving downward. Here's something you may consider trying--
Make a Selective Color adjustment layer, choose Greens and then move the Magenta slider right to taste. Only apply it to those particular fronds and see what you think. Perhaps another SC setting would work better?
Regardless, this is an excellent image and I hope you post it in the Landscape gallery to get more views and opinions. .
John I appreciate the feedback. You know when you work an image for a few days and it just never seems complete. I literally get tired of looking at it. This particular image I have been talking up to a customer, potentially being a great shot, but I need to complete its look. I've been working this one at 100% magnification due to me selling it at 40x60. Thus getting into the details makes me sweat. Good call on bumping up the greens in the foreground ferns. I also needed your push to the Landscape gallery. I'll make the adjustments tommorow and see what the experts think.
"Good call on bumping up the greens in the foreground ferns."
You bet, Kane. However, my recommendation actually does the opposite of bumping them up and brings the greens in those particular fronds down a bit and more in line with the rest.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on July 16, 2013 at 12:42 AM
The stitch work is impeccable and the detail looks like you used a sensor the size of an my hand, amazing!
Posted by Jeff Hackett on July 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM
Some amazing post processing here Kane. The aspens are gorgeous of course, but the fern and flowers really add to the image.
I like your approach here, Kane--it works for me. I do notice the flatness element here but given the light im not sure how to overcome that. It looks pretty darn good to me overall.
I really like the look of this focus stack Kane. I see this a lot with macro, but I don't recall seeing many landscape images stacked for focus reasons....but the again, I don't troll around in the landscape gallery near enough. I only wish I could see this really large to really appreciate it even more.
Discussion
9 replies3 image veritical stitch and focus stack.
Thoughts, critique and comments welcome.
That's a fine comp with your stitch. And, the stitch and focus stack look good at this size. The color looks very natural as well. The only nit I have would be the light looks a little flat. Especially on the foreground ferns. If the light is the same throughout the scene, I think the highlights in the foreground should match the middle ground light on those ferns. I hope that makes sense. Anyway, see what others say. It could just be my monitor or old eyes.
As for Morris' comment...I also noted the 'flatness' before he commented upon it in just the three fern fronds in the lower left, starting at the base of the aspen and curving downward. Here's something you may consider trying--
Make a Selective Color adjustment layer, choose Greens and then move the Magenta slider right to taste. Only apply it to those particular fronds and see what you think. Perhaps another SC setting would work better?
Regardless, this is an excellent image and I hope you post it in the Landscape gallery to get more views and opinions. .