Park Trip
Oct 30, 2018 11:15:54 #
Saturday trip to Oak Mountain Park.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Mountain_State_Park
The areas which the images depict is the Double Oak Mountain ridge and Pea Vine Falls. Double Oak Mountain is a sandstone ridge with a gorge between the north and south ridges in which the falls is located.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Mountain_State_Park
The areas which the images depict is the Double Oak Mountain ridge and Pea Vine Falls. Double Oak Mountain is a sandstone ridge with a gorge between the north and south ridges in which the falls is located.
As always download for best viewing.
Crest of the north ridge looking north
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Heavily weathered sandstone on north face of the ridge
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Forrest light and shadows
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The falls, must be the dry season
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Down stream of the falls
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Sandstone on the gorge wall
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Oct 30, 2018 11:35:01 #
Oct 30, 2018 12:13:40 #
UTMike wrote:
Very nice tour!
Thanks Mike. Its not Utah, but we do have interesting geology here in the Southeast in a different way.
Oct 30, 2018 12:23:13 #
Great shots, simple yet dramatic. I am getting a blue saturation in many, on my MacBook Pro running Mojave.
Oct 30, 2018 12:47:11 #
artBob wrote:
Great shots, simple yet dramatic. I am getting a blue saturation in many, on my MacBook Pro running Mojave.
According to Photoshop, that I processed with nothing should be saturated. Most of these were set to between 3800 and 4000 degrees C.
Oct 30, 2018 13:36:37 #
DaveC1 wrote:
According to Photoshop, that I processed with nothing should be saturated. Most of these were set to between 3800 and 4000 degrees C.
I used Camera Raw in Photoshop, auto White Balance. I don't know what's up, but thought you would like to see.
Oct 30, 2018 15:24:41 #
artBob wrote:
I used Camera Raw in Photoshop, auto White Balance. I don't know what's up, but thought you would like to see.
It was a cloudy day in the shade so I have to think the original looks more like what I saw at the time of the photograph Bob.
Oct 31, 2018 02:05:47 #
Nice shots but I have to go with Bob here. There is a strange blue tint to them and the white balance adjustment Bob posted is an improvement and looks more realistic. The sky color on the first shot looks a long way from natural.
Oct 31, 2018 10:06:37 #
canadaboy wrote:
Nice shots but I have to go with Bob here. There is a strange blue tint to them and the white balance adjustment Bob posted is an improvement and looks more realistic. The sky color on the first shot looks a long way from natural.
This brings up an interesting question. We all remember the old expression in photography that "its all about the light" and the associated "golden hour" and "blue hour" terms. So if we shoot an image during periods of light being something other than mid day sun (5500K) should we correct white level to that 5500K? How about artificial light sources?
I have always been of the opinion that when dealing with a natural light source leaving the image as close to the color temperature of the light when photographed was preferable, assuming that's part of what attracted your eye to the scene to begin with.
Just as a disclaimer, images #3 and #6 have been processed so that the color temp. of the light when photographed have no bearing on the present image, a.k.a. there's a lot of PP going on there to render the image different than the original.
Nov 1, 2018 09:26:16 #
Have to go with the ‘blue brigade’ here Dave, it doesn’t look natural to me - but if that’s how you saw it and prefer it, that’s fine, that’s how things should be.
Nov 1, 2018 09:36:02 #
magnetoman wrote:
Have to go with the ‘blue brigade’ here Dave, it doesn’t look natural to me - but if that’s how you saw it and prefer it, that’s fine, that’s how things should be.
I do magnetoman. The auto WB conversion that ArtBob posted to me looks like about 5000 K reflected sun and that's just not what was happening in the photo(s). It was mid late afternoon and cloudy with, in the case of that image, a tree canopy above and the I was shooting south into a steep grade (meaning the light was coming from the north.)
Nov 1, 2018 14:29:45 #
The WB and tint have been thoroughly discussed, so I'll just talk about content and composition. UTMike said, thanks for the tour, and you replied, "It's not Utah." And you demonstrated the point very well 
As presented, I see lush greenery (lots of rain) with areas of thick undergrowth - not a manicured park. This is a very nice sense of place posting IMO, with an overview of the surroundings, and close-ups indicating there are both streams and rocky areas to discover and enjoy. It looks serene and inviting.
For a stand-alone shot, I like #5 very much. Though the fallen log could be considered a barrier to our viewing further into the frame, I think it adds to the wild feel. The angle and bulk of the log is a nice visual contrast to the rest.
One curiosity with that pic, though: when I download and enlarge, I see what appears to be a flat oval of stretched log and a pool of swirling water that is sharply defined at the edges. Was something covered up there in pp?
As presented, I see lush greenery (lots of rain) with areas of thick undergrowth - not a manicured park. This is a very nice sense of place posting IMO, with an overview of the surroundings, and close-ups indicating there are both streams and rocky areas to discover and enjoy. It looks serene and inviting.
For a stand-alone shot, I like #5 very much. Though the fallen log could be considered a barrier to our viewing further into the frame, I think it adds to the wild feel. The angle and bulk of the log is a nice visual contrast to the rest.
One curiosity with that pic, though: when I download and enlarge, I see what appears to be a flat oval of stretched log and a pool of swirling water that is sharply defined at the edges. Was something covered up there in pp?
Nov 1, 2018 14:41:08 #
Could you possibly be confusing the light bulb WB symbol (tungsten or whatever) for the sun WB symbol by any chance?
It looks to me like WB and Tint are both off on some of them, WB towards blue and Tint towards green. A camera wouldn't get it that wrong on Auto WB.
It looks to me like WB and Tint are both off on some of them, WB towards blue and Tint towards green. A camera wouldn't get it that wrong on Auto WB.
Nov 1, 2018 14:58:35 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
The WB and tint have been thoroughly discussed, so... (show quote)
Linda, thank you for your comments, and, you have sharp eyes. I was wondering if anyone would catch/question that. It is a optic lens effect compressed on the vertical axis to give the impression of disturbed water in this second pool. My idea was to contrast that with the very still water in the first pool.
Nov 1, 2018 15:12:53 #
DaveC1 wrote:
I think it could work out great with just a little better blending and blur of the edges. A very neat idea.Linda, thank you for your comments, and, you have sharp eyes. I was wondering if anyone would catch/question that. It is a optic lens effect compressed on the vertical axis to give the impression of disturbed water in this second pool. My idea was to contrast that with the very still water in the first pool.
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