With coming on strong in New England it's a great time for taking pictures.
Can anyone give me some tips for being able to capture the colors of the leaves while still keeping the sky blue? I was happy with the one below, but there were many shots that went straight to the recycle bin - either the leaves looked great but the sky was white or the sky looked great but the leaves looked black.
SladeCalhoun wrote:
to capture the colors of the leaves while still keeping the sky blue?
circular polarizer filter :thumbup:
ok brand "Hoya"
Very good brand "Heliopan" $$$
I set my camera 2/3 under exposed and it works for me.
Circular polarizer or graduated neutral density filters will help.
This not a picture of trees but of sky and its reflection. Get a lot closer to the trees if you want them to show you color and not not be overwhelmed by a bright sky.
a grad ND rotated about 30 degrees to the right would have darkened the sky in this shot, but wouldn't have done much for the tree color.
here's the shot after a quick tweak using Photoshop 'highlights/shadows' adjustment...
and here's the same image after a pass through ReDynaMix...
SQUIRL033 wrote:
a grad ND rotated about 30 degrees to the right would have darkened the sky in this shot, but wouldn't have done much for the tree color.
here's the shot after a quick tweak using Photoshop 'highlights/shadows' adjustment...
The original looks better than either of these two.
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