Park Bridge and Fall Colors
Oct 22, 2016 18:53:47 #
Three exposures +2/-2. Processed in Photomatix Exposure Fusion Detail Enhance Utilizing a Painterly Preset with a few slide adjustments. Yes, I pushed the colors. I know some will not be in favor of that fact.
Oct 22, 2016 18:59:36 #
Very nice. Reflections in an image can sometimes appear unduly 'busy', but these work as a way of framing the subject.
Oct 22, 2016 19:11:59 #
I love reflections in relatively still water mirroring the image. I agree that there's a lot to look at in the image, but that's nature.
Oct 22, 2016 19:49:01 #
rjaywallace wrote:
Very nice. Reflections in an image can sometimes appear unduly 'busy', but these work as a way of framing the subject.
I agree about the business of the reflections and I may experiment with controlling them in some way. Perhaps making the reflective part of the scene weaker and slightly blurred, just a thought.
Thanks for commenting.
Oct 22, 2016 19:55:14 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
I love reflections in relatively still water mirroring the image. I agree that there's a lot to look at in the image, but that's nature.
I had taken a number of regular photos of the scene and when I reviewed them on the camera screen I found that the highlights had been clipped, so I decided to do the scene in HDR to solve the problem.
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Oct 22, 2016 20:46:31 #
I think it's beautiful, Gaylord! Natural looking color and I like the position of the bridge higher up in the frame, leaving most of the scene as reflections. The way the trees lean in from both sides and frame the bridge is very, very nice.
Oct 22, 2016 20:54:23 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I think it's beautiful, Gaylord! Natural looking color and I like the position of the bridge higher up in the frame, leaving most of the scene as reflections. The way the trees lean in from both sides and frame the bridge is very, very nice.
Thank you, Linda. Your comments are highly appreciated.
Oct 23, 2016 11:28:04 #
Reflections are always unnaturally busy in HDR photos unless you deghost. Since your mid exposure is on the light side, you could try using Photomatix's "Selective Deghosting" selecting the water and using the darkest frame as the base frame.
Oct 23, 2016 13:03:04 #
kymarto wrote:
Reflections are always unnaturally busy in HDR photos unless you deghost. Since your mid exposure is on the light side, you could try using Photomatix's "Selective Deghosting" selecting the water and using the darkest frame as the base frame.
Selective deghosting as you suggested. However I don't care for the results.
Oct 23, 2016 13:09:18 #
SoHillGuy wrote:
Three exposures +2/-2. Processed in Photomatix Exposure Fusion Detail Enhance Utilizing a Painterly Preset with a few slide adjustments. Yes, I pushed the colors. I know some will not be in favor of that fact.
I like the image and what you have done with it. I am a fan of pushing the colors somewhat and what you have done is modest. I probably would have pushed it a little more as I believe there is vine maple in the background. At this time of year it is quite bright. Also I like the reflections. I am curious though as your mid range image looks light--more like the lightest one I would have which would affect the color of the finished image.
Swede
Oct 23, 2016 14:55:19 #
kymarto wrote:
Reflections are always unnaturally busy in HDR photos unless you deghost. Since your mid exposure is on the light side, you could try using Photomatix's "Selective Deghosting" selecting the water and using the darkest frame as the base frame.
Quite regular waves in the water, and yes, a bit distracting, but apparently that's how it was. In any case I would lighten up the central part of the reflection where the highlights of the sky seem somehow darker than in the other parts. For some reason it seems darker than in your original.
Oct 23, 2016 16:08:20 #
llindstrand wrote:
I like the image and what you have done with it. I am a fan of pushing the colors somewhat and what you have done is modest. I probably would have pushed it a little more as I believe there is vine maple in the background. At this time of year it is quite bright. Also I like the reflections. I am curious though as your mid range image looks light--more like the lightest one I would have which would affect the color of the finished image.
Swede
Swede
I did a check to see if I had posted the lighter one by mistake but I had not. The one posted was the Middle of the three. I agree it does look like it could be the lighter of three. Perhaps I should have chosen one stop steps instead of two.
Thanks for commenting.
Oct 23, 2016 16:42:00 #
SoHillGuy wrote:
I did a check to see if I had posted the lighter one by mistake but I had not. The one posted was the Middle of the three. I agree it does look like it could be the lighter of three. Perhaps I should have chosen one stop steps instead of two.
Thanks for commenting.
Thanks for commenting.
I think it would be better to move the whole scale to a tad darker--the two steps should still be there.
Swede
Oct 23, 2016 17:26:17 #
llindstrand wrote:
I think it would be better to move the whole scale to a tad darker--the two steps should still be there.
Swede
Swede
This is the darkest of the three, and you believe the whole scale should be darker.
Oct 25, 2016 07:02:49 #
Good HDR. It eliminated the highlights especially on the edges and produce a good mirror like reflections. Nice...
SoHillGuy wrote:
Three exposures +2/-2. Processed in Photomatix Exposure Fusion Detail Enhance Utilizing a Painterly Preset with a few slide adjustments. Yes, I pushed the colors. I know some will not be in favor of that fact.
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