This was taken in a creek near my house several weeks ago. I used a slow shutter speed (1/50 sec) at f/8 on
a tripod to stop the flow of water. I increased the saturation a little and cropped.
Comments and suggestions appreciated.:)
Theme - Fallen leaves
This was taken in a creek near my house several weeks ago. I used a slow shutter speed (1/50 sec) at f/8 on
a tripod to stop the flow of water. I increased the saturation a little and cropped.
Comments and suggestions appreciated.:)
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly" - The Little Prince
http://tuscawillaphotographycherylslechta.zenfolio.com/
Great effect the slow shutter got you on this one Cheryl, looks like something from the 60's. Very creative.
Congrats
Cheryl, Good eye to see this. If it were mine I might go w/ a vertical and eliminate the left third of the image and make the scene more about the two similar leaves on the right that are diagonal from each other. As presented I might tone down some of the whites, they draw my eye a bit. Very creative with a Mike Moats flair to it!:)
Cheryl, this is a really nice capture with interesting details, colors, and dimensionality. I love the fact that you can see detail under the water. Very cool!!
I hope you don't mind, but I made some tweaks to your image in CS4. First I copied the image layer and set the layer property to "multiply" at 66%. Then I selected the highlights and copied them to another layer. I applied a curves adjustment to this layer and pulled the peaks down a bit, which is a good way to tone down highlights. I then applied a bit of sharpening via USM to the top and here is the result. I hope you like it. I love this image and can see it both as posted and with Denise's crop suggestion. Very nice!!
"It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart, and head." - Henri Cartier Bresson
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Very nice composition, Cheryl. I loke the effect around the leaves. Great colors. I think Kerry's repost brings out more depth to the image. Excellent processing.
Kerry, thanks for saving this for me:) It definitely looks a lot better. I had taken the "in camera" theme very
literally and hadn't applied sharpening or anything at all so I'm glad you did - it definitely makes a difference.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly" - The Little Prince
http://tuscawillaphotographycherylslechta.zenfolio.com/
Cheryl, I couldn't resist such a nice image! I hope I didn't stretch the definition of the theme, but I don't think I did... ;) I know you would have done more with it!
"It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart, and head." - Henri Cartier Bresson
Please visit me on the web at http://kerryperkinsphotography.com
I like the image Cheryl,and also Kerry's idea about darkening it a bit.
Kerry, my report card should read "doesn't follow instructions":o I reread this week's theme and after "in camera
effects" it said "can apply any post processing you'd like", which somehow escaped me. Thanks again - it
really made a big difference in how it looked.:)
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly" - The Little Prince
http://tuscawillaphotographycherylslechta.zenfolio.com/
kerry's repost sends it over the top for me!!! love it!! well seen and well done!
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