Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: something from the woods

  1. #1
    BPN Viewer Cheryl Flory's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    S.E. Michigan
    Posts
    1,480
    Threads
    218
    Thank You Posts

    Default something from the woods

    Attached Images Attached Images
     
    Canon 40D
    Tamron 17-50mm at 33 mm
    full frame
    1/1000"
    f2.8
    ISO 400
    EC +1.0

    I was in the woods late one afternoon photoing trilliums when I turned around and saw this.



  2. #2
    BPN Viewer Cheryl Flory's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    S.E. Michigan
    Posts
    1,480
    Threads
    218
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    oops, forgot to include the rest of the info:
    I did very little adjusting to this image. Since I had the camera set on the cloudy WB when shooting in the woods, I tried "cooling" the temperture to make it look more like an early morning image. Then I increased the exposure +.40, clarity +5 and saturation +11. All in RAW. In Photoshop, I lightened the bottom background which was too blue for what I wanted. That's all I did; didn't even do any sharpening. Oh, I did add just a tiny bit of canvas to the top so the top leaf wouldn't be so close to the edge. (Just read in Mike Moats' book last night that it is important to keep your subject from the edge, even though I kind of like the lower left leaf going off the edge.)

    Well, what do you think???????? C&C most appreciated....

  3. #3
    Mike Moats
    Guest

    Default

    Hey Cheryl, this has a very cool look. It reminds me of a frosted glass with leaves. I know you like the lower leaf but in my opinion the the lower leaf has to go. It has a nice balance with the two lower leaves on each side and the little leaf leaving the frame at the lower left thows it off balance, but I'm sure we will get some more opinions.

  4. #4
    BPN Viewer Cheryl Flory's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    S.E. Michigan
    Posts
    1,480
    Threads
    218
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Attached Images Attached Images
     
    Here it is without the bottom leaf. I thought it looked to narrow, too constrained, too much like a vase without the leaf....

  5. #5
    Julie Kenward
    Guest

    Default

    Good eye, Cheryl! It does have a frosted glass look to it. Only thing I see that might improve what you have here is to lighten the darker area running down the right side of the frame. Cloning over it with the nearby area should do it. Lovely and interesting image!

  6. #6
    Forum Participant
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Northern Minnesota
    Posts
    1,607
    Threads
    126
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Wonderful monochromatic. Great mood. Almost reminds me of a muliple exposure. Nice repost.

  7. #7
    Mike Moats
    Guest

    Default

    Hey Chery, I like the repost better, more balanced at the bottom.:)

  8. #8
    BPN Viewer Cheryl Flory's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    S.E. Michigan
    Posts
    1,480
    Threads
    218
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Thanks, Mike, Julie and Steve. I really appreciate it.

  9. #9
    Forum Participant
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    West Nottingham, PA, USA
    Posts
    7,038
    Threads
    427
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Lovely! I like the ethereal quality of this image. I agree about lightening the right side. Very nice work! I prefer it without the bottom leaf, but, if you prefer it with the leaf, go with what you like.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Web Analytics