It was the primary week of November and all of a sudden I had a realization that I nonetheless was not in a position to publish any fall foliage pictures from this yr. I went by means of the pictures I took this fall however I didn’t like something.
I knew I needed to act, the colours of the autumn have been about to vanish.
I packed my gear and went for searching. I used to be rewarded with the calm day with none wind and clear reflections within the water of the river. I made a decision to take full benefit of it concentrating all my efforts on capturing the attractive reflections.
Loc: 45.429432, -73.680719
Capturing
The capturing was not sophisticated in any respect. There was no wind, the sunshine was defused by the clouds which resulted within the diminished dynamic vary of the scene. The one problem was to seek out an fascinating composition.
My aim was to seize the church throughout the river with its reflection within the water. I additionally needed to make use of the tree and the foliage within the foreground because the pure body for the composition. I walked round with the tripod and took most likely 3 or 4 variations of the shot from totally different angles.
Once I was again dwelling in entrance of the pc, the featured shot was an apparent winner.
Digicam: Sony a6000
Lens: Sony 16-70
Focal Size: 16mm (Hyperfocal Distance: 1.6m )
Capturing Mode: Aperture Precedence (A)
ISO: 100
Aperture: F8
Shutter Pace: 1/25s
Bracketing: 3 (-1, 0, 1)
Tripod: FEISOL Event CT-3442 – Examine my FEISOL Event CT-3442 Evaluation
Ballhead: FEISOL CB-40D
Processing
I’m taking full benefit of Fast Modifying PLUS workflow.
I used the Level Lobos preset from my Panorama Assortment first and dialed it right down to 90% later.
Subsequent, I used TOOLKIT to spice up distinction and readability.
The Lightroom Modifying Method: Level Lobos 90% (13, 17, 32)
Photoshop: coloration correction, distinction, cleansing. I additionally used the Warp Instrument to regulate the weather of the composition.
Photoshop Plugins:
Earlier than & After Transformation
