It was the primary week of November and all of the sudden I had a realization that I nonetheless was not capable of publish any fall foliage pictures from this 12 months. I went via 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 looking. 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 gorgeous reflections.
Loc: 45.429432, -73.680719
Taking pictures
The taking pictures was not difficult in any respect. There was no wind, the sunshine was defused by the clouds which resulted within the lowered dynamic vary of the scene. The one problem was to search out an attention-grabbing composition.
My purpose 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 in all probability 3 or 4 variations of the shot from completely different angles.
Once I was again house 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 )
Taking pictures Mode: Aperture Precedence (A)
ISO: 100
Aperture: F8
Shutter Velocity: 1/25s
Bracketing: 3 (-1, 0, 1)
Tripod: FEISOL Match CT-3442 – Verify my FEISOL Match CT-3442 Assessment
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 System: Level Lobos 90% (13, 17, 32)
Photoshop: coloration correction, distinction, cleansing. I additionally used the Warp Software to regulate the weather of the composition.
Photoshop Plugins:
Earlier than & After Transformation
