It was the primary week of November and immediately I had a realization that I nonetheless was not in a position to publish any fall foliage pictures from this yr. 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 had 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 attractive reflections.
Loc: 45.429432, -73.680719
Shooting
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 solely problem was to search out an attention-grabbing composition.
My aim was to seize the church throughout the river with its reflection within the water. I additionally wished 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.
When I used to be again residence in entrance of the pc, the featured shot was an apparent winner.
Camera: Sony a6000
Lens: Sony 16-70
Focal Length: 16mm (Hyperfocal Distance: 1.6m )
Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority (A)
ISO: 100
Aperture: F8
Shutter Speed: 1/25s
Bracketing: 3 (-1, 0, 1)
Tripod: FEISOL Tournament CT-3442 – Check my FEISOL Tournament CT-3442 Review
Ballhead: FEISOL CB-40D
Processing
I’m taking full benefit of Rapid Editing PLUS workflow.
I used the Point Lobos preset from my Landscape Collection first and dialed it right down to 90% later.
Next, I used TOOLKIT to spice up distinction and readability.
The Lightroom Editing Formula: Point Lobos 90% (13, 17, 32)
Photoshop: colour correction, distinction, cleansing. I additionally used the Warp Tool to regulate the weather of the composition.
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