Week 52+: Trees

November 09, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.”

         The theme this week is "Trees." This shot was taken at Blue Mountain Reservation. I edited it in Lightroom to desaturate the colors and add clarity to the center of the image. I also added tilt shift and played around the RGB curve to vary the colors of the leaves. Here's a composite of the editing stages. The image to the left is straight from the camera, the center image is after desaturation and tilt shift added, the image to the right is final edit where clarity was enhanced and changes made to the RGB curve.

         Below are some options I considered but ultimately decided against. 

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Photo Specs: 

     F-stop: f/3.5
     Exposure time: 1/80
     ISO speed: 100
     Focal length: 18 mm

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