Red & Yellow Maple, Princess Point Trail
While on a walk on the Princess Point Trail in the Royal Botanical Gardens (or simply the RBG to locals) in Hamilton, Ontario’s West end, I was admiring the Fall colours when I looked up and saw a maple tree with orange leaves accented in yellow along the veins. Now, a few days later, and following a rainy as well as windy weekend, these are not only a memory. - JW
Date Taken: 2019-10-25
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D7100 fitted with an AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm 1:3.5-5.6 lense set to 98mm, ISO560 (Auto ISO), Auto WB, Aperture priority, f/7.1, 1/160 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to 9000px wide, adjust white balance by setting colour temperature to 5080K (somewhat warmer than as-shot), enable Shadows/Highlights and slightly boost highlight as well as shadow recovery, slightly boost contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, slightly increase vibrance, apply a bit of noise reduction, sharpen, edges only, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the levels tool to adjust the midpoint to brighten the mid-tones, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 2048 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.
Red & Yellow Maple, Princess Point Trail
While on a walk on the Princess Point Trail in the Royal Botanical Gardens (or simply the RBG to locals) in Hamilton, Ontario’s West end, I was admiring the Fall colours when I looked up and saw a maple tree with orange leaves accented in yellow along the veins. Now, a few days later, and following a rainy as well as windy weekend, these are not only a memory. - JW
Date Taken: 2019-10-25
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D7100 fitted with an AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm 1:3.5-5.6 lense set to 98mm, ISO560 (Auto ISO), Auto WB, Aperture priority, f/7.1, 1/160 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to 9000px wide, adjust white balance by setting colour temperature to 5080K (somewhat warmer than as-shot), enable Shadows/Highlights and slightly boost highlight as well as shadow recovery, slightly boost contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, slightly increase vibrance, apply a bit of noise reduction, sharpen, edges only, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the levels tool to adjust the midpoint to brighten the mid-tones, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 2048 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.