Dancing Under the Trees with the Wind as My Music (Cuyahoga Valley National Park)
A setting on a walk bridge over Spring Creek with a view looking to the west. With the little bit of sunlight coming through the mostly cloudy skies, I decided to take advantage of that to capture this image. Composing the image was a matter of finding that angle that allowed me to capture a sweeping view with this creek as it flowed on by me. In a sense I was using it as a leading line that cut through the forest. Metering though took a little more effort in order to find a good enough shutter speed so that I wouldn't blow as many highlights as I thought I might while capturing all the vivid colors around me in the more shadowed areas. I was later able to work with control points and color control points in Capture NX2 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
Dancing Under the Trees with the Wind as My Music (Cuyahoga Valley National Park)
A setting on a walk bridge over Spring Creek with a view looking to the west. With the little bit of sunlight coming through the mostly cloudy skies, I decided to take advantage of that to capture this image. Composing the image was a matter of finding that angle that allowed me to capture a sweeping view with this creek as it flowed on by me. In a sense I was using it as a leading line that cut through the forest. Metering though took a little more effort in order to find a good enough shutter speed so that I wouldn't blow as many highlights as I thought I might while capturing all the vivid colors around me in the more shadowed areas. I was later able to work with control points and color control points in Capture NX2 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.