Sunlight Powers All Outdoors, So Go Deeper and Explore...
As I walked up to the shoreline at Mirror Lake just outside of Anchorage, I’d been drawn to the mountains all around with the sun slowly coming up that Saturday morning. It was a few seconds, maybe a minute, before I turned to the east and noticed this with the mountain and ridgeline and its reflections on the lake waters. Wow! So while composing the image was a matter of lining the mountain and reflections, metering the image required a lot more work, especially with the sun shining away. I knew I didn’t want to blow any highlights with the sun and that area. I also wanted to minimize light artifacts across my lens. And then there was the more shadowed areas and pulling out realistic colors. I found a spot I could meter the shutter speed and then let it be. I later worked with control points and color control points in Capture NX2 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted. I then added a Foliage and Sunshine CEP filter to give that little bit extra for the final image.
Sunlight Powers All Outdoors, So Go Deeper and Explore...
As I walked up to the shoreline at Mirror Lake just outside of Anchorage, I’d been drawn to the mountains all around with the sun slowly coming up that Saturday morning. It was a few seconds, maybe a minute, before I turned to the east and noticed this with the mountain and ridgeline and its reflections on the lake waters. Wow! So while composing the image was a matter of lining the mountain and reflections, metering the image required a lot more work, especially with the sun shining away. I knew I didn’t want to blow any highlights with the sun and that area. I also wanted to minimize light artifacts across my lens. And then there was the more shadowed areas and pulling out realistic colors. I found a spot I could meter the shutter speed and then let it be. I later worked with control points and color control points in Capture NX2 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted. I then added a Foliage and Sunshine CEP filter to give that little bit extra for the final image.