I Got out of My Comfort Zone and Found Nature's One Very Delightful (Denali National Park & Preserve)
A view from the riverbanks of Igloo Creek and the namesake campground area looking to the southwest. What I wanted to capture with this view was the more peaceful setting of the waters coming by with the forest all around and a few mountainsides visible in the upper portion of the image. Given the haze from the sunlight as well as from recent wildfires in the area, I had to meter the image and find that right shutter speed in order to not blow any highlights yet still pull out the nearby shadowed areas. I found a spot in some of the leaves reflecting sunlight off the small trees along the creek. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLabs 3 that I’d recently purchased after moving away from Capture NX2.
I Got out of My Comfort Zone and Found Nature's One Very Delightful (Denali National Park & Preserve)
A view from the riverbanks of Igloo Creek and the namesake campground area looking to the southwest. What I wanted to capture with this view was the more peaceful setting of the waters coming by with the forest all around and a few mountainsides visible in the upper portion of the image. Given the haze from the sunlight as well as from recent wildfires in the area, I had to meter the image and find that right shutter speed in order to not blow any highlights yet still pull out the nearby shadowed areas. I found a spot in some of the leaves reflecting sunlight off the small trees along the creek. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLabs 3 that I’d recently purchased after moving away from Capture NX2.