An Early Autumn Morning Hike to Explore Hot Springs National Park
A walk in the woods and forest not long after starting a hike along the Canyon Trail. The view is looking to the south as I walked the trail up the side of West Mountain with tall trees all around. That was the composition I visualized with this image and also using the trail ahead, carpeted with fallen leaves, as a leading line. Metering the image was a little trickier, given the brighter areas in the upper portion of the treetops that were caught in the morning sunlight. I decided to find an area that would have a mean shutter speed and allow me to minimize blowing any highlights while later pulling out the more shadowed areas in post-production. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 3 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
An Early Autumn Morning Hike to Explore Hot Springs National Park
A walk in the woods and forest not long after starting a hike along the Canyon Trail. The view is looking to the south as I walked the trail up the side of West Mountain with tall trees all around. That was the composition I visualized with this image and also using the trail ahead, carpeted with fallen leaves, as a leading line. Metering the image was a little trickier, given the brighter areas in the upper portion of the treetops that were caught in the morning sunlight. I decided to find an area that would have a mean shutter speed and allow me to minimize blowing any highlights while later pulling out the more shadowed areas in post-production. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 3 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.