Hello New River Gorge National Park & Preserve!
From the Main Overlook in the Grandview section of New River Gorge National Park & Preserve with a view looking to the north-northeast. Given the recent rains that morning and the skies present, I decided to minimize those overcast skies and take advantage of the high point I was at to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward and capture more sweeping view across the river gorge to the ridgeline with Backus Mountain on the other side. There wasn't much detail to capture with the low clouds, so I focused the composition and metering on the ridgeline with trees. I knew that it would be easy in post-production to pull out any colors and details present with those trees. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 4 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
Hello New River Gorge National Park & Preserve!
From the Main Overlook in the Grandview section of New River Gorge National Park & Preserve with a view looking to the north-northeast. Given the recent rains that morning and the skies present, I decided to minimize those overcast skies and take advantage of the high point I was at to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward and capture more sweeping view across the river gorge to the ridgeline with Backus Mountain on the other side. There wasn't much detail to capture with the low clouds, so I focused the composition and metering on the ridgeline with trees. I knew that it would be easy in post-production to pull out any colors and details present with those trees. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 4 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.