Tall Trees Caught in Morning Sunlight in New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
While walking the Endless Wall Trail with a view looking to the west and up with tall trees all around me. My thinking in composing this image was to go as wide as I could, capturing both the trees and forest to my front, while also including the tree tops caught in sunlight. It was metering that would be a little trickier to ensure I didn't blow any highlights while still being able to pull out the more shadowed areas and minimizing color cast. I found a point to set the exposure and shutter speed in that portion of the tree leaves caught both in sunlight and shadows. It wound up being that ‘mean’ exposure that I could later work with in DxO PhotoLab 4.
Tall Trees Caught in Morning Sunlight in New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
While walking the Endless Wall Trail with a view looking to the west and up with tall trees all around me. My thinking in composing this image was to go as wide as I could, capturing both the trees and forest to my front, while also including the tree tops caught in sunlight. It was metering that would be a little trickier to ensure I didn't blow any highlights while still being able to pull out the more shadowed areas and minimizing color cast. I found a point to set the exposure and shutter speed in that portion of the tree leaves caught both in sunlight and shadows. It wound up being that ‘mean’ exposure that I could later work with in DxO PhotoLab 4.