Is It Better to Walk on Sunshine or the High Peaks Trail in California? (Pinnacles National Park)
While walking the High Peaks Trail with a view looking to the south-southwest in Pinnacles National Park. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of the hiking trail to my front as a leading line into the image. I felt the hillside and the way it's sloped with the trees also added to that look ahead. The rest of my thought with this image was lining up the slope and trees with the more distant mountains, as well as metering the image to not below any highlights with the large dynamic range as this portion was on the western side of the national park, and the sun was shining mainly on the eastern part.
I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
Is It Better to Walk on Sunshine or the High Peaks Trail in California? (Pinnacles National Park)
While walking the High Peaks Trail with a view looking to the south-southwest in Pinnacles National Park. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of the hiking trail to my front as a leading line into the image. I felt the hillside and the way it's sloped with the trees also added to that look ahead. The rest of my thought with this image was lining up the slope and trees with the more distant mountains, as well as metering the image to not below any highlights with the large dynamic range as this portion was on the western side of the national park, and the sun was shining mainly on the eastern part.
I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.