Billy Sinclair  


Virginia Splendor by Billy Sinclair

April 2021 - Virginia Splendor

About the Image(s)

Canon 5D Mark 4 with 24-105 lens at 50mm with polarizing filter. Aperture priority at f/11, ISO 250, and 1/40 sec handheld.

Springtime is the best time of year in Virginia. When the leaves first open on the trees and shrubs, they have unusually bright colors which last for only a few days, then they settle down to darker shades. I wanted to capture the wonder of these first few days.
I made the following edits in Lightroom Classic:
decreased highlights and brightened the shadows
slight increase in texture and clarity
slight reduction in brightness of the green color (the polarizing filter made it look artificial)
I welcome comments and upgrades.


This round’s discussion is now closed!
4 comments posted




Joan Field   Joan Field
(Groups 3 & 18)
Full Spring In Virginia. How lovely that is. Nice composition. I like the big trunk, just off-center and especially the dogwood. The dogwood makes the image a quintessential spring photo. You can almost smell the sweet odors of early blooms and new leaves. Your work on the colors looks almost perfect to me. Just bursting with the lightness of the early leaves that are bursting forth.   Posted: 04/13/2021 14:57:31



Kirsti Näntö-Salonen   Kirsti Näntö-Salonen
(Groups 26 & 47 & 54)
Billy, you have caught that first fleeting freshness with the countless shades of green so beautifully! I love the play of the light on the grass, and the eye goes first to the sunlit tree in the midground, inviting the viewer to walk into the image. - It will be another month´s waiting for that moment here, so this was a delight to see.   Posted: 04/14/2021 00:41:02



 
I like the image, the 3 green bushes form a nice triangle in the center pointing into the forest.. Might want to try using a brush to add saturation to them especially the one in the back to separate it from the back ground. Just so you know I have only had limited success doing this when it was suggested to me on similar images.   Posted: 04/21/2021 13:57:02



 
Billy, you have captured the beauty of a Virginia springtime perfectly. I miss Virginia so much! Your variety of trees in such a small space is amazing. Just love it!   Posted: 04/30/2021 13:36:58