Jeffrey Klug, APSA  

Title Lake of the Clouds by Jeffrey Klug, APSA

January 2018 - Title Lake of the Clouds

About the Image(s)

Tech info: 1/45 second @ f/16 ISO 200, bracketed 1 stop over and under. Nikon D3 with 24 - 120mm zoom at 55 mm.

This is an older HDR that I reprocessed using Aurora HDR 2018. This is a 3 shot Pano and each shot was bracketed 1 stop over and under. I first processed each HDR shot using Aurora HDR 2018, using the detail preset. It gave nice detail in the trees and the sky. I then stitched together the three shots using Photoshop CC 2018, did a little of cloning adding some clouds and some of the lake due to the perspective of the image. My only regret was not getting the bottom of the lake, I had taken a number of these, but I always had cut off the bottom, it could have been the position I had to shot from, this was taken over 5 years ago. Comments Welcome as usual.

PS: Thank you for all the great comment on the last image, it was very helpful, it was interesting comparing them to the same image submitted in Monochrome. I got a very divergent response to that image. Thanks again.

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4 comments posted

 
Jeffery, enjoyed this photo, really liked the way the viewers eye is directed to the lake and then moves toward thre light area infront of the mountains. Liked what you did with your cloning of the clouds. The added detail of the trees, nicely done and I like the way you brought out the fall colors.   Posted: 01/02/2018 17:00:10
 
Nice technical procedures. This image would make a great hanging in a comfortable family room.   Posted: 01/05/2018 06:44:52
Wanda Krack   Wanda Krack
(Group 28)
Wonderful image, and I have no suggestions for improvement. If the lake is missing, no one but you would know. However, there is a technique you can use, and that would be to simply move the camera down, and shoot three more hdr images just below the first shot. You end up working with a lot of images, but when you stitch them all together, your camera will have covered much more of the scene. Did you have the camera on portrait for these shots? Simply turning the camera sideways will increase the amount of capture too.   Posted: 01/05/2018 07:32:07
R Gary Butler   R Gary Butler
(Group 4)
Jeffrey, great image. You did a great job with it and there is little that I could think of to improve. Really, really nice!!

Following on Wanda's comment and the fact that this is just three shots I am guessing that your camera was in the Horizontal position. (Stop here if you already shot it vertically.) I am learning now that the best way to shot pano's is with your camera in the vertical position and overlap each shot by 50%.   Posted: 01/06/2018 10:28:22