Mary Walsh  


REFLECTING POOL AT CHANTICLEER by Mary Walsh

November 2020 - REFLECTING POOL AT CHANTICLEER

About the Image(s)

This image was taken on a trip with my camera club to gardens near Philadelphia called Chanticleer. The settings were ISO 5600 f14 1/100 sec 24mm. I should have used a slower shutter speed because the ISO is too high. It was dark and shadowy where I was trying to take this picture.


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Bev Caine   Bev Caine
This is a lovely image, however I thought it might benefit from a bit of contrast and based on the brightness of the time it was shot, I was kind of looking for a bright sky peeking through. So I used a non destructive layer mask to adjust the brightness in some spots and then chose a sky from my files and pasted the image on top of the appropriately sized sky. I then erased the white skies where I could and adjusted the opacity of the bottom layer (which was the sky) which was a bit too dark for the mood. I hope you like the "improvement".   Posted: 11/09/2020 08:42:40
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Mary Walsh   Mary Walsh
Thanks, Bev. I'm learning Photoshop. I'll try to do what you did.   Posted: 11/09/2020 13:58:15



Margaret Sprott   Margaret Sprott
I loved this image when I first looked at it - the rocks, lines and greenery. I do like what Bev did with the sky and must learn to do that. However, I like it the way it is too. I may have tried to darken those bright spots in PS but I don't know if that would have worked.   Posted: 11/09/2020 09:40:18
Mary Walsh   Mary Walsh
Margaret, you're right. I should see if I can lower some of the brightness in the sky. Thanks.   Posted: 11/09/2020 13:59:26



 
Wow, this is am amazing scene. The bright colors combined with the muted tone of the stone as well as the reflection make the perfect combination! Beautiful shot! I love it.   Posted: 11/17/2020 13:09:30
Mary Walsh   Mary Walsh
Thanks Emily   Posted: 11/17/2020 13:42:07



Lloyd Delaney   Lloyd Delaney
You did a great job of using leading lines make the centered subject the "reward". You took us right there. I like the lighting in the center as well. Nicely done.
Lloyd   Posted: 11/19/2020 19:30:54