Brent Doornbos
About the Image(s)
Well. Its Fall. So I tried to get a color shot. We seem to be
experiencing pretty good color here in Michigan right now.
My intention with the series of shots was to get interesting color blur
in the wind. I found a tree that seemed to be a good, well-behaved
model with a wooden fence in the background for a nice setting.
Naturally I ended up with a shot that WASN'T part of my goal (a
straight-forward leaf shot vs blurred oranges and yellows).
This happens to be a relatively fast shutter vs the slow shutter I
started with. The thing that drew me to it was the fence background
with the sort of "vertical blur" aspect to it.
I did some basic color work in ACR. I did settle on some split toning a
bit to emphasize warm and cool tones.
Once I moved to photoshop I moved towards enhancing detail for that
"pop" of fall. I used a high pass filter with a vivid light blend mode
to kind of work the effect a bit. I tried other variations of that
theme, and you never know . . . may end up liking them better. :)
I added a curves level to enhance the contrast a bit. I toyed with
adding saturation in the oranges and used a levels layer to play with
printing output. I abandoned both of those ideas as unnecessary.
I REALLY wanted a landscape because of the cool background, but settled
on portrait. I may switch back in the future. As we have no limit to
the amount of fall color right now, this one may even not make the cut .
. . ha ha.
I may try to "paint on" some additional detail later?? Unsure.
EOS R
Tamron SP24-70 2.8 @ 70mm
f2.8
1/500
ISO 160 (not sure why I ended up with 160, intention was for 100 or just
"low iso" . . . was shooting manual and, well, thats where it was)
I included screen shots of my workspace and a landscape version. Also
there is a link to the folder with the raw and psd files.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hkyAiM9q3SeVyOPau4D3G6xIWOKDN_XF?usp=sharing
This round’s discussion is now closed!
10 comments posted
I like the way you have managed to isolate these leaves and really popped the colours. The final portrait view works well. I use high pass a lot but usually just for sharpening so interesting to see you using it to enhance the colours. Something I will try in the future!!
The only downside, I find, to the image is that it seems a bit soft. The sharpest part is the tip of the lowest leaf and where it's stem joins. This may be intentional I do not know? With the lovely colours you have around a slow shutter speed image to get blurred colours would be good!!! Great image though and I love the colours, well done.   Posted: 10/04/2020 08:39:36
I play with the blend modes and high pass to get kind of a multitasking layer. If it doesn't need to be sharpened intensely, the vivid light mode works well to make it "jump" quickly. I just reduce the opacity quite a bit till I like it. I love learning short cuts (I cant remember where I adopted that from or I would totally name the blog or photographer).   Posted: 10/04/2020 18:11:06
  Posted: 10/12/2020 03:33:14
Thanks for the opportunity to download the raw file, I will have a look what I can do with LightRoom (not a real fan of PhotoShop)
the best performance of this lens seems to be at f5.6, see https://www.imaging-resource.com/lenses/tamron/24-70mm-f2.8-di-vc-usd-sp-model-a007/review/   Posted: 10/11/2020 00:46:02