R Gary Butler, QPSA
About the Image(s)
I went out 2 weeks ago to shoot waterfalls in Ithaca, NY but was unimpressed with what I saw. I drove over to Keuka Lake Bluff to shoot the worship area inside the Garrett Chapel - but it was locked. I wondered around and eventually found myself at the lower level, the entry to the Garrett Family crypt. I was struck by the near perfect Golden Ratio Curve of the stairs, the patio edge and the wall. I played with the location of the tripod moving slight distance back from the edge of the stonework. I settled on this particular set oof images as it eliminated any of the large branches of the trees yet kept the framing bt the backlit leaves at the top.
I used my Canon 5D Mark IV and my 15 mm Fisheye lens. I shot 5 exposure bracketing sequences at ISO 400, f/11 and partial metering mode. This set was shot with shutter speeds ranging from 1/25 second to 0.6 second.
I post processed in HDR EFEX and chose the Default Mode (which I almost never choose.) I further processed in DxO's Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro 4.
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10 comments posted
As they say third time lucky,and lucky for us you did not like the waterfalls and and you could not enter the Chapel because it led to you to here ,love the fisheye effect as the effect sweeps you around the whole image great textures and wonderful shapes created within the architecture I really like the the ocassional leaf in full autumn colours scattered around the image they add an extra splash of colour.
I agree with the others I did find the greens a little strong but a wonderful image to investigate and enjoy.   Posted: 11/10/2021 16:13:32