Sophia Schade
January 2025 - Fall in Low Country
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About the Image(s)
Every Year for the last 4 years I go to photograph the Cypress trees during the same time.This year I was lucky enough to have a lady on her kayak . It was perfect to tell the story about fall. I cropped the photo from the top, and expanded the bottom so I gave the lady on the kayak a bit more room .. I also adjusted some of the color sliders including the sharpening. Open to all suggestions in making this a better photo.
Photo taken 10-25-2023 at George L Smith Park in Twin City Ga
8 comments posted
I love this image. The lady in the kayak is perfect!
Sophia, your cropping is excellent. Removing the sky was exactly the right thing to do. (I Don't know if I would have thought to do that.) Brilliant.
I wanted to play with your photograph to see if I could make the lady/kayak even more prominent. I made a few very subtle adjustments, mostly darkening the base of the trees and slightly modifying the color/saturation behind the woman. Your thoughts? (If you can even tell what I did. It was quite minimal.)
Posted: 01/03/2025 00:15:50
Sophia, your cropping is excellent. Removing the sky was exactly the right thing to do. (I Don't know if I would have thought to do that.) Brilliant.
I wanted to play with your photograph to see if I could make the lady/kayak even more prominent. I made a few very subtle adjustments, mostly darkening the base of the trees and slightly modifying the color/saturation behind the woman. Your thoughts? (If you can even tell what I did. It was quite minimal.)
Posted: 01/03/2025 00:15:50
Thank you Pete for your pasitive feedback. Yes, I can see the changes and I do like what you did. Thank you. Posted: 01/04/2025 01:39:50
Hi Sophia What a winner!!! Even the original but your edits have improved it. What Pete has done is fairly subtle but either way they are great. Nothing to add here!! Posted: 01/04/2025 03:45:19
Sophia, I agree this is a real winner! Your original looks like it only needed the cropping, however, between your and Pete's post-processing, it has perfected the image. Posted: 01/04/2025 17:39:12
This is a beautiful image Sophia. Pete's processing has improved an image that was already a winner. I can't suggest anything to improve it but below are two different takes of the image. Posted: 01/11/2025 13:54:51
Posted: 01/11/2025 13:56:55
(Groups 24 & 48 & 58)
fabulous image and the editorial touches are a great plus Posted: 01/12/2025 19:51:07
Sophia, to my eyes it is perfect. You kept the focus on the trees and their color. They are the real starts of this photo. I really like your timing for capturing the kayaker with the string of bubbles leaving a trail. This image tells a few stories. Congratulations. I think the state and county wildlife management would be very happy having the image to promote tourism. Posted: 01/14/2025 16:12:30