Jennie Wang
April 2025 - Morning Glory
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About the Image(s)
This picture was taken at Merced Wildlife National Refuge on our way back from Yosemite late February after photographing the Firefall. I did two different color theme render of the image in Lightroom - one is more gold (warm tone) and the other in blue (cool tone). Personally, I like the warm/gold tone slightly better. It is a matter of personal preference. I would like to get the team’s thought on the picture and the color tone, which one do you like better? Thank you.
As shot: (first thumbnail)
Here is the same picture with a different color theme render: (second thumbnail)
7 comments posted
Great capture. Can you tell me more about how you use Lightroom to render color?
I think I like the cool tone one best. I was immediately struck by that palette. The warm one would benefit from more variance in tone. Also in the cool one I wonder if you created a mask for the top bit of water and added some more gold to in and perhaps masked the blue water on the bottom and deepened it a bit.
At any rate, I like the photo, the composition and the light in it. Posted: 04/02/2025 13:22:03
I think I like the cool tone one best. I was immediately struck by that palette. The warm one would benefit from more variance in tone. Also in the cool one I wonder if you created a mask for the top bit of water and added some more gold to in and perhaps masked the blue water on the bottom and deepened it a bit.
At any rate, I like the photo, the composition and the light in it. Posted: 04/02/2025 13:22:03
Hi Bollin, thank you for your feedback and input, really appreciate it. I may have use the mask function in LR (I don't really remember because I edited this before I learned to use the Mask function). In LR, there is a "Color Mixer" section where you can customize individual colors to make some tweaking; curve adjustment to make the final color adjustment. Hope this answers your question. Posted: 04/16/2025 06:51:34
Jennie, I vote for the cool one. It seems to have more detail. Hope we get to see some of your Fire fall images. Posted: 04/13/2025 20:44:16
Hi Ruth, thank you for your input. Let me see if I can upload a few files to share.
We spent more time waiting than taking photos (15-20 minutes window only).
Posted: 04/16/2025 07:02:37
We spent more time waiting than taking photos (15-20 minutes window only).
Posted: 04/16/2025 07:02:37
Here are other images.
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I like the warm one the best. It has more of a sunrise feel. I would like to see more of the detail in the three birds. The contrast between them and the brightly lit bird in the water left me wanting to see a little more detail in the three.
Your Fire fall images age great. Posted: 04/19/2025 13:51:55
Your Fire fall images age great. Posted: 04/19/2025 13:51:55