Lauren Heerschap
About the Image(s)
This is the Wenatchee River in Washington in the fall. Taken with my Olympus Om-D EM-1 Mark 5, on a 12- 100 lens, at 24 mm, Iso 200, f8. I used a High Resolution setting in the camera which shifts the sensor and combines images into one photo. I then ran it through Photoshop and Camera Raw to make the colors pop. However I am unhappy with the dark right side of the photo where the river is. The questions I have for the group is this: Half of the photo is of the river in shade. The other half is in light. 1. How would you shoot this differently? Would you use bracketing, or exposure compensation? 2. In post processing, how would you correct the shade (if you think it would improve the photo).
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5 comments posted
Back to the image.. the image has a very nice leading S curve which takes you though the photo with the nice yellows, oranges and spots of red. Overall it seems a little bright but probably a matter of taste. Plus I really don't think the right side is that dark, a small luminosity mask would fix this in a jiffy! You also have nice puffy clouds which is always a plus!   Posted: 10/08/2021 21:35:33
My approach to this type of lighting situation would be either taking 2 original images a different exposures and stacking and masking to get the end result.
Or having a single RAW exposure making 2 different 'exposure' exports from Lightroom and then stacking and masking as required.
  Posted: 10/13/2021 04:41:33
That said, this looks like it has some enhanced saturation or HDR processing which means it looks overly bright to me. Wonder if there is any way to tone down the reflection on the rock while increasing the left side of the photo. I'm just learning how to do gradient masking. Any number of adjustments can be made using it. Just a thought.
Fun fall photo.
  Posted: 10/15/2021 11:59:20