Charles Walker
February 2025 - Cabin with a View
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About the Image(s)
The musical, “The Sound of Music” could have been filmed in the hills near where I live in Western New York. This is an image of a deep valley taken in the afternoon in June. I like the sky and the wide landscape view captured in this photograph. To render the final image I cropped it slightly, increased contrast in the sky, heighten some highlights, added a subtle warm filter, then reduced noise using
Topaz. Camera stats: Nikon D7000 (590nm), f/10, 1/500, 28mm, ISO=200.
8 comments posted
Beautiful scene and a nice composition. I would try to make the foreground a bit lighter. The highlights in the original are nice. Posted: 02/01/2025 20:03:55
Yes, highlights in foreground will give the image even more dynamic depth. Thank you Arik. Posted: 02/05/2025 01:35:58
Like last month, you've got a beautiful scene that evokes all sorts of possibilities, a bit of the old west for me, though the building at left is perhaps too new for that. Again you've got a great sky, I would be tempted to punch it up a bit, as in blacker, but its nice as is. Posted: 02/04/2025 23:57:50
The clouds crowd together near the distant horizon, but with a crafty use of a select tool, I bet a bit more black could be introduced. Thanks Jack for the suggestion. Posted: 02/05/2025 01:38:46
Charles,
Lovely landscape that works really well in IR. Not much I would change here. Maybe open up the shadows of the building a bot and up the contrast in the sky. Posted: 02/05/2025 04:53:09
Lovely landscape that works really well in IR. Not much I would change here. Maybe open up the shadows of the building a bot and up the contrast in the sky. Posted: 02/05/2025 04:53:09
Hi Charles,
Loads and loads of IR subject matter in this one. Nicely seen and captured. I don't have much to suggest, but I'd like to have seen this with a bit more of the cabin in the frame and not clipped in the composition. Posted: 02/05/2025 12:41:46
Loads and loads of IR subject matter in this one. Nicely seen and captured. I don't have much to suggest, but I'd like to have seen this with a bit more of the cabin in the frame and not clipped in the composition. Posted: 02/05/2025 12:41:46
Charles,
The cabin owner has one hell of a view as did you and your Nikon....
A thought for you is to enhance the "crop" area past the foliage in the foreground either using clarity or texture.... There are nice leading lines between the rows.
Emil Posted: 02/07/2025 16:38:51
The cabin owner has one hell of a view as did you and your Nikon....
A thought for you is to enhance the "crop" area past the foliage in the foreground either using clarity or texture.... There are nice leading lines between the rows.
Emil Posted: 02/07/2025 16:38:51
Hi Chuck, what a view! I could live with this on a daily basis. The layer upon layer effect is so pleasing. I wonder about pushing the whites to lighten up some of the grey. Great for the bottom layer of the clouds. Posted: 02/11/2025 15:28:48