Carol Watson, QPSA  


Clearing Morning Mists by Carol Watson, QPSA

February 2025 - Clearing Morning Mists

February 2025 - Carol Watson, QPSA

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About the Image(s)

This image was taken a few weeks ago whilst my husband and I were on holiday in the English Lake District. This area is not too far from us and one of our favourite places in the UK. The image is taken from the western shore of Lake Windermere looking across to the eastern shore just as the morning mists were clearing on the fells. I used my Olympus OM-1 with a 12-40mm lens at 40mm. The camera was hand held, and the settings were manual focus, f7.1, 1/400s, ISO 400, +0.3 stop.
The following changes were made in Photoshop after initial processing in Camera Raw:

-I cropped in and then copied the upper part of the image and inverted it to create a reflection.
-I added a small amount of Gaussian blur and motion blur to the reflection and reduced the opacity of this layer to keep some of the texture of the water from the original.
-I then converted the image to mono in Nik Silver Efex.
-I made some levels and curves adjustments and then added a vignette using Nik Darken Lighten Centre.


 

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