Connie Reinhart
About the Image(s)
Our son has a little log cabin in a wooded lot on the shore of a nice little lake. I wandered around one afternoon taking pictures of nature scenes. The best 20 were printed in a book as a gift for him and his wife.
This nice “Autumn Leaf” was lying on the duckweed near shore. The contrasting colors caught my eye. I took several shots, placing the leaf in a different area of the frame. Shot at f/8, 1/200th, ISO 500. It was processed in PS using some NIK filters. I did some levels adjustments and some rotation, then added a High Pass filter for sharpness. Did Hue/Sat for to bring out the leaf a little more. Finally added NIK Color Effects Warm Sunset to the image. This darkened in the lower left corner to balance the natural shadowing in the upper right corner. The effect was a little too bright, so I set the layer opacity to 53%.
Still fumbling my way through new versions of my post-processing software. Be patient.
6 comments posted
I also like how she added the low pass filter which deepened the colors and decreased the highlights to add a little more mood in my opinion.
Great catch seeing this!   Posted: 09/19/2023 17:57:38