Beaver Ponds
Nikon D70, 18-70MM lens
This was turned into a water color using Photoshop. I'm not happy with the composition with the kids in the middle but I wanted to show more of the shoreline details on the right.
posted by Steve at 5:02 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Lovely scene! Where is this? I may want to visit this place someday :).
I like how you put your kids (yours right?) into the foreground. It really adds something to the picture, making it more than the usual lake reflection shot. It reminds of certain travel shots that I've seen from exotic locales.
I do notice some blown highlights, especially on the yellow t-shirt, and some of the sky. It's sometimes unavoidable, given the EV range of the scene. One way is to underexpose slightly to avoid blowing the highlights, then tweak a bit in PS to restore some of the underexposed shadows while maintaining the highlights.
Also, you probably saved this as Adobe RGB. The colors seem a bit clipped. For web viewing, it's better to save as SRGB.
Thanks for posting!
--Warren
Warren,
Thanks for the comments. The picutre was overexposed.
I could have tweaked it in Photoshop but didn't for
the posting. I'm going to edit it soon. Your
suggestion about underexposing would have made for a
much better picture. Unfortunately I think my EV was
set for +.3 at the time to exacerbate the situation
but as you know timing sometimes is more important as
the pciture captures the soul of the kids. I managed
to time the photo with their bodies in an interesting
position combined with the splash from a rock the
threw into the pond.. Thank god for photshop to save
pictures like this one.
The kids are mine 6 and 9 at the time of the picture.
The beaver ponds are located in the Grand Tetons
National park near Jackson Hole, WY. Schweibachers
Landing is the exact location on the Snake river. It
is a beautiful place.
I have turned that picture into an impressionist
watercolor using Photoshop. It looks even better as
art.
Steve
Steve,
How about posting the watercolor version. I would like to see how it turned out.
--Warren
I don't about what the others would think (and I would be very interested to hear from them, hint..hint..), but I personally like the composition of the watercolor version too. IMO, the kids in the middle of this pictures works for me. Both versions are very nice!
--WT
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