Backlit Grasses

Your comments and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

Hi Stephen=Have no idea how you created this image, but the result is beautiful. I especially like the sharpness,it really adds to the final result.. Best Regards Ross

Ross, thanks for visiting.  It was pretty close to this in the camera.  I used Nik's Color Efex Pro (II?) to increase the light in the very center and to decrease the light in the background (esp. the upper left corner) -- it was essentially emphasizing light in one area and de-emphasizing it in another area, followed by standard sharpening.

stunning ligth and details....

Beautiful. And sharp too!!! Very nice. Congrats, Wobby

Gorgeous work Stephen! As Wobby says this is definitely eye catching! Superb work!

All the best,
Neil

Wonderful light!

This kind of reminds me of one of the displays my mother would insist on putting in the middle of the dinner table at Christmas, the difference being of course that this is entirely natural.  It looks quite simply magnificent!

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

 

Niki, Wobby, Neil, and Alf, thanks for visiting and for the comments.   I was leaving campus after photographing a sculpture of a horse (now posted), and this grass by the science building was catching the last light of the day.  The good light was the reason for photographing the sculpture as well.  It's that time of day when one can get something in full sun set against a background in complete shade -- I love it, and I love the chase.

Very nicely done, Stephen.

Beautiful light and great details!!! Compliments and best regards!

Ford and Federico, thanks for your comments.

Stephen - a thoroughly enjoyable image and the back lighting with the dark background makes it a delight to the eye.  At one point, I was asking myself if I would have darkened that tree trunk a tad more and in the end, I decided that I liked it in its current state.  All the very best,

Tony, thanks for the comment.  I was using more global adjustments, nothing that could concentrate very well on a specific, off-centered area.

Stephen-

What a gorgeous interpretation of a very ordinary scene.  What you did to it in post process has made it a magnificent image full of light and energy.  I would love to know the steps you used.

 

-Lynne

Lynne, thanks for your comment.  I used Nik's Color Efex Pro (IV?) to do just two things:  darken the periphery (especially seen in the upper right and lower left corners) and to lighten the center.  The original was backlit and set against a dark background, so most of the work was already done for me.  It was the lightening of the center that had the greatest effect.  Nik has some great software, and I use it primarily for B&W conversions.

Nice scene Stephen, stunning almost pefectly distributed intensity of lighting. Colors are stunning, Stan

Fantastic image!  At first I thought this was light painting, but you were just incredibly lucky to have this last light of day.  And then of course you had the skills to capitalize on it.  Bravo!

Christal, thanks for the comment.  A lucky charm is the most important tool in my camera bag.

It has something elegant in it like a bouquet arrangement,grass is not  a simple subject after what I saw in some of my photos experience with it,hear details are well seen and ears look so good in this light,darkness around enhances this composition.

my best regards

Well done Stephen!

Radu and Dominick, thanks for your comments.  This little spot is part of the landscaping of the Whitman College campus, so it's bound to have more of a "bouquet" look than we are likely to find outside of town.  It was the light that caught my attention more than the variety of plants all bunched together, and that's what I personally like in the photo (especially the very light grasses against the very dark background).