new oct/12 BACK LANES OF ONTARIO # (Please view large) Image #3

Thanks for looking_Ross

This is a very bright, almost stylized view of an autumn woods, IMO.  I would guess that this is an HDR image, but if I remember correctly you don't do HDR; still it has that "look" to my eye (probably because of the relatively uniform brightness, yet it is not "flat" lighting like many HDR renditions).

Hi Stephen-Believe this image was taken around noon which would account for the lack of shadows. Checked the original raw image & the only difference is the brightness. The only manipulation was the use of the brightness utility & a small increase in sharpness.I usually go the other way with the brightness utility & this time , went the other way.Must admit, am quite pleased with the result..With Elements after resizing the image the image becomes quite smaller, moving the image to the views column & I normally choose ,"View Full screen" , the next choice is Actual Pixels. I have been using the Actual Pixels to save the image & to me the image appears to be better then the full screen.Curious why this is so. Best Regards-Ross

A colorful and bright image! Well done.

Sometimes for artistic reasons, some people like 'leaning trees' as evident on the left side. With a 14mm usage, the only way to avoid it at the time of capture is to hold the camera perfectly level and that is is not always convenient!.

All the very best,

 

Hi Tony-Thanks for your remarks regarding left leaning trees, it & I always use a tripod & something I never paid attention to.I will know better in the future.My camera has a leveling meter both vertical & horizontal. Best Regards- Ross

Ross, the time of day makes a lot of sense.  Regarding the leaning of the trees, I thought perhaps those on the left were naturally leaning, because the same doesn't show up on the right side, certainly not to the same degree.  I would expect the inward tilt caused by pointing a wide-angle lens up to be the same on the left and right.  Yet I also know if trees start life at an angle or if the experience a sudden tilt in life, they curve to continue growing straight up.  The leaning of the trees on the left but not the right has me perplexed.  Nevertheless, I do like a large square frame completely filled with color, with hardly any sky making it through.

Stephen: using the canon 7d, I am guessing that he cropped the right side to get a square format which could then reflect some leaning trees on the cropped portion leaving the middle portion of the original image fairly straight. However you could be right that they are leaning naturally.

Stephen & Tony-After viewing a number of images of his scene for some time I noticed a detail that I believed would lead me to a correct conclusion.I've posted four images , the first two are overall views, please note the slight lean to the left of the large tree on the right side of the road.Now note lean of this tree in image #3,now slightly to the right.Image #4 shows result of returning the tree to same position as in #1&2 with the rotating tool.When taking this particular image, I must have positioned the camera so the tree was slightly leaning right. Think I have earned a brew, now don't jump to conclusions, it could be milk.Best Regards-Ross