travel, usa, pacific northwest "White Picket Fence"

Here's the real lens flares. Does it work for your, or is it really

distracting? Why is it called, "Pickett" fence anyway? Hmmm....

great light and composition, impressive colors.

 

cheers florian

Bonita escena con mucho detalle y nitidez. Colores vivos.

Lens flare doesn't bother me. Almost looks like it ought to be there. One of these days, I'm gonna have to learn that trick of merging 2 exposures. Really nice composition and lighting. Very well done.

Beautiful detail on the fence and superb light! the sun light echos/replaces/suggests the phare light

Wilson, nothing short of impressive. I know nothing about picket fences.

I like the detail on the fence, I've been there many times to shoot but never looked this good. Kudo's

 

Frank

"EVE ning of construction..." That I call full balance between feeling and brain. REgards

One of your top images IMHO. The lens flare adds to the charm. Well done.

Excellent composition. I love it very much.

I didn't notice the flare until I read your comment. I was transfixed by the fence detail, lighthouse, sunset, house, flagpole, etc. I think flare can be used to create the idea of bright lights (see it often in films) Here it reinforces the idea of the brilliance of the setting sun.

 

Picket = sentry, a defence, pointed stick acting as a defence, fence with pointed sticks. (courtesy of Colin's cornucopia of useless knowledge - no guarantees of accuracy)

FLORIAN: Very glad you like it.

 

FRANCINO: Lots of detail and vivid colors, thanks!

 

KEN: Glad you like it. To merge the two, (particularly useful for high contrast situation,) just take one exposure for the highlights and one for the shadow (using tripod to keep exact same framing.) You then can play around in one file with 2 separate layers. Add or reduce separately as you see fit. I'm confident you'll find it quite easy to manage.

 

MANOLIS: Very glad you like this, Manolis.

 

SCOTT: Thanks for your feedback. I guess Colin has it covered for us below!

 

FRANK: Thanks. Funny that I never knew about entering the ground. Just found out one can do so even after hour!

 

REINER: Always appreciative of your feedback.

 

HOWARD: Glad you think so, Howard.

 

COLIN: Your breakdown makes lots of sense. I certainly feel like putting on a pair of sunglasses just to work on this it. Thank you much for the, "Picket," info!!!

 

Wilson

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Wilson, SUPERB shot. This has very deep colors. Just briliiant. I'm so going to have to work with the double exposure trick myself. I've seen some very impressive work resulting from it. This is one of your best IMHO.

 

As for the lens flare, I'm always torn on them. I often like them but can never decide if it adds or detracts from the shot. I do like, in this image, how it draws you into the point that the pole seems to be point at which is the sun itself.

 

Very interesting.

They all said it....I am impressed. I will have to take photoshop lessons from you. :-))

The flare is not yoo distracting. The unatural brightness of objects in shadows is. True, the human eye can see shadowed objecets better than film or digital. A little bit of darkening in the shadows would help. Everyone else seems to accept it though.

I've been there lot's of time and always looked at that lighthouse searching for good point of view. You're incredible!!!

Wilson- Somehow I missed this one. It is a beauty! So glad Colin gave us the low down on "Picket" fences. I love "Colin's cornucopia of useless knowledge", I also LOVE picket fences :) Standing guard and all, better name than "sentry fences", much more friendly sounding :)

 

The zig-zag composition draws my eyes from the lower right to left, jumping from picket to picket. Then up to the house, beaming across the bright sky to the pole, taking a short detour, hopscotching down the lens flares and then back up, to the light house & purple skies majesty .^_^. I like the energy it creates. It reminds me of when I was a little girl, skipping down the street and dragging my hands across the fences as I went, I also stopped occasionally to toss a stone and play pretend hopscotch! I was a strange child ^-^ :)

 

You merged these 2 perfectly. The lens flares are real, right? You didn't add these. If you did, they are also perfectly placed. Amazing sky!

Thanks for checking this out.

 

JOE: Thanks for your vote of confidence. I'm sure it'll come easy enough for you. Indeed, I had to put the sun behind the pole to lessen the flare as well as not to kill the camera's imaging sensor.

 

JAY: Thanks for the compliment. Lessons? Yeah, right. Your PS skill is just fine. ^_^

 

JOHN: Different stokes for different folks. Just a matter of personal preference I'm sure. Thanks for your feedback nevertheless.

 

VINCENZO: Thanks for your comment, Vincenzo.

 

JAYME: The lens flares are indeed real on this one, Jayme. I didn't add them. We had some nice weather last week or two. I like your description of energy and indeed, thanks to Colin for the low down on Picket fences!

 

Wilson

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Hey Wilson, How do you combine the two? Do you layer and blend them? Do you arease the area off the one you don't want? I tried it but I have an imag ethat has a lot of detail (a tree). I got the exposure right on the tree and then on the sky so I have two different images. I'm just not sure how to blend them now.

Joe, I pretty much used the layer method along with different sizes and opacity of eraser tool. Make sure you have base layer and work at various opacities. You can also use masking as well, (nightmares of manually cutting rubylith resurfaced,) but I personally don't find them too useful for such task.

Hi Wilson, I'm not sure the inner glow you gave the lighthouse to soften the edges from the sky adds to the photo. For me, it makes it look planted or "pasted" into the photo. Even the flare looks great, just the lighthouse.

Regards, Dave

I like the framing with the fence, the colors are stunning and the flare works for me. It brings more of that stunning color into the darker areas of the image.

I'm a bit conflicted about this image. Having photographed this lighthouse myself a couple of times, I confess to a certain bias, but I find this photo juse a bit "over the top". The lighting looks unnatural, as do the soft edges on the lighthouse itself, and the fence itself takes up a bit more of the frame than I'd like - though if it's the subject, it may not take up enough! On the other hand, I love the dark, ominous sky and the richness of the colors, and the way the inside of the light itself is softly lit against the dark sky - that's a very nice effect.

 

Lots of folks have mentioned the lens flare. Some like it, some don't. Personally I find it distracting, and would try to get a shot without the flare if possible. I might also try shooting this in vertical format... that would let me include the fence, if desired, but also allow me to compose the shot without the building on the left, since the main point of interest in this location is the lighthouse itself. That would also simplify the image a bit... as it is now, there are too many points of interest, and the viewer is uncertain which is the primary one. With only a bit of the fence in the foreground, and the lighthouse itself against the sunset, I feel this would be a stronger image. Of course, that's just my own personal taste...

The title of this picture leads us to believe that the pickett fence is the subject of the picture. However, my eye is immediately drawn to the sunset first, then the sky, then the lighthouse and the fence only last. If the fence is truly the subject, then perhaps less emphasis should be placed on the other objects, such as with a slight lens blur and maybe darkening the house on the left. It appears to me that the real subject is the sunset over the coast. The colors are very nice and you have captured the exposure of the various elements well. I like the picture, but I find it a bit cluttered and confusing.

Excellent composition and lighting and very beautiful sky color. Congrats !