"Mangrove by the Bay"

A careful blend of two exposures to bring out the detail in the foreground mangrove.

Taken at Key Biscayne in South Florida. Please view the larger version. Thank you for

any feedback!

Glad you were able to get some shooting in when you went to Florida. This is one beautiful capture Mark. And got to add a great job of blending on top of that. 6/6. Happy Holidays to you and your wonderful family and give my best to your father-in-law. Their still talking about his chicken wings at the Mirage!!!ray

I'd never have guessed that was a blend. Adds a lot to what would be a pretty but plain sunset picture.

Thanks Ray and Ray. The blend is primarily for the setting sun and reflection of the same. In order to achieve the detail in the mangrove, I double processed an overexposure of the scene, pulling detail of the branch and pushing the remaining detail to the desired density. Then I farmed an underexposed image for the brightest area, that being the setting sun. I have found that blending scenes like this tend to be challenging because from one exposure to the next, the clouds will move. If I blend the two skies, the clouds will appear to have an out of register halo, which can be apparent.

Very nice composition & light ^^^ Best regards

 

***Ali***

Excellent rendition of the light, which takes this scene out of the ordinary. Best wishes, DS.

Hola Mark. Excelente composicion, gran luz. Un cordial saludo, Joaquin. 7/7anon.

Thanks Ali, Dimitris and Joaquin for your interpretations.

One of my fav, comps of yours. It's a little nontraditional landscape, and I like it! Your handling of all the ranges of brightness is near perfect, without going to far to open up shadow. I like the blacks of the branches. Wondreful shot all around.

 

Have a great Holiday, Harry

Mark,

This is a beautiful sunset. Colors are perfect. Another amazing shot. Regards, Patsy