Gallery: Man & NaturePosted February 8, 2010231 views9 comments
A different shot of the cabin I uploaded previously. This was taken the same day with the same cool light. Comments and suggestions welcomed.
Nikon D3 camera
Nikor 24-120 lens at 85mm
HDR in Photomatix
Comments
9 comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 8, 2010 at 8:35 PM
This place just looks great. The light here is really nice as it was in the other view. I like the clouds at the top of the mountains. Again the fence, snow and pines leading into the cabin are perfect IMO. Sure makes me want to be there.
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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on February 9, 2010 at 3:19 AM
A nice yellow glow of light from the interior would put this image over the top, very nice as is though.
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Comment posted by Cezar Mart on February 9, 2010 at 1:00 PM
A very good composition of a very nice winter scene.
The problem with this photo is obvious, however. What I am talking about is obvious use of photoshop brushes to bring out the light of the house.The image looks very artifficial with this post-processing and in my opinion this is ruining this otherwise a very pretty photo.
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Comment posted by Becky Parkinson on February 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM
Cezar,
Thank you for the comment and appreciate your candidness. I would like to correct you, however, because I did not use any brushes to paint light on the house. The only thing I did to this image was use Photomatix to bring out the detail on the house. My camera was set to cloudy day setting and I did not correct the warm tone that left on the image. This was taken the same day as the photo I posted with the long lane, which I did perform a color correction on. The sun really was trying to come through the cloud cover, periodically, and I imagine that is why the house appears to have light shining on it. In this image, it is not obvious that there was sunlight barely peeking through the clouds, but it is more obvious in that previous posting. Other than the very mild HDR (single image pseudo HDR, I believe) treatment, I otherwise only removed sensor spots, removed noise with Nik Define, and sharpened the image.
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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on February 9, 2010 at 3:14 PM
This is beautiful, Becky. Wonderful mood and wow, what a location! If I had one nit, it would be your referring to this as "cabin" A McMansion maybe? No matter, this is really nice.
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 9, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Hi Becky Small Nits first. Agree with paul about the mountain cabin title. Otherwise, its a fine capture of a beautiful winter scene. including sublime light around this fine home.
Albert Darmo Canada
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Comment posted by Cezar Mart on February 10, 2010 at 12:42 AM
Becky, if that is really a natural lighting then I take back all I said.
The scene looks, indeed, a bit photomatic style, so maybe why I thought the lighting on the house looked unnatural to me. However, I agree that the mood and composition are very magical.
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Comment posted by Becky Parkinson on February 10, 2010 at 1:28 AM
No worries, Cezar. I honestly did not "create" that light over the house (I won't call it a cabin anymore), but I am not offended at all by your comments. Thanks for looking and thanks for taking time to comment!
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Comment posted by Ed Cooley on February 10, 2010 at 5:42 PM
Looks snowed in for sure. Lovely light and composition. Great job Becky.
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Comments
9 commentsThe problem with this photo is obvious, however. What I am talking about is obvious use of photoshop brushes to bring out the light of the house.The image looks very artifficial with this post-processing and in my opinion this is ruining this otherwise a very pretty photo.
Thank you for the comment and appreciate your candidness. I would like to correct you, however, because I did not use any brushes to paint light on the house. The only thing I did to this image was use Photomatix to bring out the detail on the house. My camera was set to cloudy day setting and I did not correct the warm tone that left on the image. This was taken the same day as the photo I posted with the long lane, which I did perform a color correction on. The sun really was trying to come through the cloud cover, periodically, and I imagine that is why the house appears to have light shining on it. In this image, it is not obvious that there was sunlight barely peeking through the clouds, but it is more obvious in that previous posting. Other than the very mild HDR (single image pseudo HDR, I believe) treatment, I otherwise only removed sensor spots, removed noise with Nik Define, and sharpened the image.
Albert Darmo Canada
The scene looks, indeed, a bit photomatic style, so maybe why I thought the lighting on the house looked unnatural to me. However, I agree that the mood and composition are very magical.