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WC#640-Golden Lit Oaks

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted June 25, 201470 views4 comments

These oaks sit atop a hill in Glacial Park in McHenry County, IL. I shot the whole group with sky and fields a few weeks ago, and while I liked it I was really drawn to it cropped in to this section. With the green topic, I decided to head back out tonight with the light looking like it would be good in hopes of capturing just this section.

a7r, 70-200 @157mm, F4, ISO 100, 1/400 sec, tripod

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4 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 25, 2014 at 8:36 AM

Beautiful evening light, & the frame filled with green really suits the WC theme Jeff.
Techs look great, well done

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 25, 2014 at 8:49 AM

First of all, welcome to NPN!

The lighting here is great, Jeff. I especially like how it shows off the trunks, which sets them in good textural contrast with all the leaves and the grasses. Pulling a pleasing composition out of a mass like this is challenging and you've done well here with the emphasis on that big tree on the right. The left 1/4 seems a touch dark to me, I think a bit of dodging there would improve the visual balance.

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Comment posted by Jeff Martyka on June 25, 2014 at 4:43 PM

Thanks, Mark and Howard.

I was thinking the same on the left side, Mark. I had cropped and un-cropped that section several times but preferred it in the image. I'll give dodging a try tonight. I'm a relative newbie when it come to editing so about time I learn that.

Registered on June 20, 2014, 30 Posts, 155 Comments

Comment posted by Jeff Martyka on June 25, 2014 at 7:10 PM

Much easier to do in PS than LR as I'd tried in the past. I dodged the trunks of the right most trees as well to bring some more emphasis on the trunks.

This feels much better. Thanks for the suggestion.

Registered on June 20, 2014, 30 Posts, 155 Comments