Wagon Hill Farm & Re-Post

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 2, 2014658 views15 comments

A final image from my recent re-discovery of Wagon Hill Farm. Only 6 miles from where I live, I normally pass it by while traveling elsewhere. The iris don't stay healthy looking for too long, so I hoped for some nice skies to go along with it. No disappointment there. This shot was taken just prior to my previous flower image, hence the similar skies.

Several images stacked for a focal blend at f11, 2 exposures fro the sky exposure. 5D II, 16-35 real close to the first flower.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on July 2, 2014 at 6:26 AM

Just an overall beautiful image. Everything came together for you here, great flowers and a killer sky.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on July 2, 2014 at 7:23 AM

Beautiful Harry, everything about it, excellent comp,color and detail. Beautifully seen and presented.
John

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 2, 2014 at 7:48 AM

Wow, Harry. Outstanding. It's rare to see such a superb foreground and dramatic skies come together like this. Beautifully composed for both. This web presentation looks a bit over sharpened to me (but I am always reluctant to comment on processing because of my own limitations in that area), but I bet a large print of this image would be just gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on July 2, 2014 at 8:04 AM

Wow, this came together nicely. Beautiful contrasting colors. I agree about the slight appearance of over-sharpening in the foreground flowers.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 2, 2014 at 8:10 AM

I agree about the over-sharpening effect. I find that highly detailed images just don't look that great when I save them at such small file sizes. Either too sharp or lacking sharpness. I will try to cut back a bit on future posts. Thanks!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 2, 2014 at 8:48 AM

Luscious iris and a great sky to boot. Well captured and processed (nuf said about the sharpening).

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 2, 2014 at 9:06 AM

Another vote for gorgeous Harry. I love the rich colors but it's the symmetry in the comp that appeals to me also. Beautiful image.

I do see the over sharpening the others have mentioned but not sure I would have if not mentioned. It's hardly noticeable on my Macbook using Chrome as my browser.

pat

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 2, 2014 at 9:48 AM

I went a little easier on the sharpening for the web in this version. Hope it is a little easier on the eyes

Needed to save it at 59% for the 200 KB file size limit.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on July 2, 2014 at 11:08 AM

Killer shot and blend Harry. I was going to comment on the sharpening, but it's been addressed. And it's a 300K limit.

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on July 2, 2014 at 12:16 PM

That worked out quote well, Harry, and a short drive, too. Classic in every way.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 2, 2014 at 12:50 PM

Yes, a lovely sky and great processing.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on July 2, 2014 at 1:45 PM

Another beauty, Harry. Great handling of the technical aspects of this complicated image.I love the "in your face " presentation.

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Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on July 2, 2014 at 2:20 PM

Classic image, I love it. Centered composition works well. Great complimentary colors. Other than the sharpening that's been addressed, I might suggest slight dodging in all 4 corners to balance the tones a bit. Was this a vignette applied during post or just a coincidence?

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on July 3, 2014 at 4:42 PM

Great lesson in composition with this Harry, the flowers look great beneath the wonderful sky.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 6, 2014 at 12:52 PM

Thanks for all of the feedback.

Joel - The vignette wasn't intended, just a byproduct of manually blending the layers of different exposures to what looked good to me. I am not a big fan of vignettes, looks too unnatural to me in most cases. If it is obvious, I think it has failed. So, I will consider lightening up the corners a bit, possibly more the sky than below. I remember a recent comment on a different flowers photo that the shadows looked too opened up, so I wanted to make sure that the flowers took center stage and not in conflict with too much shadow detail. Thanks!

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