Althouse: Until tomorrow.

June 3, 2021

Ann Althouse said...: Rob writes:

Great capture! Well framed and the Sun and rippled reflection is stunning.

Is there any editing at all? It may be that your atmosphere is somehow different (what planet are you on, anyway?) but I’d have to up contrast and dehaze to get a similar result. As I’ve mentioned before, I believe in editing as the lens doesn’t always capture what our brain thinks we see visually.

Edited or not, it’s a really beautiful photo and something you could easily hand on a wall.

Thanks.

There's one thing I do, in "Photos" on my iMac, and that is to pull down the slider marked "light." That is, the photos *always* come out too bright... I believe because the phone camera is set to make flattering photographs of faces, which is by far the main thing people want out of their camera. If I knew how to do this one adjustment to the camera, I wouldn't need to process them afterwards.

Sometimes I turn up "contrast" or "black point." Sometimes I retouch to take out a little twig that's poking into the edge.

Mostly it's about getting out there when the light is ideal, framing the shots, and selecting what's best from the group.

One other thing is to ensure that the horizon is level.; 6/4/21, 4:07 PM