Lookout on Booth’s Rock Trail

This 5KM trail loops above Rock Lake to a lookout and then back down to lake level along the shoreline.  

This shot was taken on a tripod. The aperture was set to f/22 to get a complete depth of field. I focused on the hyper-focal distance, which on the 28mm at f/22 is 121.6 cm.   

The shot was composed to lead the eye across the rocks from the bottom of the image to the trees and then out into the distance.  The curve of the rock is complemented by the curve of the ground cover. 

I processed the image  with Color Efex using the Polarization, Dark Contrasts, Bring out Detail, Brilliance and Warmth, Skylight,  and Darken-Lighten Center Filters.  The Dark Contrast filter and the Bring Out Details filter enhance the light and shadow, and bring out the texture of the grasses in the foreground.  I used control points in the sky to negate the effects of the Darken Contrasts and the Bring out Details Filters. The Skylight filter was used to enhance the colour and emphasize the sunny parts of the landscape. 

In a second step, I processed the image through Photoshop Elements, with the Watercolor Filter followed by some adjustments to the brightness to recover some of the shadows lost when the filter was applied.  As noted in an earlier post this introduces and artistic effect; a texture not directly available out of he camera.  I will be posting several images over the coming days using this technique.