Tag: Algonquin Park
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Hardwood Lookout #2
in: Travel
A world without ones glasses it can be both beautiful and dangerous. This shot was taken while moving the camera upward. The exposure was 1/2 second. There several techniques involving direction of the move (top down, bottom up, left right, twist), duration of the exposure, when to release the shutter (e.g., while the camera is…
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Hardwood Lookout
Seeing the trees in the forest. I processed this with Color Efex using the Polarization, Dark Contrasts, Detail, Darken-Lighten Center and Image Boarder filters. The Dark Contrast and Detail filters have the most impact. The former tempers the colours; the later brings out texture especially on the bark.
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Leaves on Peck Lake
It’s easy to miss the leaves for the forest. I processed this shot with Color Efex. I applied just two filters: Polarization, to slightly enhance the boldness of the colours and Darken-Lighten Center to highlight the subject. The Darken-Lighten filter is much like a vignetting tool but it adds two capabilities not often found:…
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Smoke Lake
It’s easy to think of Spring and Fall as transition seasons between the Winter and the Summer. The flush of Fall lies in opposition to the colourless Winter. I took this shot at 8:44 AM while the mist remained on he lake. I used a tripod. The image was processed with Silver Efex.
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Sentenal Lookout
We were up in Algonquin Park last weekend. The west side of the park was at it’s peak; the east side will likely reach it next weekend. I took this shot in tight with my Panasonic using a focal length the equivalent of 200mm. I wanted to get a shot that was just pure…