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Taken in December of 2009 of the Mill Falls hotel in Meredith, NH.
I found this view from a road that wraps around the northside of Lake Winnipesaukee. It was not far away from the subject but placed some of the lake in the foreground. This is a full (landscape orientation) frame with a small crop off the bottom to eliminate reflections that IMO don’t add anything to the presentation.
This is one of my favorite images from NH. The EF 135/2 L lens compressed the view but rendered it razor sharp.
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The original file had higher contrast. Working the file in LRC, I was able to adjust the color temp to what I remember seeing (slightly cooler vs. what came out of the camera) and pull more detail out of the shadows. Commentary on the processing as well as the photo in general is appreciated!
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Canon 50D on a tripod
EF 135/2 L
f/5.0 @ 2.0 seconds, ISO 100
A very nice composition with nicely balanced tonalities and lovely colors. The reflections are no nice and feel like they are occupying just the right amount of canvas.
Maybe the newer bodies are not as much of an improvement as we think. I suspect you gained some dynamic range from tweaking the WB – I’ve always felt it needed some tweaking in night scenes, and in warm early and late light. There is a lot of variability in the interpretation of the various camera profiles in raw converters.
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This is gorgeous, Jim. I can certainly see why you like it. The reflections are awesome (I probably would have spent my time photographing them instead of what they were reflecting, but I’m weird). I think your processing is excellent. You have enough light on the buildings and trees to have them make sense without looking unnatural. There are some small stray lights mostly around the rooftops that aren’t reflected that I think might want to go away, but that’s the only suggestion I can think of.
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My sample of the 50D generally gets the white balance pretty close, but almost always requires a minor tweak in processing, especially in the light conditions you mentioned. Then there are times it’s WAY off, to the point I bercome uncertain if it can be made right in PS or LRC. I find the more correction needed to the WB, the more the final color rendering doesn’t seem quite right.
I’m quite impressed with what can be done with the latest version of LRC to breathe new life into old files - this night scene certainly benefitted from it.
Thanks for commenting!
