Mining more from last year’s Fall Cypress Tour. The gift that keeps on giving. We went to the same location for both sunrise & sunset on day 1 and so the familiarity worked in my favor. While many other participants went ahead of me into those trees, I hung back because I wanted to see if I could get a shot with another kayaker in it as I had in the morning session. That image turned out to be pretty powerful so I thought it would work here, too.
Basically I just sat and watched for my moment and here it is. I pulled the lens back from the zoomed position for the trees I was working to give him space to paddle through and I like the diagonal line of the tree reflections.
Specific Feedback Requested
Any feedback is ok. I’ve been living with this image for months and it’s a favorite, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect.
Technical Details
Is this a composite: No
Lumix G9
Lumix G Vario 35-100 f/2.8 lens @ 31mm (62mm equiv.)
f/20 | 1/320 sec. | ISO 200
Handheld in the kayak
Had the lens closed down for sunrays coming through the trees to the left of him when he came into the right position and I didn’t open up, just watched my shutter speed. Luckily it was bright enough and I was deliberately underexposing because of the big sun. Anyway…
Processed in Lr for color balance and to up exposure. Some color channel work brought out the variations from yellow to purple. Sharpening & nr and curves adjustment to open the mid-tones. Brought into Ps to remove a metric ton of spots due to a dirty lens. Bah. Also some TK6 masks to further improve the mids.