Learning Landscapes - Foggy morning Scenes

[ajohnw]

I downloaded the cropped version of #2 and played around with it a Little in CC. You need to rotate the image abt 0.6 degrees clockwise (judging by the buildings). There seems to be a very small amount of motion blur - I was able to improve sharpness a tiny bit by using CC´s Sharpen>Shake reduction tool. But basically your image is sharper than most of my handheld shots..

Just to show that the "shake" is fog and the level probably a but of both lens / building distortion I mostly removed the fog and enlarged it. No longer has the desired effect though - the whole idea is the fog.



John
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[bnnrcn]

John's version is nice too but it hasn't got the foggy mood very much.It is amazing to see how it is possible to make a lot of versions of a photograph with PP...

[ajohnw]

John's version is nice too but it hasn't got the foggy mood very much.It is amazing to see how it is possible to make a lot of versions of a photograph with PP...

It's an unusual PP method. Flatten and deband the image which is a sort of levels adjustment gone wrong. It flattens and extends the histogram. Gaps appear hence the debanding. Then tone map the hell out of it to bring the contrast back concentrating on mid a low level contrast tailing off to no tone mapping to high contrast areas. The higher tone levels tend to win out loosing mist but still keeping the same sort of tone. Works well on this one. That isn't always the case. Enlarged and then reduced as the original image isn't really big enough to see the detail clearly. This also allowed a little bit of sharpening to add just a touch more contrast.

There is plenty of scope for variation at all stages.

John
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[Brownbear]

Andrea... It is very kind of you to take the time to comment. Capturing a mood, feeling or moment is important to me. Thank you for the encouragement. Yes, I will be learning how to straighten buildings and use the lens fixing tools.

Mark... Thank you. My heart is set on mountains but these are a good start.

Lennart... Thank you. I still have a lot to learn about post processing but I will look for that tool and try it out.

Thank you to all.

[Brownbear]

Hi John,

Thank you for taking the time and for sharing with others. Very interesting to see the various post processing options.

Just to show that the "shake" is fog and the level probably a but of both lens / building distortion I mostly removed the fog and enlarged it. No longer has the desired effect though - the whole idea is the fog.



John
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[nimitzbenedicto]

Hi Christina,

Nice threads of yours. Really learning a lot from them/feedback by others.

I love the first image, but with some cropping of the foreground as others mentioned.

Thanks for your posts

[Brownbear]

Hi Victor,

Thank you. I'm learning lots too, and it is always nice to know that others learn from my threads, too.

Thank you for your feedback on the crop. Truly appreciated.
Christina

Hi Christina,

Nice threads of yours. Really learning a lot from them/feedback by others.

I love the first image, but with some cropping of the foreground as others mentioned.

Thanks for your posts

[JBW]

I think it is time Christina admitted the truth... she took 'fog photos' so she would not have to spend hours cleaning up the background!

[Brownbear]

Nice try Brian!

That said, one might say that fog is quite magical and a wonderful tool for hiding busy backgrounds. However, there are too few foggy days to count on it for our backgrounds. And perhaps fog is non-existent in the Philippines, therefore...

I think it is time Christina admitted the truth... she took 'fog photos' so she would not have to spend hours cleaning up the background!

[JBW]

Nice try Brian!

That said, one might say that fog is quite magical and a wonderful tool for hiding busy backgrounds. However, there are too few foggy days to count on it for our backgrounds. And perhaps fog is non-existent in the Philippines, therefore...

depends on how you define fog. At 400 meters ASL we often get rolled over by clouds.

[cliffmccartney]

Christina,

I really like the first image. I love the ethereal, "morning" feel to it. I also like that you've captured the texture of the water as well as the reflections. I think I'd try to crop it just a bit on the right and bottom. While I like the reflections of the boat masts in the water, there might be too much foreground. That said, I think you've captured the scene well. I like it.

Cliff

[cliffmccartney]

Sorry for being Captain Obvious. I started my post before I read the comments. Shame on me.

[Brownbear]

Hi Cliff,

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, for your encouragement, and also for your suggestion of the crop, which was suggested by most everyone.

No worries. Some of these threads are very long, likely too long to read every comment. Thank you for taking the time.