A few from Shenandoah

Phil U.

I took a trip over to Shenandoah the other day. I first decided to cross Skyline Drive and go over to the town of Luray which is in the Shenandoah Valley. This is their "Singing Tower" - a bell tower that has 47 bells to play music.

The wind was starting to kick up because a storm was moving in. The trees were moving so they're not as sharp as they could have been.



I proceeded into the park and drove around on Skyline Drive while the storm blew over. Here is a shot of the back side of the storm line (I have a couple shots of the storm moving through the valley and I was looking down on it from the mountain - haven't found a way yet to present them decently so I won't post them here)



I ended the day with nice sunset - not super colorful but still nice.



It wasn't a day filled to the brim with good shots, but it was worth it. I got a few shots of a deer that I posted in the Wildlife forum here. A couple shots before I got to Shenandoah are here.

My other photos from the Shenandoah area can be found in this gallery which dates back to when I first started with the camera.

ginger_55

Oh, my, lovely shooting, Phil.

Just lovely. And the processing is good, too. I like that you did not over saturate the sunset. And love the IR, I assume that is what it is.

nice,
ginger

rahmonster

Lovely. Especially that first IR. Great work.

Angelo

wow, Wow, WOW!!!

truly beautiful (and this from a man who doesn't necessarily like IR)

USAIR

Phil
Good shots
That sunset is just awesome
Ir's great too

Thanks
Fred

Khaos

I really llike the flashlight beam look on the sunset. Nice set.

b29

Lovely
Especially # 2, I like the white trees or what it is.

Have can I do IR in Photoshop?



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Fridrik

Phil U.

ginger_55 wrote:

Oh, my, lovely shooting, Phil.

Just lovely. And the processing is good, too. I like that you did not over saturate the sunset. And love the IR, I assume that is what it is.

nice,
ginger

Yup - that's IR. I know what you mean, it's always tempting to over saturate sunsets. I did give it a nice bump but I think this looks pretty close to how it did in person. Thanks for giving me a little reassurance that it wasn't to much.

Phil U.

rahmonster wrote:

Lovely. Especially that first IR. Great work.

Thanks!

Phil U.

Angelo wrote:

wow, Wow, WOW!!!

truly beautiful (and this from a man who doesn't necessarily like IR)

Well then, it's even better coming from someone who is not an IR junkie. Thanks man.

Phil U.

USAIR wrote:

Good shots
That sunset is just awesome
Ir's great too

Thanks
Fred

Thanks! I always enjoy kicking back and watching a nice sunset when I have the chance. Something just so relaxing aobut it.

Phil U.

Khaos wrote:

I really llike the flashlight beam look on the sunset. Nice set.

That was something kind of unique. I was happy to see it happening. Thanks!

Phil U.

b29 wrote:

can I do IR in Photoshop?

Thanks! Actually the answer is almost yes. There are a few IR actions that do a reasonable job of approximating the look of IR from a regular color image. Do a search for "IR Action" - should turn up something.