More Shots from Maine (Acadia, etc.)

redleash

I seem to bounce from one project to another without finishing any. I went back to my Maine file last night to work up a few more shots. C&C is welcomed.

Thanks,
Lauren

1. Just some leaves - blended some layers and used Topaz Adjust, going for a "rustic" sort of look


2. A quaint New England cemetery - 2 shot hand-held pano with an ACR gradient boost


3. Just a stream in the woods - another ACR gradient boost


4. Two 3-exp HDR shots (6 total images) merged, then finished in PS. All hand-held.


5. On Cadillac Mountain at dusk - processed for sky and ground in ACR, blended in PS


6. Bernard Harbor in mid-morning; pano crop with B&W conversion - is it too soft? looks kinda like it

Nyte

Love the colour of the leaf in the first shot and the clarity of the second.

Eia

#4 does it for me... Really nice!!! I would not know it was hdr!!!

Azzaro

Hi Lauren........ I like #4 ...for me it is the best of the series.....:D.azzaro

redleash

Thanks, everyone! I liked #4 when I finished it up. It really captured what I saw that day. Eia, I'm glad to know you didn't think "HDR" as soon as you saw it . . . means I didn't push it too far.

kdog

Very nice, Lauren. I like the comps and colors in 4 and 5 the best.

Cheers,
-joel

hawkeye978

Agree with the others. Nice series and I like #4 the best. I'm wondering if the B&W at Bernard might benefit from darkening the sky slightly to give it a little more mood.

redleash

Thanks, Tom--I'll try your idea about the sky and re-post if it looks better.

Nyte

#4 doesn't seem particularly sharp to me.

Possibly a result of the hand-held HDR.