Night at camp

bgarland

A few from our campsite last weekend. I'm not too fond of the tilting trees from the wide angle lens. Maybe I'll try a different lens next time.

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ian408

Looks like you've got a sweet camp setup going!

Panther

Howdy Brad,

Looks like a wonderful weekend was had, and love the lighting
and Campsite.

Very nicely done.

bgarland

Thank you both.

I am still not happy with these shots and will continue to work on finding the right exposure and settings to better capture the experience.

Oh darn, that means I have to go camping again to practice. So Sad.:D

bgarland

I found a neat trick in Lightroom that corrects the vertical distortions from a wide angle lens. I can straighten the trees perfectly but you lose too much of the bottom of the image so I tried to balance that by partially straightening the trees. I lowered the exposure in the bottom half to tone down the tent light and fire a bit and desaturated the color a tad to hopefully look more natural.

What cha think, better or just walk away and leave the original image alone?

red_zone

#2 was my favorite image of the 3, and I like it even better with the exposure in the bottom half turned down. It looks like an amazing location and camp setup. It's pretty neat that even with all the light from the campfire, kitchen, and full moon hitting the clouds you can still see the stars quite clearly. The firelit trees from below in the fg and moonlit trees on the horizon give a great sense of space.

But, even though I like your pictures, I'm of the opinion that you need to take more to, um, take more from different perspectives, like from different campsites

dlplumer

The pictures are fine, but the campsite is awesome

bgarland

red_zone wrote: »

#2 was my favorite image of the 3, and I like it even better with the exposure in the bottom half turned down. It looks like an amazing location and camp setup. It's pretty neat that even with all the light from the campfire, kitchen, and full moon hitting the clouds you can still see the stars quite clearly. The firelit trees from below in the fg and moonlit trees on the horizon give a great sense of space.

But, even though I like your pictures, I'm of the opinion that you need to take more to, um, take more from different perspectives, like from different campsites

Thanks for the feedback. I'll leave it alone now.

I have to agree completely with you that I now need to camp in about 100 more locations just to get the differing perspectives.

bgarland

dlplumer wrote: »

The pictures are fine, but the campsite is awesome

Thanks Dan. I even got Pam to join me on this one.



The stream about 100 yards away wasn't too shabby either.

BradfordBenn

Nice pics.

vintagemxr

Seems like with the wide angle lens you just need to allow some crop room for the perspective adjustment next time you're shooting. For what it's worth, Paint Shop Pro X2 has an amazingly good perspective adjustment tool. I do most of my editing in Capture 2NX but there are a few things that PSP is really good at.

dlplumer

Hi Pam. Nice shot Brad

reyvee61

What a beautiful place to camp out. The night shots are awesome btw.....

bgarland

Thanks for the comments everyone.

I agree when using a WA lens in the future I'll take in more foreground to allow for potential adjustments. If not needed it can always be cropped out.

InsuredDisaster

Love #2.

Thought Pam was sitting next to a bear at first glance!

bgarland

InsuredDisaster wrote: »

Love #2.

Thought Pam was sitting next to a bear at first glance!

Ha Ha... That would be our "bear" Roxy the Giant Schnauzer.:D She is frequently mistaken for a small bear.:D She is my camping buddy and goes on every trip with me.