Golden Field and Sun Rays

NJMAN · Nov 4, 2007

About a month ago, I was looking specifically for a scene that had sun peeking through the clouds in a country setting. I was glad to be out and about when I stumbled across this particular setting. This one is part of a series of other field and meadow photos I have been posting lately. C&C greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Thanks for looking.

NJ

Ajay · Nov 4, 2007

Absolutely gorgeous. You always seem to be in the right place at the right time.

N'Kolor · Nov 4, 2007

Wow NJ...simply beautiful!

Antarctican · Nov 4, 2007

Gorgeous!! The clouds just blow me away.

andrew07 · Nov 5, 2007

absolutely gorgeous photo, would you mind sharing with me what all you did as far as post processing?

NJMAN · Nov 5, 2007

Thank you all very much. Truly appreciated!

andrew07 said:
absolutely gorgeous photo, would you mind sharing with me what all you did as far as post processing?

Andrew, this is an HDR, so most of the processing was done in photomatix with the luminosity, strength, and light smoothing controls. This particular image also benefited from tweaking the saturation highlights and saturation shadows just a tad. I always finish it up in PS with some extra tweaking and sharpen it for web viewing. Thanks for asking.

abraxas · Nov 5, 2007

very nice. has some great depth.

andrew07 · Nov 5, 2007

i had a feeling, thats the same process that i use when PP. Amazing picture again!

NJMAN said:
Thank you all very much. Truly appreciated!

Andrew, this is an HDR, so most of the processing was done in photomatix with the luminosity, strength, and light smoothing controls. This particular image also benefited from tweaking the saturation highlights and saturation shadows just a tad. I always finish it up in PS with some extra tweaking and sharpen it for web viewing. Thanks for asking.

ernie · Nov 5, 2007

great shot.

about the post-processing work: what is this photomatix you're talking about? can you do the same pp with just photoshop too?

NJMAN · Nov 5, 2007

Thanks again for the nice comments!

ernie said:
great shot.

about the post-processing work: what is this photomatix you're talking about? can you do the same pp with just photoshop too?

Thanks ernie.
photomatix is a program that many prefer to use for HDRs. You can search up a lot of information about it in this forum and also in google, which is much more info than I can give you in one thread. Yes, you can do pretty much the same thing by taking 3 or more exposures and using Merge to HDR in PS. I prefer using photomatix.

The_Caper · Nov 5, 2007

Another great shot with nice PP:

Good work NJ, your work is convincing me to shell out the $99 and start on the HDR learning curv.

Paul.

Tuner571 · Nov 5, 2007

Great shot, I love the clouds!

kundalini · Nov 5, 2007

As usual NJ, you are the man. Patience is your virtue.

Well done.

craig · Nov 6, 2007

Cool effect, but I am not seeing a subject or anything interesting.

Love & Bass

NJMAN · Nov 6, 2007

Thank a lot again everyone!

Craig: The subject to me is the sun peeking through the clouds, which then leads the eye down to the golden color in the field. Just my interpretation of it anyway.

Thanks.
NJ