Train Trestle Hanahan, SC

[myluvtat2]

C&C always welcome

Do you think too much blue? How can I get the trestle to stand out more?



ETA-this was taken with my Nikon D3100 and 18-55mm kit lens

1/125 shutter
f/36
400 ISO

 

[tirediron]

Way, way, WAY too much blue! How about posting an uncorrected shot for comparison? As for making the trestle stand out more, simple. Get closer! I would be inclined to get much closer and compose such that the length of the trestle formed a leading line from the foreground, along a slight diagonal to the background.

 

[myluvtat2]

Way, way, WAY too much blue! How about posting an uncorrected shot for comparison? As for making the trestle stand out more, simple. Get closer! I would be inclined to get much closer and compose such that the length of the trestle formed a leading line from the foreground, along a slight diagonal to the background.

I would have had to jump into the water LOL I will get the original in a sec.

 

[myluvtat2]

Ok..how about now?



This is the original...I am pretty sure I did nothing to this...

 

[tirediron]

Way, way, WAY too much blue! How about posting an uncorrected shot for comparison? As for making the trestle stand out more, simple. Get closer! I would be inclined to get much closer and compose such that the length of the trestle formed a leading line from the foreground, along a slight diagonal to the background.

I would have had to jump into the water LOL I will get the original in a sec.

Okay? And?

 

[tirediron]

Ok..how about now?



This is the original...I am pretty sure I did nothing to this...

A couple of issues with the original. (1) It is somewhat under-exposed, especially in the trestle area. (2) There's a real lack of cloud/sky contrast. My approach here would have been either to use a polarizing filter and possible a graduated ND filter to enhance the sky without over-saturating the colours and reducing the dynamic range between the dark trestle area and the bright sky, or to shoot for an HDR, with one exposure for the trestle/treeline area, another for the foreground, and one more for the sky. I think with some careful levels & curves tweaking as well as maybe some burning in the sky and careful contrast and saturation adjustments you can pull a pretty good exposure out of this.

 

[myluvtat2]

Ok..how about now?



This is the original...I am pretty sure I did nothing to this...

A couple of issues with the original. (1) It is somewhat under-exposed, especially in the trestle area. (2) There's a real lack of cloud/sky contrast. My approach here would have been either to use a polarizing filter and possible a graduated ND filter to enhance the sky without over-saturating the colours and reducing the dynamic range between the dark trestle area and the bright sky, or to shoot for an HDR, with one exposure for the trestle/treeline area, another for the foreground, and one more for the sky. I think with some careful levels & curves tweaking as well as maybe some burning in the sky and careful contrast and saturation adjustments you can pull a pretty good exposure out of this.

Thanks! I have been reading about filters and plan to get one soon. I am not sure about the HDR thing..I will have to read up on that. I haven't messed with the curves or levels yet on PS...I am really new at PS.

I was lucky to get this shot...I was standing on a bridge less than a foot away from heavy traffic going 50mph and was scared :meh:. This was one of my first few landscape shots.