Spring bluebells on Dartmoor

[andrewaxford]

Seem to have been away from CiC for a while and have missed it! Still been busy taking photographs but never seem to find time to post them up. Even missed the last couple of comps. This is one of the last bluebell shots on the high moorland about 20 miles from home.

[Mike Buckley]

The basic composition is gorgeous. However, the extreme chromatic aberration in the tree (the strongest I've ever seen, probably because it's exaggerated by your post-processing), changes the composition by making me wonder if there are blossoms in the tree.

[andrewaxford]

Yes Mike I knew it was there and I had tried twice to remove it without success. The image did have a massive exposure range could that be it?

[andrewaxford]

I had another go at that image and used the defringe function and I think I have removed it. I had never even noticed that function so thank you for making me look again.

[Mike Buckley]

Great job taking care of the problem, Andrew!

Chromatic aberration occurs most often when dark pixels are adjacent to bright pixels. Some lenses are more prone to producing it than others. (One of my lenses is especially known for producing it.) Much if not all current software provide capabilities to automatically eliminate it, so it's good that you now know how to do that using yours.

I notice in the revised version that most of the scene is less saturated. Though that's to my liking, if you want the more intense saturation of the first version, you should be able to retain it after dealing with the chromatic aberration.

[Manfred M]

+1 to what Mike has written. Removing CA is so easy, I do it automatically on any image that I am working on.

I do find that the PP work is a touch to heavy for my taste in the first image. The second toned-down one works better for me.

[Shadowman]

Nice composition.