Reflection of Fall's Color

[Ziggy]

Two weeks and 3,400 miles later got back home to Ohio tonight. One from New Hampshire.

[NorthernFocus]

Beautiful, Jim. No matter how pleasant travel is, there's no place like home.

[IzzieK]

Ziggy -- what a beautiful shot!!!

I agree with Dan -- your own bed is the best bed on planet earth...must be the pillow...

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[Dave Humphries]

Great capture and processing Jim, lovely colours as a result.

My only pedantic critique is to suggest a slight clockwise rotation (so 'points' in the reflections are vertically below their 'real' counterparts)

[Ziggy]

Great capture and processing Jim, lovely colours as a result.

My only pedantic critique is to suggest a slight clockwise rotation (so 'points' in the reflections are vertically below their 'real' counterparts)

Thanks all.

Dave if you could post an example it would help me understand. Thanks.

[Wavelength]

So beautiful

[madcrow]

Great shot, great colour and detail.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Jim,

Dave if you could post an example it would help me understand. Thanks.

Certainly, here's a demo using the new transform tool in ACR 9.6.1 (in CC 2015.5) - because I could easily align grid lines with suitable features (e.g. tree tops against sky).

1)
2) 3)

From the left;
1) uncorrected.
2) corrected, with panel showing Rotation amount in degrees.
3) a quick check of something towards LHS to ensure I wasn't being fooled by the shot also having converging (or diverging) verticals.

Ideally I'd actually make the manual correction using something in the centre of frame, but for ease of describing to members, I chose something far easier to describe and see; the three tree tops which happened to be over on the RHS.

Note that;
In 1) (from original) while the real tree tops are overlaid by three grid lines, their reflections are off to the right by almost half a square.
In 2) I have manually rotated the shot to vertically align the reflections to be the same distance from the grid lines.
In 3) I did a quick check using something towards LHS to ensure I wasn't being fooled if the shot also had converging (or diverging) verticals - although that's less likely with a reflection shot such as this, it is more relevant for other types of shots when the camera may well be tilted up or down.

As a matter of interest; I did try an "Auto" fix and while it wasn't a bad attempt, it did slightly 'overcook' it, so I had to manually adjust it.

Of course, the whole method relies on the fact that water will find its own level and that must be flat.

HTH, Dave

[Cogito]

Then you end up with something like this...



Be aware that you lose a little from the bottom and from the right because of the rotation

[Dave Humphries]

Be aware that you lose a little from the bottom and from the right because of the rotation

True, unless you clone 'fill' the four triangles, which is often possible (in general terms and if that is personally acceptable).

[Cogito]

True, unless you clone 'fill' the four triangles, which is often possible (in general terms and if that is personally acceptable).

Also possible but I only spent 30 seconds in LR including import and export....

[Ziggy]

Hi Jim,



Certainly, here's a demo using the new transform tool in ACR 9.6.1 (in CC 2015.5) - because I could easily align grid lines with suitable features (e.g. tree tops against sky).

1)
2) 3)

From the left;
1) uncorrected.
2) corrected, with panel showing Rotation amount in degrees.
3) a quick check of something towards LHS to ensure I wasn't being fooled by the shot also having converging (or diverging) verticals.

Ideally I'd actually make the manual correction using something in the centre of frame, but for ease of describing to members, I chose something far easier to describe and see; the three tree tops which happened to be over on the RHS.

Note that;
In 1) (from original) while the real tree tops are overlaid by three grid lines, their reflections are off to the right by almost half a square.
In 2) I have manually rotated the shot to vertically align the reflections to be the same distance from the grid lines.
In 3) I did a quick check using something towards LHS to ensure I wasn't being fooled if the shot also had converging (or diverging) verticals - although that's less likely with a reflection shot such as this, it is more relevant for other types of shots when the camera may well be tilted up or down.

As a matter of interest; I did try an "Auto" fix and while it wasn't a bad attempt, it did slightly 'overcook' it, so I had to manually adjust it.

Of course, the whole method relies on the fact that water will find its own level and that must be flat.

HTH, Dave

Thanks Dave for taking the time to edit the photo. I think your PP skills are a little more advanced than mine.

[bnnrcn]

Lovely colors Jim

[joebranko]

Lovely shot!