Post your Tree Photos !
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Michael J.
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Used to be a tree
Michael J.
Senior Member
That's an amazing photo
From the Blue Ridge Parkway, where it starts (or ends, depending on where you started from) in Cherokee NC.
It would be great to have a post processing section , to make this already great forum an even better one for learning.
Sometimes I stumble on something or some process that is simple but makes a big difference and would want to share it.
For example, I took this image from LR into Color efex pro (part of the Nik Collection).
It looked a bit overwhelming with all those leaves. The tree in the center just wouldn't pop. I know there are different ways to achieve this in LR or PS, but I was already in NIK and didn't feel like going back and forth.
A simple solution I stumbled upon was that I added the Graduated Fog. I used low intensity, and placed the fog on the right side of my image to fade out some of those colors to isolate the tree some more.
I played with the "blend" slider so the effect blended in nicely. Kind of like using "feather" in LR or PS.
I also added a very mild setting in the "glamour glow" filter, and added the Graduated Neutral Density filter to lighten up the upper layer some. The sky was a bit too dark . After that I saved it back to LR for some minor contrast and exposure adjustments.
It would be great to have a post processing section , to make this already great forum an even better one for learning.
Sometimes I stumble on something or some process that is simple but makes a big difference and would want to share it.
For example, I took this image from LR into Color efex pro (part of the Nik Collection).
It looked a bit overwhelming with all those leaves. The tree in the center just wouldn't pop. I know there are different ways to achieve this in LR or PS, but I was already in NIK and didn't feel like going back and forth.
A simple solution I stumbled upon was that I added the Graduated Fog. I used low intensity, and placed the fog on the right side of my image to fade out some of those colors to isolate the tree some more.
I played with the "blend" slider so the effect blended in nicely. Kind of like using "feather" in LR or PS.
I also added a very mild setting in the "glamour glow" filter, and added the Graduated Neutral Density filter to lighten up the upper layer some. The sky was a bit too dark . After that I saved it back to LR for some minor contrast and exposure adjustments.
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Is this a Rainbow Eucalyptus Ted? Next time you're at Morikami, exit to the left from the parking lot. You'll see a few of them outside the building that use to be the Orchid Society.
I really don't know what it is. The bark is thin like a Melaluca. Very pretty in person.
Slipperman
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Blue Ridge Pkwy, Va
