Erbs Covered Bridge, part 2

I wanted to share another image from Erbs Covered Bridge. This time I shot it horizontally. I wanted to get the entire length of the bridge as well as the white picket fence and the fisherman on the bank. And for an artistic approach I added a Topez Simplify for a painterly effect.

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Nick

Erbs Covered Bridge

Saturday morning I made a little trip up to Erbs Covered Bridge. I did some scouting of the area a couple of weeks ago of the creek and the bridge. My main goal was to get a solid shot of the bridge with a good reflection.

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Nick

Rflections

I'm a big fan of reflection shots. I'm also a big fan of making frequent visits to one spot because you become familiar with how the weather and seasons effect the area. Down around the Holtwood Dam I've been there so many times that it becomes challenging to come up with something new. But with the sun out on a late afternoon you can really capture the light hitting the trees on the bank from the water in the creek.

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Nick

Bank of the Loyalsock

This past weekend I made a trip to Sullivan County mainly for the start of Trout season. I did allot of scouting out locations for future trips, and figuring my way around. Even though it was a fishing trip I did manage to take a few shots. Which with everything going on these days is getting harder to do. This is just outside of World's End State Park. Hope you enjoy.

Nick

Snow Goose

Here's another image from Middle Creek. I wanted to share this because of the last several weeks it seems the discussions among friends has been 'background control.' This was taken just when the sun was hitting the bird and the grass behind it. But by working through layers and levels I was able to darken the grass to keep the attention and focus on the bird who happened to be a good subject for a few minutes.

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Nick

Goose in the fog

This morning I got together with Ed Harding at Middle Creek Wildlife Management. Most of the Snow Geese are gone but there were still plenty of birds to photograph. This image I ran through Topez Detail I wanted to kept it soft to enhance the mood of the light fog. But also bring out the sun as it was rising.

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Nick

Tulips

This image I took at Longwood about a week ago. I really liked the composition. The out of focus Tulips and the two leafs on either side build a good frame to the one Tulip that I focused on. But the one thing I didn't like was the rest of the background, it was to distracting. Late last night I was reading Bob Lott's blog, he had the same issue with different flowers. So following his idea I cut out the background in layers then filled it in with a solid color. Bob used Topez but I just kept it to Adobe Photoshop. I still used the same post-processing that I would use with any other image. Thanks Bob,

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Nick