That low angle light is really great Olaf. This image give a feeling of dampness, a place that never dries out.
Olaf.dk
20-Jun-2004 05:51
Thanks Shu! Yes, the special light was what caught my attention in the first place, almost like I was directed from above: take a photo here! Just a few weeks later, this shot would not have been possible, as the forest would have sprung and the low sun would have never reached this deep. --Olaf
The highlighted blanket of green moss makes this image very enticing. I keep going back to it, because that one patch of light pulls me right in. Shu
Olaf.dk
18-Jun-2004 21:07
Thanks Vikas and Karthik! The image you saw was basically straight from the camera, all I'd done was resize, add the white frame and save for the web. I have now played a little more with it in Photoshop: when downsizing I chose "bicubic sharper", but haven't done any other sharpening. I made a duplicate layer, set it to multiply with a high-contrast black and white version of the shot as a layer mask. This added some more "richness" to the highlights and light midtones while not affecting the shadows and darker midtones. Also, I cropped from 750 to 740 pixels in height, snipping off the ten pixels at the bottom. Finally, I decided a black frame suited the image better.
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Olaf
This has always been my favorite subject! Very nicely done. Earth colors with the green and the way you've framed it gives a nice depth to this image. - Karthik.