Twin Suns of the River Dart

[ColytonJohn]

Taken just before the weir at Staverton hence the still water and near perfect reflections:

5D3_5382 by John Leah, on Flickr

Cheers,
John

[Stan]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

well caught John but looks a bit oversharpened

Stan

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

Thanks Stan but I didn't apply any sharpening nor noise reduction

[pelliott1954]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

Is it the light which makes it look sharpened I wonder, whatever, it's a good spot, love the clear reflections and the sun starburst, my only thought is that I would have removed that light spot in the middle of the woods, overall I like it.

Regards Paul

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

Thanks Paul

Yes there is a bit of flare and I did watch a YouTube on how to remove them but, while it was very effective, it was also far too technical and advanced for me and I came away with a headache

Cheers,
John

[pelliott1954]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

John, that is one of the posts when I think there should be a 'Like' button on the EOS forum!!

Regards Paul

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

[tesarver]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

John, that is one of the posts when I think there should be a 'Like' button on the EOS forum!!

Regards Paul

Totally agree

Tom

[H2OJunkie]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

It doesn't look over-sharpened to me. It is a pretty scene and the reflection of the sun in the water came out excellent. For me the composition is good but the branches really compete with the flares of the sun (non-reflected) which is what captured my eye. All the branches distracted my eye a bit. It made it seem busy to me. GREAT eye though! Good capture!

[Tigger]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

excellent work John

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

Thanks folks

Cheers,
JOhn

[AlexR!]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

Lovely image, John, I love the light and texture of the branches. I also like how the sun is partially obscured, yet its reflection is in full view, and with a great star burst. But I'm with Paul on the lens flare, and I've recently watched some videos on removing it in PS too and I feel your pain. To be honest in that jumble of branches I would just clone stamp it out. You can't do that to the flare bottom left but I don't think that is bothering anyone.

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

OK I listened to the comments on the lens flare and cloned the central flare out

Talking of lens flare here's the original showing the magnificent rainbow and the reason why I cropped it as I did :5D3_5382-3.jpg

Cheers,
John

[AlexR!]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

Well done, John; it's as if it was never there...

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Twin Suns of the River Dart

PC went strange and posted this again after a reboot