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Autumn in the Lake District - where else would you want to be?
I photographed this lovely arrangement of tree trunks and bracken by the side of Thirlemere on the only sunny day of our week long stay up north.
Liz and I were driving from home to our holiday apartment and we'd decided to take the scenic route through the lakes on our way.
As we came up to Thirlemere we saw a sign saying 'Lake Drive', so we took it.
I'm so glad we did as the road wound along the side of the lake for almost its entire length, with plenty of laybys to stop in and admire the scenery.
A short stroll through the bracken brought us to the lake shore with the stunning autumn colours just begging to be photographed with the blue of the lake as a backdrop.
When I came to process the image I wanted all the emphasis to be on the gorgeous colours, but I found that the plethora of small details in the foliage was distracting, and diluted the impact of the colours I wanted to emphasise.
To change the focus of the image away from the detail and onto the colours I applied an 'Orton' effect using multiple layers in PhotoShop, with the result being a much more pleasing image, with colours emphaisised and the fine details blurred over.
Filename - lake trees 05.jpg
Camera - Nikon D3100
Lens - 18-55mm zoom @50mm
Exposure - 1/80sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - Thirlemere, Lake District
This image - 800x640px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Handheld exposure with lens stabilisation.
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