Time to find some interesting photography subjects outside of Acadia National Park, during the closure. I found this sweet little spot in the woods, while walking around Little Long Pond with Doug, my photography buddy. There are beautiful places on the island outside of park. Below are my post-processing steps, in an effort help others understand how software can improve [put the polish on] a good shot. And yes, taken with the Fuji X100S. Here is the final image:
Mossy Trees, Little Long Pond, Seal Harbor, Maine
Straight out of the camera as a RAW image:
The steps in Lightroom:
- Increased: Saturation, Contrast, Exposure, and Blacks
- Cropped a smidge of the right, so the right tree is a frame
- Cloned out the white rock near the right middle edge
- Added post-crop vignette
Added Tonal Contrast with Nik Color Efex Pro and increased exposure in Lightroom
Ran the image through Nik Sharpener Pro
EXIF data: Fujifilm X100S, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/80 sec, ISO 1600, 9/25/13, 5:41 PM