Sunday, March 8, 2009

Lyon Arboretum 3/7/09

My photography class' 2nd field trip was to Lyon Arborteum. We got there before they opened at 9am and it looked really beautiful w/ the morning mist and the clouds over the mountains. There were dew drops on the leaves and everything was really green. Although I was there only briefly, I was able to get some first impression shots.
This is the first time for me to use RAW format. I think it has really helped in post-processing to fix up my exposure and white balance mistakes.

I took this shot and then changed the saturation to make it look greener. Then I pushed the saturation to the b/w end and got the second version. I actually kinda like the b/w version better.
There were several a lily ponds, but only had time to take one.The dew drops and the overcast sky with light rain worked out nicely for greenery shots.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Pretty fun shooting in Raw, huh? Glad you made the switch. Hee, hee. The pictures are really nice.

jalna said...

Wow, wow, wow. Veeeeery nice. I just love the translucent look of the pink flower. It gives me a peaceful feeling.

SW said...

Jalna, I had shot in ISO 1600 and tungstun white balance in the first few shots because I forgot to reset my camera from my last indoor shoot. I discovered that RAW format lets you fix almost anything..that's pretty cool. :-)