Equipment Used: Nikon D750, Tamron
24-70mm f2.8 DI VC G2 lense, Lightroom & Photoshop CC
It sure didn’t happen very often
this summer but there were storm clouds rolling through the country side that
produced dramatic skies. I happened to be getting off work when two of these
storms passed through so I got my camera out to capture the scene.
The D750 was fitted with the new
Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 G2 to shoot landscapes for the first time on these two
nights. The VR was kept on as I was shooting handheld with shutter speeds as
low as 1/80 sec. RAW format with an ISO of 400-640 and aperture of f7.1 to f9.
Matrix metering was used as well and a -1.0 to +.3 exposure compensation
adjustment.
Lightroom CC did the majority of
the post processing with adjustments to a number of sliders. I first changed
the white balance to shade followed by adjustments to exposure, contrast,
shadows, whites, clarity, vibrance and saturation. A slight S was put into the
tone curve and dehaze was increased as well. Once the above adjustments were
done, I created a preset to be able to post process the other images much
quicker.
In Photoshop CC, I first cloned
out the unwanted spots from a dirty camera using the clone brush tool and
straightened the image based off of the corn crib or other buildings I wanted
straight. I then made a selection on the corn crib to be able to apply an
exposure mask to just the crib. Because
of the red, yellow and white paint on the north side of the crib, I increased
the exposure to make it more visible using that selection mask. The final step
was to hit F12 to apply the sharpening action I had created previously.
With fall fast approaching, the harvest
of corn and soybeans will begin soon so I look forward to getting out in the fields
and capturing the farmer’s scenes with the Nikon and Tamron.
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