Walking home from school the other day, no rain, but my 9-year-old daughter Mia, and her best friend broke out their umbrellas. Just thought it looked pretty cool against the fall colors, so ran home and grabbed my camera and 70-200 lens for this shot.
I just spent a few minutes messing with the color in the shot. Its totally cheating, but its tempting to shift the hues in the two umbrellas to mirror/balance the colors in the trees above, red on the left umbrella and that pale blue from the tree in the top left on the right umbrella. Then pull a hint of saturation from the grass....
I just spent a few minutes messing with the color in the shot. Its totally cheating, but its tempting to shift the hues in the two umbrellas to mirror/balance the colors in the trees above, red on the left umbrella and that pale blue from the tree in the top left on the right umbrella. Then pull a hint of saturation from the grass....
I dunno. Its an interesting shot regardless.
Evan, if shifting the hues in a shot like this is cheating, then I'd probably be in prison. The red in the trees in the SOOC image wasn't as red as I'd like them to be. A shift in the hues got the leaf color I wanted. I think anytime we do environmental shots, or any shots really, there's the opportunity to make things as you want them to be, as opposed to exactly how they are.
I spent a lot of years as a photojournalist who wasn't allowed to change much in my shots. I love this new freedom, and how easy things can be changed in PS. I don't really do it much, but I'm huge fan of conceptual photography.
In this shot, I like the contrast of the bright colors of the umbrellas against the colors of nature around it.
Love this shot. It makes me reminiscent of my childhood when I lived in an area that actually had the season of fall unlike the gloomy version we have here in Texas.
@Amber, thanks! We spent a couple years in Houston recently, so I know what you're talking about. But right now, I'll trade Chicago's brutally cold winters for the Texas winters.
