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Trees of Flame Framing Lighthouse: Cape May<\/p><\/div>\n

You may get tired of this Lighthouse, but I seem to have shot it from all angles on this trip. I could not resist these very bright trees and finding an angle that would frame the the lighthouse. I got down low and used the flip out lcd of the H50 to compose the shot.<\/p>\n

Sony DSC H50 at 35mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1\/400 @ ISO 100. Programmed Auto.<\/p>\n

Recovery in Lightroom for the sky. A bit of fill light to pick up the leaves in the tree and the textures of the tree trunks. Blackpoint to the right to intensify the image. Added Clarity and Vibrance and Sharpen Landscapes preset. Finally I went in with the selective HLS tools and increased the luminance of the red of the leaves.<\/p>\n

And, for contrast, here is a shot with more lighthouse and less trees, taken from the same spot by zooming in.<\/p>\n

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Tighter Frame of Flame<\/p><\/div>\n

This is at 120mm equivalent. For this shot I used Program Shift on the H50 (easy to do as it is one of the on screen options\u00a0accessible\u00a0without opening the menu system) to select the smallest aperture and increase depth of field to keep both foreground and the lighthouse in focus. It received very similar treatment in Lightroom.<\/p>\n

So what do you think. Wide frame or tight?<\/p>\n

From Cape May 10\/09<\/a><\/p>\n

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