A Sweet Scene +Edit

[AlanLichty]

Not certain what I will do for catchy titles for the other hundred shots I took along Sweet Creek last week but this is one of many nice fall scenes along the trails. This one is from the upper trailhead path.

Sweet Creek

• AlanLichty
• Oct 27, 2018

A fall scene along Sweet Creek in the Siuslaw National Forest.

C&C always welcome.

Edit: A little more juiced up color palette to bring out more of the fall leaf display.

Sweet Creek Fall

• AlanLichty
• Oct 27, 2018

A scene along the trail at Sweet Creek in the Siuslaw National Forest.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is a sweet scene, I absolutely love creeks.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Alan, you are in a Sweet location!

This is very nice, I like how it's set up. Have you thought about increasing the Saturation maybe 10% more to help those yellow leaves to separate more from the background. You got a lot of fall colors in this one but the colors are getting lost a bit, a little helping hand with the saturation would bring them out more? The risk of course is the greens can go a bit nuclear, so the other option I like to do sometimes to help the yellows stand out is then to use the Yellow Saturation and Luminosity in ACR. Somehow in ACR I have found that the Yellow adjustment tends to restrict itself to just the Yellows more so then in Photoshop where adjusting the Yellows also tends to adjust the Greens a lot.

 

[AlanLichty]

Hey Alan, you are in a Sweet location!

This is very nice, I like how it's set up. Have you thought about increasing the Saturation maybe 10% more to help those yellow leaves to separate more from the background. You got a lot of fall colors in this one but the colors are getting lost a bit, a little helping hand with the saturation would bring them out more? The risk of course is the greens can go a bit nuclear, so the other option I like to do sometimes to help the yellows stand out is then to use the Yellow Saturation and Luminosity in ACR. Somehow in ACR I have found that the Yellow adjustment tends to restrict itself to just the Yellows more so then in Photoshop where adjusting the Yellows also tends to adjust the Greens a lot.

I tried your suggestion and got a little more of a boost into the fall colors. I used the HSL sliders to add luminance and saturation to the yellows and orange while dialing back the greens and aqua. This was shot in the early morning prior to any direct sunlight in the canyon so I could work entirely in the shade. That can bring out a lot of cyan in the greens if you take saturation too far. It's not quite blue hour light but lacks the color warmth direct sunlight can impart.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Like the edit

 

[Jim Dockery]

nice work on the edit.

 

[Dean]

Alan neat shot.. the edit certainly brings more color.. we need to get you to the NE next season for some fall color
Regards Dean

 

[JimFox]

A subtle but nice edit Alan. It really helps to let the Fall Color look more like fall. Those adjustments you made for this edit I would encourage you to apply to your future edits too.

 

[AlanLichty]

A subtle but nice edit Alan. It really helps to let the Fall Color look more like fall. Those adjustments you made for this edit I would encourage you to apply to your future edits too.

Thanks - I do have a lot more images from two days worth of shooting at Sweet Creek and will apply similar edits. Not sure anything will help the color of the leaves on the alders. They go straight from green to dead.

 

[BarryHamilton]

Lovely work, Alan! Your edit shows a deft touch and still feels natural. Well done.