Fall Forrest

Some shots from the Troll Forrest this saturday.
It was a rainy day so the light is a bit grey, but the colors are great.
For some reason the pictures are a bit “crisp” and I didn’t even sharpen them. Anyone have a tip on how to soften them a bit?

14 thoughts on “Fall Forrest”

mostlymonochrome on October 8, 2012 at 00:05 said:

Looks inviting.

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quibbleon on October 8, 2012 at 03:36 said:

Bjorn: These are very nice. I like the green luminance and the wonderful mood of the place.
The photos don’t look too sharp to me, they look just right. Can I assume that you have the settings in camera at “neutral”? Some times the camera will sharpen them automatically if you haven’t set them to zero or neutral. If you wanted to blur them a bit (I can’t think of a reason to do so) you might try a minimal gaussian blur or minimal noise reduction.
These are great!
Bob

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- bjornsphoto on October 8, 2012 at 08:59 said:
  
  Thanks Bob for taking time to write an answer!
  Now looking at the pictures on another screen they look better, its on my laptop they look more crisp. Maybe time to calibrate the laptopscreen.
  The picture control setting does not affect the pictures, I shoot RAW and the picture controls like “neutral”, “vivid” and so on only affect the JPG’s created in the camera.
  Some gaussian blur could be a good idea, maybe it gives these pictures a more “dreamy” feeling, i have to try that later. Thanks again!
  
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alessandro ciapanna on October 8, 2012 at 10:43 said:

Agreed with quibbleon: in this day of instagram, truly sharp photographs are so hard to come by. I love them as they are… 😉

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- bjornsphoto on October 8, 2012 at 13:01 said:
  
  Thanks Alessando! Nice to hear!
  
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Kevin on October 8, 2012 at 12:34 said:

They look great the way they are.

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- bjornsphoto on October 8, 2012 at 13:01 said:
  
  Thanks Kevin! Thanks for visiting me!
  
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  - Kevin on October 8, 2012 at 13:14 said:
    
    Not sure if this is what you are after but I lower the clarity in Lightroom to “soften” a picture.
  - bjornsphoto on October 8, 2012 at 18:46 said:
    
    Could be! I will try that. Thanks! I mostly use clarity on the + side to spice up the contrasts, but in this case it could be a good idea to use it the other way!
FeyGirl on October 8, 2012 at 18:06 said:

Absolutely beautiful scenes! I love the perspectives and colors here… You capture this forest and its inhabitant, wonderful trees just wonderfully!

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- bjornsphoto on October 8, 2012 at 18:47 said:
  
  Thanks FeyGirl! Nice of you to visit and comment!
  
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tripsfor2 on October 13, 2012 at 17:09 said:

Thanks, always, for your splendid photos, Björn. We’re so thrilled by photos from your travels, we’ve nominated you for the Adventurous Blogger award. Congrats! Kathleen & Hadi, tripsfor2.net.
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