The autumn scenarios are of great inspiration this period for me and for this reason this week’s photo is centered on a autumn forest scenery. I found many leaves on the ground and no longer on the trees but despite all the forest was enveloped by a magical mysterious autumnal atmosphere
In this photograph I tried to focus more on capturing the sun filtering through the dry branches of the trees, pushing myself as low as possible with the camera to have an overbearing foreground
I made this shot in focus stacking because I had in front of me several points with different focus starting from the roots up to the trees that are at the bottom of the woods
WORKFLOW EXPLANATION
I started stacking all the exposures into a final image, after this I fixed all the highlights and contrast using luminosity masks. The image needed a perspective correction that I made through the use of Photoshop Warp to bring the roots a little closer and arrange the other trees in the forest
I increased details and created a glow atmosphere with orton effect using TTS Pro, with a paintbrush I glowed also the highlights to increase the sense of glow coming from the sky
After fixing color vibrance and saturation I added a small vignette to focus more attention on the sun spikes and the main tree
TECNHNICAL STUFF
Camera: Nikon D-800
Nikon 14-24 f/2,8 (used at 14mm)
Focus Stacking
ISO: 100 at f/22
Software: Photoshop CC2020
Plugin: TTS Pro
