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Aperture Series: Debris At Cataract Bottom (Nikon D810)
This is a near-to-far scene taken in mountain shade with high contrast wood and water. Blue light like this is the most difficult part of the spectrum for a lens to handle.
Diagonal Tree At Waterfall Cliff
Adobe Camera Raw 9.1.1 (461). ACR settings. Camera Profile = Camera Standard. Not corrected for vignetting or color aberrations or distortion. Frames are EV-matched.
Aperture f/9, f/13 were sharpened to counteract diffraction.
The bluish light has been only partially neutralized; color balancing to neutralize the blue just never looks right anyway—this is more like what the eye sees: bluish shade with high contrast. The results look real, as the eye might see the scene. A shadow boost was used to make the darker areas more visible along with a contrast boost to counteract the reduced contrast from the shadow boost.
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