{"id":9964,"date":"2011-06-13T11:31:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T15:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/?p=9964"},"modified":"2014-06-04T09:52:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T13:52:46","slug":"mangrove-trees-at-anne-kolb-nature-center-hollywood-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/mangrove-trees-at-anne-kolb-nature-center-hollywood-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Mangrove Trees at Anne Kolb Nature Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
I took a little break this weekend from working on the studio and went down to Hollywood with a friend to shoot some Burrowing Owls. Unfortunately we got there too early and the park was still closed so we ended up at Anne Kolb Nature Center for an hour.<\/p>\n
The mangrove trees at Anne Kolb seem to be the main attraction. Not good for me because I have a hard time shooting mangroves and making them look good.<\/p>\n
As beautiful as these trees are, photographing their roots and branches has always been a challenge for me. The main reason being, the composition simply becomes too busy.<\/p>\n
Photos like this look so much better in black and white. But I see black and white images of\u00a0mangroves\u00a0all the time. So the challenge for me has always been to produce color images of these\u00a0magnificent\u00a0trees and still maintain the same impact a black and white photo offers.<\/p>\n
Note this photo is a vertorama… or in other words a panoramic image shot from bottom to top. Basically it’s two compositions stitched together in Photoshop. I did this because my wide angle wasn’t wide enough to capture the water and the sky in one shot. Being that it’s an HDR image, the total exposure shot for this one photo was six. For a more\u00a0in-depth\u00a0explanation\u00a0of Panoramic HDR photography you can read my article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learn Captain Kimo’s HDR techniques with his e-book…<\/em> Software I use for processing my photos: [ad#Google Adsense-3]<\/p>\n
\n“Secrets to Mastering HDR Photography”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Photomatix<\/strong><\/a> – Used for creating high dynamic range.
\nTopaz Adjust<\/strong><\/a> – Photoshop plugin used to enhance details.
\nTopaz DeNoise<\/strong><\/a> – Photoshop plugin used to eliminate noise.
\nTopaz Clean<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>Photoshop plugin used to smooth pixels.
\nTopaz Simplify<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>Photoshop plugin used for artistic affect.<\/p>\n