Shirley Pohlman
October 2025 - GARVAN POND
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About the Image(s)
This is one of the small ponds in Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, AR. It is an HDR of three pictures merged in Lightroom. It was taken with Nikon D-610, 28-300 lens at 78mm, tripod mounted. Aperture priority, ISO 100, f/16, 1/8 sec with EV at 0, -1, +1. After merging, light adjustments were made in Lightroom and cropped.
3 comments posted
Beautiful, tranquil image, Shirley. My only suggestion would be to add a bit more shading in the tree areas and especially on either side of the waterfall above the bottom one. I almost missed it. Posted: 10/05/2025 14:52:07
A lovely image, Shirley. It takes me back to the times we went "leaf peeping" in New England and visited the Finger Lakes in NY State.
I like the way the eye is guided along the reflection in the water, between to rocks to the small waterfalls in the background.
I like that the colour in your final image has been saturated a little. Well done
Posted: 10/07/2025 22:26:26
I like the way the eye is guided along the reflection in the water, between to rocks to the small waterfalls in the background.
I like that the colour in your final image has been saturated a little. Well done
Posted: 10/07/2025 22:26:26
Very nice image, Shirley. This scene looks like it could have been taken at the same location asa your submitted image last month.
I love the scene. At first viewing, I could pull out multiple scenes-within-the-scene, especially the cascading waterfall could be isolated to make a very nice vertical print.
I like how you treated the colors and saturation. I might have added a few radial gradient masks to increase the brightness of the orange-leafed tree on the left as well as the green of teh tree on the right. Posted: 10/11/2025 10:59:27
I love the scene. At first viewing, I could pull out multiple scenes-within-the-scene, especially the cascading waterfall could be isolated to make a very nice vertical print.
I like how you treated the colors and saturation. I might have added a few radial gradient masks to increase the brightness of the orange-leafed tree on the left as well as the green of teh tree on the right. Posted: 10/11/2025 10:59:27