Karen Randall
October 2025 - Mosquito Lake, California
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Karen Randall
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Sep 28, 2025, 10:00?PM (2 days ago)
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This is a pano of three images. Edited only in Lightroom.
Nikon D850
ISO 64
Nikkor 24-120 lens
24mm, 1/80 of a second, f4.0
No filters
taken September 25, 2025 at 9:48am
It was a very cloudy morning, I wanted it to look like a beautiful sunrise.
Just did Basic adjustments and some Color Mixing to bring out some colors.
4 comments posted
Erin Lamb
The color enhancements work to make this look warmer, Karen. I wonder if the temp slider could be moved to the right a tad to get a bit more warmth.
The composition, like Dean's, keep the eye moving around the image.
LR did a great job of stitching the images together.
Erin Posted: 10/08/2025 14:00:23
The composition, like Dean's, keep the eye moving around the image.
LR did a great job of stitching the images together.
Erin Posted: 10/08/2025 14:00:23
Diana Edelman
I would not have guessed this is three images blended together in LR.
The composition works well, with the house and shed in the left third of the image. You have managed to warm up the image from the original, but I think you may have to give up on converting this, with all the clouds, to a beautiful sunrise. You would need radiating sun rays through the clouds for that. Moving the temperate slider a little more to the right, as Erin suggests, is not going to give you what you want in the end. Why not abandon the beautiful sunrise thought and accept the image you caught as equally dramatic? It was taken mid-morning, after all, and is a moody, overcast scene, which has its own appeal. Posted: 10/10/2025 02:57:02
The composition works well, with the house and shed in the left third of the image. You have managed to warm up the image from the original, but I think you may have to give up on converting this, with all the clouds, to a beautiful sunrise. You would need radiating sun rays through the clouds for that. Moving the temperate slider a little more to the right, as Erin suggests, is not going to give you what you want in the end. Why not abandon the beautiful sunrise thought and accept the image you caught as equally dramatic? It was taken mid-morning, after all, and is a moody, overcast scene, which has its own appeal. Posted: 10/10/2025 02:57:02
Karen, I love the reflections. Gorgeous scene and glad you captured it. To me, my eye goes to the center of the photo, which is a lot of trees. I think focusing more towards the house might narrow the image. Posted: 10/20/2025 02:06:21
I like this image with the cabin set to the left and the water and trees and sky balancing. The foreground lily pads and reflections add interest and the trees and shore separate the world above and below. The clouds look a little magenta to me but that's an artistic choice. Posted: 10/26/2025 20:20:52