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| Deception Pass Bridge - final edit |
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| Deception Pass Bridge - original file |
No trees were harmed in the making of this photograph.
Wandering about on Pass Island at Deception Pass State Park one foggy morning I came upon this pleasing scene. The presence of the bridge was softly disguised by fog streaming through the pass. The morning sun (behind me) was starting to burn through creating pleasing tones. Only problem, from this vantage point a tree was in the way. I tried to position myself differently to minimize or eliminate the presence of the tree but couldn't find anything I liked, so I captured a few images anyway.Back home I found I had a number of pleasing other images from the morning, but the presence of the tree in this shot bugged me. I wanted the bridge to be the subject of the photo, but the tree front-and-center was a distraction. I was about to skip further processing when I decided to give a little electronic tree trimming a try. Being not the most skilled with Photoshop my digital arborist skills proved to be pedestrian at best, but I judged the end result acceptable; at least as a first try.
So, is this sort of manipulation honest, or not? Debatable for sure. But not debatable is the benefit of electronic timbering, at least in a location as beautiful as Deception Pass, over the real thing. For the record, this image was captured with a Fuji X-T2 using a 16mm prime lens at f/11, 1/200sec exposure at ISO 200 and processed using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop using Nik plug-ins to reduce noise and enhance color tones.
