I returned to the Potomac River on the Maryland side this last Saturday. The area coverd was between Lock 8 and 10 with good parking access off the Clara Barton Parkway. Although it had rained the previous days, the River was very low giving fantastic access to the shoreline. The leaves have not begun to change so it looks like it is - summer. I think if I say that often enough summer will continue! And, in fact, I do look forward to returning here in the next weeks as Autumn sets in.
On this day I set out to do a set of panoramas of the view. These were made by putting the camera on its vertical axis and taking in one case 25 exposures and for the other 12. The photo merge actions in PS were used to produce the final combined picture. I know that it seems strange to use a vertical format to produce a horizontal final picture, but trust me this is the best way to do it. The final image is hugh, but unfortunately the limitation of the blog format does not show the amazing detail in the final picture. There were a few leaves dropping that I could not resist and I included it here to demonstrate the range of interpretations that you can get off a single image. By far and away if I am going to do a non-color version of an image I reach for the Nik's Silver Efex Pro as there is no better way to explore the alternatives when you step away from color.
If you would like to see these photos and a few others from this shoot in a larger format, please go to: http://davidkay.zenfolio.com/.
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