Madison County Meet

Open Race, Madison County XC Meet
October 5, 2010
Photograph by Tom Atwood

Sometimes you can save a bad picture by affecting it. In this case, the photo above was over-exposed in the camera. Way too bright--so much that the faces and sky were washed out. In processing, using software known as Lightroom, I added an "edge effect" that gives the photo a kind of painted quality. It also helps correct the original photo's over-exposure. The result is an interesting, although slightly unrealistic image.
Shutter: 1/500; Aperture: f/9; ISO: 800; Focal length: 200mm.