Took a 2nd trip back to the Japanese Gardens....

Roman,

RomanJohnston said:

The only shot that shows even the slightest hint of shine on the leaves is the
first one, and it is very minor.

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I see leaf shine in every one of them; however, none of it is objectionable. As stated in my first message, these are stunning images.

RomanJohnston said:

This was with a superwide. If you understand polarizers, there is no full effect
across the entire lens when wide.

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Under cloudy and/or foggy conditions, the light is more evenly spread throughout the scene so you tend to see less of the lightening and darkening effects we see in the sky when using a polarizer. Note, your first image shows this nicely (i.e. there is very little change in leaf reflectance throughout the scene despite the wide-angle lens). It's the reason you can max out the polarizer filter on vegetation on a cloudy and/or foggy day. Granted, you'll never be able to completely get rid of all the glare since it has to be polarized light striking the filter. This is likely what's happening in your images (i.e. you've maxed out the polarizing effect, but still non-polarized reflections remain).

RomanJohnston said:

I still don't see any shots though that are highly reflective that would warrant
such a suggestion is all. Am I missing somthing?

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Your shots are fine. Since you didn't mention you used a polarizer, I had to assume one was not used; hence, my suggestion on using a polarizer especially in cloudy and/or foggy situations. Keep in mind, this is a forum so we all learn from suggestions. My main point was to use a polarizer when taking images of foliage under cloudy and/or foggy conditions.

RomanJohnston said:

always up for some healthy discussion

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I enjoy healthy discussions too.

Wade

Other than the top one. I would like you to take any one of my shots and put it in photoshop and show me where the shine your seeing is.

Problem is I am not seeing what your talking about. Thats my major problem with your statment.

I totally agree with your premises and what your saying, and I did exactly what your saying, I just dont see any shine on any surfaces at all.

Put little red thin lined circles around the areas you think have reflective shine. like an editors markup.

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Holy Crow ! This place exists on our earth? Amazed with nature and it's colors.

I could wallpaper my study room with your photos. Great job and thanks for sharing.

Amazing images. I always find it difficult to capture the majesty of trees as i see them in real life but you've translated it perfectly. Well done.

Shel

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I know...that's how I feel when I am there. I am so enthralled with these gardens. I'ts like old souls guild me around pointing out stuff I might miss. Always comfortable there.

Roman

MyColorPics said:

Holy Crow ! This place exists on our earth? Amazed with nature and it's colors.

I could wallpaper my study room with your photos. Great job and thanks for sharing.

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Trees are so awesome!!!

Thanks for the kind comments!!

Roman

ShelNf said:

Amazing images. I always find it difficult to capture the majesty of trees as i see them in real life but you've translated it perfectly. Well done.

Shel

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