Morning in Rondane, Norway

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 8, 2010174 views3 comments

I had to use both a 2-stop and a 3-stop ND Grad filter to get the forground exposed right.
It was a beautiful morning in this swamp aera. I feel sometimes i place my ND Grad filters a bit to much down, wich darkens the ground in the mid aera.

Canon 5D MKII, 17-40
24mm, F13, 0,8 sec, warming polarizer

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3 comments

Comment posted by Luis Argerich on June 8, 2010 at 3:25 PM

Nice and simple this will look wonderful in a big frame!

Registered on December 22, 2009, 91 Posts, 1349 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 8, 2010 at 9:05 PM

Kurt,

I see you've been registered for a while, but I've missed your first post and still wanted to welcome you to the ES&S Gallery!

This is an excellent landscape and I think you did very well the combo of grads. The middle portion which looks like a lava field or something looks naturally dark anyway, so it would make for a good break for the grad. The suggestion I have would be for the very top of the grasses where I think you could dodge that a little bit to match the grasses closer to the front. but it's very close and honestly I think you did a good job with the usage of the filters.

Wonderful sky, interesting texture and color in the foreground. The large version shows extremely well. Good work and thanks for sharing!

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Anderson on June 9, 2010 at 4:56 PM

Very nice Kurt! This has an epic feel to it and the sky is really dramatic. I would even consider toning down the highlights in the foreground to push the viewer's eye further up into the range of peaks and that gorgeous sky.

Registered on January 31, 2006, 228 Posts, 3072 Comments