Wilderness Evening

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 13, 2010265 views10 comments

A classic view of Castle Mountain, but with a twist this time. Lots of mosquitoe bites, wet feet, and peregrine falcon's swooping down protecting their nest, but it was worth it.

Thanks everyone for your C & C :)

Tech: 5dm2 17-40L f16
4 exposures -4, -2, 0, and +2 tonemapped and processed for background sky, trees & foreground, and the mountain. 1 star exposure taken after midnight at the same location. All blended in CS5.

Doug

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on August 13, 2010 at 11:04 AM

Appealingly otherworldly. This has a lot of potential but the processing prevents it from being realised. The colours look funky, there's a strong halo along the horizon and it's got that flat HDR look due to lack of contrast. I would suggest hand-blending this instead and go darker.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on August 13, 2010 at 11:20 AM

This does have great mood, especially the FG, but I agree with Kah Kit about the blending - definitely a lot of haloing going on there. Keep working on that and you'll have a real winner.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Taylor Reed on August 13, 2010 at 11:25 AM

I agree. Lots of potential in this shot, it just needs to be re-worked a bit.

Registered on February 18, 2010, 26 Posts, 556 Comments

Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on August 13, 2010 at 12:35 PM

Never seen anyone try to tone map a night image before...definitely different. I suppose it depends on what you were going for here. Personal tastes would involve more realistic blending, but hell, go with what you enjoy Doug. It's unique for sure.

Registered on February 21, 2010, 133 Posts, 1509 Comments

Comment posted by Darren Colello on August 13, 2010 at 12:42 PM

Well worth it indeed. This is a real winner for me. Spectacular.

Registered on July 27, 2009, 175 Posts, 1100 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Bartsch on August 13, 2010 at 3:22 PM

oh wow, this is magnificent! I do not know much about HDR blending, but it sure looks surreal and original. I love the effect you have accomplished, I'd like to see the re-worked image with hand blending like some of the guys suggested just to see the difference but I really like it as it is right now.

Registered on December 1, 2003, 80 Posts, 354 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Keech on August 13, 2010 at 4:34 PM

Hi guys...I'll give the blending sans hdr a go when I get some time. Thanks for all the comments....much appreciated!

Doug

Registered on June 30, 2010, 12 Posts, 28 Comments

Comment posted by David W. Kelly on August 13, 2010 at 5:15 PM

Beautiful image and a wonderful comp. It is a bit flat but that could be remedied in Photoshop using adjustment layers and bringing up some highlights.

Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 13, 2010 at 6:18 PM

Doug,

Hate to sound like a broken record... but this does have great potential! The haloing is quite apparent - at least for us photogs... who knows how the public might like this in print. One never knows.

My only suggestion outside of the processing would be a slight crop off the left to eliminate the little cluster of trees.

I hope you do have time to work this one, it should be worth it.

Lon

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

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on August 13, 2010 at 8:40 PM

It does have a surreal look, but I don't find it objectionable. I like it. It's different and lovely to look at.

- Dan.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 473 Posts, 7980 Comments