Morning Tu(fa) Remember

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 10, 2010122 views7 comments

I thought the lighting on my first Mono Lake post was truely exceptional. Boy was I in for a surprise. As the sun slowly rose behind me and the suns rays started to move down the mountains in the distance it really started making the reds pop. I'm still learning the ins and outs of Photoshop and the only thing I wished I could changed about this image is to take the brightness down just a shade or two on the tufa tower thats in the full sunlight. It wouldn't need much but one day we'll get there. It was an amazing sight to watch that sunrise on this particular morning.Please check out the larger Image.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by for a look.

As always your thoughts and comments are welcome and appreciated.

Nikon D5000
f/18 @ 1 sec
ISO-200 +0.3 Exposure Bias
Circular Polarizer
Manfrotto Tripod and Ballhead

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Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by David Thomas on October 10, 2010 at 9:09 AM

No apologies needed -- the whole image just comes together for me.

Dave Thomas, Leesburg, Virginia

Registered on June 21, 2010, 30 Posts, 178 Comments

Comment posted by Russell Colletta on October 10, 2010 at 11:41 AM

Very nice Mark. You have caught a great moment very well.

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on October 10, 2010 at 12:05 PM

Mark,

I use Elements 6 myself which is the " dumbded" down version of photoshop, and you can use the Darken highlight function to darken down the bright areas only. You can also loop the one area in the photo you want to change to just affect that area. On my monitor though the mountains in the background and the tufa towers look fine and have plenty of detail and the brightness looks natural, however it is a matter of personal taste, hence the advice hope it was helpful. Oh there is a plethora of guidebooks out there for photoshop and I'm, sure helpful hints on line to guide you through some of the editing tricks and pitfalls.

Paul

Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments

Comment posted by Leann Greene on October 10, 2010 at 1:39 PM

Gorgeous colors and light-also just enough detail to keep what's in shadow at attention.

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Comment posted by Mark Shephard on October 10, 2010 at 4:56 PM

Thanks very much for the info Paul. I do like it the way it is but i felt that some folks might find the tufa tower a little light. The larger image feels a little more balanced for me regarding the lighting also. The colours here were just amazing, its such a strange but beautifle place. I'll delfinitely be back here again. The next image i post really brings out the broadest spectrum of colur. Thanks again

Registered on February 23, 2010, 62 Posts, 132 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 10, 2010 at 8:24 PM

Lovely light for sure. I think the exposure on the tufa towers looks good. The shadowed background helps a lot.

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on October 11, 2010 at 2:31 PM

Great shot Mark. The light was grand and I really like your composition. Well done.

Registered on March 24, 2010, 73 Posts, 1268 Comments