Rowena Sunburst + Repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 9, 2012625 views26 comments

This shot is a DOF blend taken this past weekend at sunrise at Rowena Crest. All of the exposures are at 17mm and ISO 1600 on a 5dii. I blended 4 frames for DOF and then blended in another image of the sky to control the highlights a bit better.

Thanks for looking and the feedback!

-Scott

Comments

26 comments

Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 9, 2012 at 1:47 PM

I love the composition and the light. Nice sunstar which adds an extra interest to the scene.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on May 9, 2012 at 2:33 PM

Very nice image! The DOF I'm guessing was pretty hard/time-consuming on this. The colors and comp look great to me. I do feel that everything (including the distant hills) is sharp and in good focus, but the sky is blurred a bit. Perhaps it was intentional...

Congrats on this image!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 9, 2012 at 3:06 PM

Excellent shot Scott. I love the backlit petals! Very nicely done.

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on May 9, 2012 at 3:34 PM

Beautiful image Scott!

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 9, 2012 at 3:48 PM

thanks for sharing the shoot and the story.

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Comment posted by Michael Westerbeck on May 9, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Beautiful colors and exposure. Well done

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Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on May 9, 2012 at 6:26 PM

Beautiful and well done. I think it was mentioned, that the sky does look a bit oof. Either way, it's a cool image. What a fun morning that was!

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Comment posted by Jeremy Calow on May 9, 2012 at 6:37 PM

Great depth and the flowers are a wonderful foreground!

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on May 9, 2012 at 7:44 PM

Ok, wow! That's just epic! Beautiful image, Scott!

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Comment posted by Scott Miller on May 9, 2012 at 8:12 PM

thanks for the comments guys, I completely agree the sky was a bit off, here is an updated version with a sharper sky. The new sky image was from about 1 to 2 minutes before the main shot.

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Comment posted by Tom Haxby on May 9, 2012 at 9:22 PM

This is sweet. My only nit is that I want to see this BIG. The sunstar and light through the petals are great eyecatchers. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on May 9, 2012 at 9:54 PM

Awesome shot Scott! It was a glorious morning up on Rowena Crest and you captured the moment beautifully. Love the placement of subjects in the frame, the rework corrects many of my nits from the first shot.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on May 9, 2012 at 10:02 PM

Uhm, hello awesome.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on May 9, 2012 at 10:21 PM

Nice blend Scott. Love the sun star. Perfect moment.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on May 9, 2012 at 11:03 PM

This is incredible Scott! Definitely one of the best "in your face" balsamroot shots I've seen. The repost looks just about perfect to me (sky is much improved). Congrats on a outstanding image.

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Comment posted by Scott Miller on May 9, 2012 at 11:04 PM

Thanks for the comments guys.

@Jared, It was nice to meet you there! It was crazy how many people were there for this sunrise, I really expected to see tons of shots from this morning already and I haven't seen many yet.

@Tom I have a bigger version up on google plus: https://plus.google.com/photos/107682790244897946166/albums/5673650040175132625/5740576116075212002

I always forget to upload the larger size here. Sorry to make you work for it!

@Aaron - Love that comment, definitely made me smile.

Thanks again!

-Scott

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Comment posted by Jean Day on May 9, 2012 at 11:55 PM

Fabulous in-your-face shot, and I agree with the repost for the sky. Love the way the sunstar mirrors the flowers! Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on May 10, 2012 at 12:40 AM

Really like the up close and personal perspective, Scott. Beautiful light and color in the flowers. Your repost nailed the DOF issue. Really nice.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on May 10, 2012 at 2:51 AM

Spot on repost.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on May 10, 2012 at 9:20 AM

Nice job with the blend. I suspect the high ISO was for wind? Those flowers look awsome.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on May 10, 2012 at 1:58 PM

Another inspiring shot! This brings alive the Gorge like nothing else. Sahhweet!!

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Comment posted by Scott Miller on May 10, 2012 at 2:16 PM

Thanks guys! And yes, Harry, the high iso was to keep up the shutter speed up so that the flowers weren't effected by wind motion while still keeping the aperture down to f/13 - f/16 to make the DOF blend a little easier.

Plus ISO 1600 on the 5dii can easily be cleaned up with just a tiny bit of noise reduction in Lightroom

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on May 10, 2012 at 4:48 PM

Another great image from your adventure. I like the in your face approach.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on May 11, 2012 at 10:12 PM

I like the repost! Very nice scene...

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on May 12, 2012 at 9:40 AM

Beautiful shot, Scott, the repost is nails it!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 12, 2012 at 9:11 PM

That is sweet, Scott. Really like the backlighting on the flowers.

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