River Fog Sunrise

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted October 15, 2012148 views3 comments

I took this Saturday morning after almost not going out at all due to the lack of clouds. I headed out to one of my favorite river spots, but the river was fogged out. I went around the corner, and this was waiting for me. I actually missed the twilight at this location because I shot a little while in a nearby location when I noticed the ground fog in the distance.

This is a 3 exposure blend (LR plugin) for dynamic range. Although the middle exposure would have resulted in an acceptable image, I wanted to try blending. I think this result is very natural and represents what I saw. I originally darkened the foreground hay field, but I wanted to get some comments on it this way first.

All comments are welcome as always. I am interested in feedback about the lens flare in the image. Blending the images added only a little to what is present in the middle exposure. I burned it down some and reduced saturation directly over it. I don't mind it as it is a common photographic phenomenon. I doubt it would clone out well.

Canon 5D, 200 2.8L prime, no filters, hand-held, 3 exposure blend in LR4

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on October 16, 2012 at 2:13 PM

Brad,

I like this very much. What a very nice quiet rural morning landscape (of course the hay bails contribute here.) The only suggestion I have would be a 1/3 to no more than 1/2 crop of the sky. A little less sky brings better balance between the sky and the grassy field. As far as the flare goes, I didn't notice it right off actually and I kinda agree with you . It comes with the territory shooting directly in to the sun. Not a bother for me.

Great job on the blend btw - can't even tell.

Lon

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 16, 2012 at 8:31 PM

Glad you went out! I think the "blazing Sun" is perfectly presented here. I like the field and fog this bright, rather than dark because we would expect to see them quite well with the Sun still visible, even though an unprocessed photograph would have either a very dark landscape or a very bright sky. I think your processing reflects how I would expect to perceive a view like this. I think just a little more contrast, showing back-lit highlights might work well, too, but this "soft" light version is beautiful.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on October 23, 2012 at 8:52 AM

Beautiful capture of light and contrasts of light, medium and dark shadows. Excellent work.

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