I have largely ignored Wagon Hill Farm near my house for 15 years, heading toward NH's mountains whenever possible. This spring I was around and re-discovered the potential that the area has. Largely a dog walking paradise in the warm months, sledders seek out the hills in the winter. I lucked out with this sweet sunrise last week when many of the swamp roses were in bloom. Like my previous Wagon Hill shot, I moved very close to the cluster and stacked several shots for DOF and another exposure for the sky. I was hoping the sun would break through the low clouds to give some more intense backlight to the flowers as in my previous post, but the sun was snuffed out and it never happened. Still, a great time amongst the poison ivy
5D II, 16-35, ISO 200, 6 images for DOF at same exposure, 1 shot for sky exposure
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Looking back at this shot, I kinda wish I had shot from a slightly higher vantage point, as the top part of the flowers seem to bump into the top of the hillside. I may have needed to tilt the camera up for a final exposure in order to keep more of the sky. The processing of this kind of shot requires you to work backwards from a construction standpoint so that all of the pieces can fit together in the end.
--P