Hi Eric. At first, I was like "no way," but after a little consideration, I think your idea is worth trying, at the very least as an alternate version. Wouldn't hurt. Thanks.
Very sweet Ian. I could see where a pan would be interesting, but I'd hate to lose all the color in the foreground.
A couple questions...Where? What month? How did you keep flare, other than the star pattern, out of the image while shooting right into the sun? If I tired this shot with my gear I would have a series of halos leading from the sun directly to the lower right corner of the image.
Very strong image, Ian. Love the complimentary foreground colors.
Sean, and everyone, one technique I have found that WILL reduce flaring, allthough unconventional, is to actually move the grad filter during an exposure (up/down) which disperses light more evenly over the slightly varying densities and inconsistancies in the glass, which is never perfect. Looks like here you may have had some nice diffusion from haze and/or high clouds on the horizon here.
Look carefully, and you'll see flare dots extending from the sun down to the clump of mouse on a stick. I minimized them in Photoshop, but stopped short of removing them. The color of the flare is so close to the foreground, it isn't distracting. I just pick the composition I like and let the chips fall. I've shot this same location with a prime lense and got almost no flare at all, so I think lenses have something to do with it, as well as the angle of the sun (of course). As far as location...that's Mt. Ranier in the upper right. The timing changes from year to year by several weeks. This was shot in early August. I'm going to start scouting really early this year.
Most top quality zooms are as good as primes these days, paricularly true with 35mm set-ups. It's the stacking effect of the filter that will cause flaring. Shoot it with just a lens and no filter and most of the flare goes away. Add a grad to any lens and you'll see flare, but as noted, there are techniques to reduce it on site and in PS.
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7 repliesBy the way, do you guys use "save for web" when creating jpegs? And if so, do any of the little boxes need checking? Thanks.
A couple questions...Where? What month? How did you keep flare, other than the star pattern, out of the image while shooting right into the sun? If I tired this shot with my gear I would have a series of halos leading from the sun directly to the lower right corner of the image.
Sean, and everyone, one technique I have found that WILL reduce flaring, allthough unconventional, is to actually move the grad filter during an exposure (up/down) which disperses light more evenly over the slightly varying densities and inconsistancies in the glass, which is never perfect. Looks like here you may have had some nice diffusion from haze and/or high clouds on the horizon here.