Posted by Mike Stovall on June 18, 2007 at 1:49 PM
I've posted a photo of this location before. But on this visit there was enough interest in the sky to present a wider view. I spot metered the water at +1EV and used a 2 stop soft grad on the water plus a 3 stop hard on the sky. My intent was to smooth out the water like ice, but just enough texture remained to make it look more like a snowfield...
Oh yeah--I almost forgot. This was the last shot I took before my Singh-Rays went to sleep with the fishes. I knew this was going to happen one of these days handholding those filters. But I walked away with a camera and a shot.
5D
17-40
F22
ISO 50
Posted by Darren White on June 18, 2007 at 2:23 PM
Posted by Zack Schnepf on June 18, 2007 at 7:24 PM
Beautiful image, I hear ya on the filters thing, I haven't dropped one of mine yet, but I know it's just a matter of time.
If I had a nit it would be that water is a bit bright compared to the sky, I think if you darkened the water it would look a bit more natural, natural is not always better, so I could be wrong, so take this for whatever it's worth
This is way weird and I really like it, Mike. Good job and good eye.
Posted by Kevin McNeal on June 18, 2007 at 9:29 PM
That is some great cloud movement combined with some great color. Good choice on the shutter speed. I have dropped many Singh-Rays and lost them to the fish or the creeks. I have replaced my set twice over just by them slipping out of my hand trying to get my fingers out of the image. I should have bought the larger ones
Beautiful shot !! I lose a new Hoya Circular polarizer to Oneata Gorge last year. I've handheld my filters for a while but they are getting scrated up by doing so. Buck Forester just posted that he places large rubber bands on the ends to that the filter is hitting rubber to keep them from scratching.... I'm going to try that
Posted by Mike Stovall on June 20, 2007 at 1:04 AM
It helps to know that I'm not the only one to drop filters, but at least it's nothing like dropping a camera in the water which IS a real tragedy--I recall seeing several drowned camera stories on here...
Kevin, I really hear you. The first week I had my filters, I found fingertips in about half of my shots. It's trying to keep the fingers out of the frame that makes it so hard to hand hold them. I was also thinking of using one of those clips attached to a positionable arm--like those used for stabilizing flowers in macro shots.
Zach, thanks for the suggestion. The sky / water brightness needs to be correct to maintain verisimilitude. I will probably keep it this way, but I am curious to see what it might look like reworked.
Discussion
8 repliesOh yeah--I almost forgot. This was the last shot I took before my Singh-Rays went to sleep with the fishes. I knew this was going to happen one of these days handholding those filters. But I walked away with a camera and a shot.
5D
17-40
F22
ISO 50
If I had a nit it would be that water is a bit bright compared to the sky, I think if you darkened the water it would look a bit more natural, natural is not always better, so I could be wrong, so take this for whatever it's worth
Kevin, I really hear you. The first week I had my filters, I found fingertips in about half of my shots. It's trying to keep the fingers out of the frame that makes it so hard to hand hold them. I was also thinking of using one of those clips attached to a positionable arm--like those used for stabilizing flowers in macro shots.
Zach, thanks for the suggestion. The sky / water brightness needs to be correct to maintain verisimilitude. I will probably keep it this way, but I am curious to see what it might look like reworked.