Posted by Darien Chin on July 18, 2007 at 11:56 PM
Sunrise over violet tulips in Mt. Vernon WA. I slept in my car the night before, and woke before sunrise to get into place. It was cold out, and there was frost on the tulips. It was pretty clouded over, but the sun broke free for about 60 seconds...long enough for me to get off a couple shots. I waited for an hour for the sun to come back, but it never did.
I remember being disappointed but looking back now, it was worth it. Funny how that works. At the time, you don't really think about it, but you're forming the memories that you will look back on later.....even if they only come 60 seconds at a time.
Best viewed large here:
http://darien.smugmug.com/gallery/1779501#174046312-O-LB
D80
Sigma 10-20mm
Hitech .9 Soft GND
Double processed single RAW file
Posted by Tom Kloster on July 19, 2007 at 12:03 AM
That's a very unique view, Darien - one of the best I've seen of a subject that is photographed to death. The highlights on the edges of the flowers and leaf edges are really something - well done!
Tom
Posted by Will Campbell on July 19, 2007 at 12:54 AM
I really like the frost on the tulips. Nice exposure control and processing. Great image!
Trevor, it does the same for me. It brings me right back to that time, which for some reason seems so far away. I really had a lot of fun photographing the fields for the first time last year. I plan to spend even more time out there next year.
This is really sweet Darien. You achieved a geat sence of inifity in the main row of flowers. nice job with the GND. I wish I could get the hang of those things.
I first learned about GND from reading Adamus' biography on the timecatcher site. He said that GNDs were his favorite photographic tool. I bought some that day. They changed the way I looked at photography, and the way that I understood photography. Now that I am getting the hang of double processing and multiple exposure blending it's awesome, because you can deal with complex scenes that GNDs can't always handle. I just need to learn better masking techniques, cause most everything I do is by hand with a brush, and it's really time consuming.
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9 repliesI remember being disappointed but looking back now, it was worth it. Funny how that works. At the time, you don't really think about it, but you're forming the memories that you will look back on later.....even if they only come 60 seconds at a time.
Best viewed large here:
http://darien.smugmug.com/gallery/1779501#174046312-O-LB
D80
Sigma 10-20mm
Hitech .9 Soft GND
Double processed single RAW file
Tom
Trevor, it does the same for me. It brings me right back to that time, which for some reason seems so far away. I really had a lot of fun photographing the fields for the first time last year. I plan to spend even more time out there next year.