Hi Chris,
Looks like the scene has potential, but there is too much darkness in the lower left for me for this picture to really work. The tree needs to be quite distinct, but is too lost against the background, so the image doesn`t have a clear focal point. However, I like the distant road that leads the eye through towards the setting sun.
Perhaps a four-stop grad (Hi-tec do them) would have enabled you to have given the foreground a tad more exposure to lift the tree out of the shadows, whilst still retaining enough detail in the sky. May also be worth combining two or more exposures to get a little more dynamic range. Great atmosphere you have captured, and definitely a spot worth returning to in that elusive quest for the perfect shot.
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 11, 2007 at 3:28 AM
Hi Chris - I think Jeremy is spot on here.
This scene would have worked better as a four or five shot HDRI merge in CS than trying to do it with grads I think though, as the FG on the left needs lifting a lot more than that on the right.
Posted by Tim Munsey on September 11, 2007 at 4:27 AM
At my photo club they would be after more detail in dark bit, as these guys are requesting.
Tim
Posted by Marko Trebušak on September 12, 2007 at 5:32 AM
I like idea, and scene seem to have potential. But I have to agree with Jeremy: there is just too much darkness. You might get around it, if silhouette would be more clearly shaped.
Tim, would you mind explaining what your view on this photo is, and not what is you clubs. It's just too easy to fall into camera club mindset, where some sort of norms are accepted and never challenged.
Discussion
4 repliesThis is one from tonight on Lydford Highdown, about a mile from where I live.
Techs:
Nikon D2X, 28-100MM, 1.3secs at F16, 3 stop grad to balance sky, remote, M-UP. tripod.
C and C welcome
Thanks and Regards
Chris.
Looks like the scene has potential, but there is too much darkness in the lower left for me for this picture to really work. The tree needs to be quite distinct, but is too lost against the background, so the image doesn`t have a clear focal point. However, I like the distant road that leads the eye through towards the setting sun.
Perhaps a four-stop grad (Hi-tec do them) would have enabled you to have given the foreground a tad more exposure to lift the tree out of the shadows, whilst still retaining enough detail in the sky. May also be worth combining two or more exposures to get a little more dynamic range. Great atmosphere you have captured, and definitely a spot worth returning to in that elusive quest for the perfect shot.
This scene would have worked better as a four or five shot HDRI merge in CS than trying to do it with grads I think though, as the FG on the left needs lifting a lot more than that on the right.
Tim
Tim, would you mind explaining what your view on this photo is, and not what is you clubs. It's just too easy to fall into camera club mindset, where some sort of norms are accepted and never challenged.
Cheers,
Marko