Posted by Danny Green on October 1, 2007 at 4:36 AM
Sunday morning was looking promising so I went to Bradgate for a couple of hours. The early morning mist was great so I made the most of it as you don't get many opportunities. Nice meeting John and Glyn and the other halfs.
They don't come much better than this. Absolutely love the atmosphere created by the mist and golden light and the way the rays of sunlight are pointing towards the deer are superb.
Outstanding in every way.
Posted by Peter Barritt on October 1, 2007 at 5:10 AM
moody shot. feel it needs more contrast or sharpening to pull the deer out of the mist. maybe consider working on 2 raw images.
One of my favourite shots I`ve seen here in a while. Wonderful shot, with great atmosphere. Can`t decide which version I prefer!
Posted by Elliott Neep on October 1, 2007 at 10:04 AM
Hi Danny. Simply gorgeous. Love the colour and rays of light and the composition is great. The repost, with more contrast and punch, is definitely the winner.
Posted by Mark Sisson on October 1, 2007 at 10:27 AM
Great atmosphere to this one Danny, and the improvements of the second post were well worth the additional effort.
Just come back for another look and I think in a lot of ways I prefer the original version.The re-post certainly gives the deer and overall scene a bit more oomph which does work well,however I think this has caused the red colours on the left of the frame to become just a little too saturated.
I think the original post looks very true to life possibly because in an early morning misty scene such as that you would expect the scene to be slightly less contrasty,so with that in mind I'd say the originals my favourite out of the two.
Posted by Danny Green on October 1, 2007 at 1:27 PM
Many thanks for all your nice comments.
Justin, I don't know about you but I always struggle to find a balance in these situations. I find the digital format struggles in these conditions. I would like the background of the original post but the way the deer stands out in the second I also like. I will have a go at blending two exposures if I can figure it out. Many thanks.
I find the same Danny,always a challenge to get it just right.
Should be easy enough to do what you want by making a levels or curves adjustment layer, increasing the contrast untill the deer looks good,ignoring the rest of the scene. Then just add a layer mask and paint onto it with a black brush the parts you don't want affected.
Having a levels or curves adjustment layer with the blending mode set to normal can sometimes add an unwanted saturation increase,in which case just change the blending mode to luminosity to affect just the contrast whilst leaving the colour intensity unchanged.
Apologies if you knew this already.
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Danny
They don't come much better than this. Absolutely love the atmosphere created by the mist and golden light and the way the rays of sunlight are pointing towards the deer are superb.
Outstanding in every way.
Cracking shot - nicely composed and I really like the rays of light which point you to the deer!
David
Thanks for pointing that out, I think you could be right so have had a little play.
Danny
Mark
Tim
Chris.
I like both versions
Mark
A great shot, what a wonderful ray of light falling on the deer!
Personally I prefer the first post. The softer light conjures up more of the mood caused by the morning sun and light mist.
Phillip.
Superb image, I think I prefer the first post as per Christopher's comments.
Best wishes
Phil
Brian
I think the original post looks very true to life possibly because in an early morning misty scene such as that you would expect the scene to be slightly less contrasty,so with that in mind I'd say the originals my favourite out of the two.
Justin, I don't know about you but I always struggle to find a balance in these situations. I find the digital format struggles in these conditions. I would like the background of the original post but the way the deer stands out in the second I also like. I will have a go at blending two exposures if I can figure it out. Many thanks.
Danny
Should be easy enough to do what you want by making a levels or curves adjustment layer, increasing the contrast untill the deer looks good,ignoring the rest of the scene. Then just add a layer mask and paint onto it with a black brush the parts you don't want affected.
Having a levels or curves adjustment layer with the blending mode set to normal can sometimes add an unwanted saturation increase,in which case just change the blending mode to luminosity to affect just the contrast whilst leaving the colour intensity unchanged.
Apologies if you knew this already.
Not just a 'right place at the right time' shot, as you had the vision to take full advantage of the situation
Alan
Many thanks for that I didn't know how to but I will give it a try, thats why this forum is so good because you can learn techniques
Danny