Posted by Andy Astbury on October 16, 2007 at 9:53 AM
The only suggestion I have Tristan is - add it to the collection of stunners you already have - superb image
Posted by Sean Bolton on October 16, 2007 at 1:09 PM
Hi Tristan
Superb. Really like the moody sky and the rocks, great detail and colour.
Please post the techie details too, always interested to see if you used filters, HDR blending, etc as well as the usually aperture/shutter/camera/lens stuff.
Sean: 2 seconds, f/22, 5D, 17-40 with 3 stop ND grad (it may have had a second extra two stop grad too - cant' remember).
Posted by Alan Bryant on October 16, 2007 at 2:42 PM
Cracking shot.Love those waves
Posted by Jeroen Stel on October 16, 2007 at 5:23 PM
Amazing!!
Well done!
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by David Clapp on October 16, 2007 at 7:27 PM
Really nice, the colours and the wave movements work well, depictive Campbell drama, has a very painterly feel. Can I ask you was it the same as last time you went to Harris where you got a stack of shots all in a small period of time?
All I would possibly criticise is that the dark upper looks a little severe, maybe a touch too much grad.
Dave: On most (but not all) evenings I came away with at least one half reasonable image no matter what the weather, if it's as good as this though I usually find 4 or 5 shots. Out of 14 days I went about 10 nights for up to 2 hours, though I was often far too late for the best light so a lot of images are taken after sunset. (not always easy to mix photography with family holiday) For light I'd say 1 night was exceptional, 2 or 3 very good and the rest average to poor. On this day if I'd been just an hour earlier I'd have done far better. Only managed 2 mornings, one of which was superb, the other dull but it still provided one of my best shots. Early mornings and toddler sleep problems don't really mix.
I agree on the too dark upper here. The grad had to be pulled down too far to hold the sun back. I made quite a few mistakes from the distraction of fighting water on lens whilst trying to keep up with such fast moving conditions. I've not quite mastered you're blending methods yet but am looking into it.
Yes, the large format camera arrived this morning, will probably be months before I find a lens and all the other bits. It's only for specific shots and as an experiment, my 5D is most certainly my main camera. Will get that mail to you in a few days with more thoughts. Tristan
Posted by David Clapp on October 17, 2007 at 10:21 AM
Yeah no hurry Tristan, your a busy man! I am interested to see whether you really enjoy using large format and I certainly wish you all the best with it. I just love the technology, they look like marvellous instruments for photography. I am sure there are some suitable alternative lenses you could use, I'll let you know if I find anything out in my web travels.
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11 repliesPhillip.
Superb. Really like the moody sky and the rocks, great detail and colour.
Please post the techie details too, always interested to see if you used filters, HDR blending, etc as well as the usually aperture/shutter/camera/lens stuff.
cheers
Sean
Well done!
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
All I would possibly criticise is that the dark upper looks a little severe, maybe a touch too much grad.
Did you get the large format camera?
I agree on the too dark upper here. The grad had to be pulled down too far to hold the sun back. I made quite a few mistakes from the distraction of fighting water on lens whilst trying to keep up with such fast moving conditions. I've not quite mastered you're blending methods yet but am looking into it.
Yes, the large format camera arrived this morning, will probably be months before I find a lens and all the other bits. It's only for specific shots and as an experiment, my 5D is most certainly my main camera. Will get that mail to you in a few days with more thoughts. Tristan