i returned yesterday and it was stunning the climb was tough but worth it. I wanted to give this image the fisheye look but i could not work out how to do it on cs2.
Hello Lewis,
I'm no landscaper but, sorry mate, this doesn't work for me on any level. I don't think there is enough foreground interest and the light on the land is a bit flat except for that little bit at top right which frankly I find a bit distracting. You obviously had a nice sky but I think it may be a case of the eye seeing more than the camera.
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 25, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Hi Lewis,
Looks like you had a harsh light at the height of the day! I appreciate where you're coming from here and it's a shame as the location has potential! I think the loss of two stops didn't help here as detail has been lost in the blacks! I personally would have used a three stop (0.9) Grad ND filter to help balance the shade from the bright sky - being there would make it a little easier to judge as a hand held meter could tell the difference between the two extremes.
For landscapes try using a hand held meter (spot) and a variety of ND grads (such as 0.3,0.6, 0.9 in hard and soft - 1, 2 & 3 stops), but if I had to take one it would be a 0.9 hard grad ND.
Hope it helps as you seem to be getting into the landscape side lately!
on this day i dropped my lee nd9 filter and it smashed. this was taken half an hour before sunset and i was trying to to show sense of scale with the image. i have to say that the angle of this shot was taken at at least 45 deg with me holding on for dear life as the surface was very slippery. none the less all points taken.
cheers lewis
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 25, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Shame about smashing your filter! That's the thing about landscapes, you can always go back!
I can imagine you hanging on for dear life though!
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I'm no landscaper but, sorry mate, this doesn't work for me on any level. I don't think there is enough foreground interest and the light on the land is a bit flat except for that little bit at top right which frankly I find a bit distracting. You obviously had a nice sky but I think it may be a case of the eye seeing more than the camera.
Looks like you had a harsh light at the height of the day! I appreciate where you're coming from here and it's a shame as the location has potential! I think the loss of two stops didn't help here as detail has been lost in the blacks! I personally would have used a three stop (0.9) Grad ND filter to help balance the shade from the bright sky - being there would make it a little easier to judge as a hand held meter could tell the difference between the two extremes.
For landscapes try using a hand held meter (spot) and a variety of ND grads (such as 0.3,0.6, 0.9 in hard and soft - 1, 2 & 3 stops), but if I had to take one it would be a 0.9 hard grad ND.
Hope it helps as you seem to be getting into the landscape side lately!
cheers lewis
I can imagine you hanging on for dear life though!