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Hood River Color

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Posted by Darren White on May 1, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Hood River Color
found this nice little scene the other day while tooling around the backroads of The Hood River Area!!!!

Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 1 sec (1)
Aperture: f/20
Focal Length: 48 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Thanks for looking and leaving a comment!

Posted by Larry Gloth on May 2, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Nicely composed scene. Beautiful foreground. The tulips are sharp (especially for a 1 sec. exposure) and colorful. Is this a blend or one 1 second shot?
Many interesting layers here. The purple cast to the mountain is interesting and goes well with this colorful shot. Is it natural or did you adjust the color?
Posted by Mark Hudon on May 2, 2008 at 12:26 AM
Pretty nice, Darren. The lady who owns that house chases photographers away all the time. Good thing you were there before she woke up.
Posted by Cliff Dodge on May 2, 2008 at 2:02 AM
Very nicely composed and exposed. Wonderful scene!
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 2, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Great shot, Darren - the soft light and sky are excellent.. :toast:
Posted by John Williams on May 2, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Wow, how cool would it be to live in a place with that scene as your yard. (Even more cool if you could meet all the photographers that would surely drop by, obviously she just doesn't realize how wonderful people we are :wink: .)

My only nit is that my eye struggles with congruity between the top half and the bottom, both in exposure and color caste. Otherwise, gorgeous.
Posted by Tom Kloster on May 2, 2008 at 11:40 PM
I would second John on that - it's a cool scene, otherwise, but I had a hard time with the "two halves". I can see the division cropping off the tips of those fruit trees, but it doesn't look quite like a filter line. Did you merge exposures from different times in the day?
Posted by Darren White on May 3, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Thanks for the comments...

this is a single exposure, I did use a 3 stop soft grad for the mountain while the sunrise was going on......and this was the color........same as in the one I posted over in Man and Nature....
Posted by Catherine Reilly on May 3, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Nice one, Darren. Good tooling!