Near Soap Lake, WA. You definitely have to work harder for a composition in this tough but beautiful area.
Experimenting with blending multiple images with different focus points. This is a blend of three, one each for foreground, midground and background.
Canon 350D, F 5.6, 1/160 at 19mm + circular polarizer.
Hey, Larry, I think you found a darn decent comp for that area. The Balsamroot looks good in there with the Sage. And the bg provides some interest too with the peek at the lake and the cliffs leading to a nice vanishing point.
I'm gonna have to start trying these blended shots for dof if results can be this good. Am I right that this is not necessarily HDR but a blend of images where there is a different pof in each?
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 11, 2008 at 11:25 AM
I haven't been up there in some time - nice to see a shot from there.. comp looks very good.. lighting a little harsh though...
Thanks all. Good feedback. I wasn't sure about the lighting. This is a tough area because this was taken moments before the sun disappeared behind some cliffs on the right, about an hour before sunset. So, it is difficult to get a shot with nice light on the rocks but not so much in the foreground. I'll keep working that area as I love it and have family there so I visit often.
Catherine - You bring up a good and debatable point. Some folks only consider HDR to be images processed in HDR software such as Photomatix. I interpret HDR ro be any processing where you increase the dynamic range of the shot through using multiple images, whether done "by hand" in Photoshop or with special software. Blending for DOF with different focus points does increase the dynamic range of the camera so I'm thinking it should be considered HDR. I don't have the negative view of HDR that some do. Any tool that is useful in making a scene more pleasant and more like you saw it is a good tool in my book.
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4 repliesExperimenting with blending multiple images with different focus points. This is a blend of three, one each for foreground, midground and background.
Canon 350D, F 5.6, 1/160 at 19mm + circular polarizer.
I'm gonna have to start trying these blended shots for dof if results can be this good. Am I right that this is not necessarily HDR but a blend of images where there is a different pof in each?
Catherine - You bring up a good and debatable point. Some folks only consider HDR to be images processed in HDR software such as Photomatix. I interpret HDR ro be any processing where you increase the dynamic range of the shot through using multiple images, whether done "by hand" in Photoshop or with special software. Blending for DOF with different focus points does increase the dynamic range of the camera so I'm thinking it should be considered HDR. I don't have the negative view of HDR that some do. Any tool that is useful in making a scene more pleasant and more like you saw it is a good tool in my book.