Wow nice pink sky and great comp how the flowers lead you in the picture. I guess that is why you use a GND filter .
I am thinking about getting the Hitech kit from 2 filter with 2 stop soft.
I guess ''On had to be there'' with the sunset after storm you did not use one since the flowers were darker right ?
I am trying to get a handle on how to use GND filters :)
Thanks
Don
I have the ability to make the foreground as dark or light as I want. I let my experience (and my perception of that experience) be my guide as to how I present it. In "reality" since the sun was well over the horizon in the West (this image is looking North - Northwest) it was dark, but I could clearly see all the detail in the grasses and flowers. That's my image, my experience, my perception. By making the foreground too bright, it would look unnatural to me and would be at odds with my actual experience. There's really no right or wrong here, its just how I remember it.
Richard thanks for replying but maybe I was not clear. I was talking about your picture the other day that had the water on the rocks and the nice sunset on the Roan mountains .
You did not use a GND filter on it right ?
Thanks
Don
You are right. In that image, I did not use a GND filter. The light, in that image, is completely different and very unique. The fog, mist, and moisture in the air really diffused the light and t was bright all over. I dodged the foreground slightly (it appears darker on the web for some reason) to bring out slightly more detail in the rhodies, but it really didn't need it all that much, especially with the amazing dynamic range of the 5D.
The image above has a more abrupt and defined tonal transition between FG and sky, so I used the 2-stop GND.
Hope that helped.
Richard
Posted by Leann Greene on June 19, 2008 at 8:54 PM
I love this spot and that great tree-you have many great details in the fg and a lovely sky to go with it.
Did you have on "cow repelent"?
Posted by Lance Warley on June 20, 2008 at 9:19 AM
The Rich is back.
OK. He never left.
Posted by Randy Hargett on June 20, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Super shot Richard! I love this image. The only thing I see wrong is that I did not create it. I gotta chase more. Thanks for sharing
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I am thinking about getting the Hitech kit from 2 filter with 2 stop soft.
I guess ''On had to be there'' with the sunset after storm you did not use one since the flowers were darker right ?
I am trying to get a handle on how to use GND filters :)
Thanks
Don
I have the ability to make the foreground as dark or light as I want. I let my experience (and my perception of that experience) be my guide as to how I present it. In "reality" since the sun was well over the horizon in the West (this image is looking North - Northwest) it was dark, but I could clearly see all the detail in the grasses and flowers. That's my image, my experience, my perception. By making the foreground too bright, it would look unnatural to me and would be at odds with my actual experience. There's really no right or wrong here, its just how I remember it.
You did not use a GND filter on it right ?
Thanks
Don
You are right. In that image, I did not use a GND filter. The light, in that image, is completely different and very unique. The fog, mist, and moisture in the air really diffused the light and t was bright all over. I dodged the foreground slightly (it appears darker on the web for some reason) to bring out slightly more detail in the rhodies, but it really didn't need it all that much, especially with the amazing dynamic range of the 5D.
The image above has a more abrupt and defined tonal transition between FG and sky, so I used the 2-stop GND.
Hope that helped.
Richard
Did you have on "cow repelent"?
OK. He never left.
Harold