Posted by Chris Hodney on July 30, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Taken on a day in May 2007, at Harris Beach State Park, OR. This is one of my few photos looking directly at the sun, so I processed this to bring out detail in the FG without much noticeable noise hopefully.
Processed extremely low contrast in RAW, and then brought back with curves layers and selective dodging and burning.
Canon EOS 20D
Canon EF 24-105mm L IS @ 24mm
f/22 : 1.3 secs : ISO 100 : -2 EV
Polarzier and 2 soft GND
Posted by Marc Dilley on July 30, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Chris: This looks really great, but I would crop out the URC cloud that looks like a contrail.
Great shot and processing. The contrail doesnt bother me, my eyes dont really notivce it as the rocks and sun pull me to the left.
Posted by Mary Dempsey on July 30, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Really nice! I would agree on the crop off the top, not because of the contrail but IMHO it would make it a stronger composition bringing my eyes to settle on the FG and horizon.
Chris,
This is a nice one. Holding the foreground detail with the brightness of the sky adds depth and sets this apart. I wouldn't hesitate to hang this on my wall. Excellent!
Well, ditto about the contrail. A bit of a crop off the top also allows the halo around the sun to stand out better; at least it did for me. Very nice comp and great darkroom work. It's beautiful.
Posted by Darren White on August 3, 2008 at 10:19 PM
A nice scene that could really sing with some simple processing.....the sky is a tad washed out for my liking but the exposure on the sun is excellent!
Discussion
9 repliesProcessed extremely low contrast in RAW, and then brought back with curves layers and selective dodging and burning.
Canon EOS 20D
Canon EF 24-105mm L IS @ 24mm
f/22 : 1.3 secs : ISO 100 : -2 EV
Polarzier and 2 soft GND
This is a nice one. Holding the foreground detail with the brightness of the sky adds depth and sets this apart. I wouldn't hesitate to hang this on my wall. Excellent!
I believe they should be left out of any Quality Nature Image !!