Here's another from our July Sonora Pass shoot-fest. I was hanging around camp and kept an eye on the backlight on these plants. I wanted to maintain the sense of the enveloping light while holding the wonderful color.
I did burn the granite boulder in right foreground a bit.
I would like to know if you believe I met my goal?
WOW, although the highlights are really strong here on this one Preston, the 160s is still doing a very fine job of giving a very nice natural look overall. Some excellent work with the experiment you have going on here using this negative film. Thanks for posting them.
Posted by Richard Wong on August 13, 2008 at 9:45 PM
The shadows are just in the right places and help those grasses really pop. Great find.
I like the comp and the backlit concept, but I am finding the light areas a little bright for my tastes. Even with NPS, this is a tough one to get some shadow detail and control the highlights.
Have you considered HDR and tone mapping?
Posted by Lon Overacker on August 14, 2008 at 2:34 AM
Hey Preston,
I think I know what you mean by "enveloping" as I think the light catching the grasses/sage? is very striking. Compression is doing you no favors in this web presentation though....
I think you certainly succeeded with this and also held the natural color nicely.
Since you mentioned the rock in the LR foreground, I would say that was my only nit. It's pretty bright still in the web version. I'd bring down that entire corner some more.
I really like the comp and the flow of light thru the image.
Kids: I am just wondering...I use a 19" Dell CRT monitor. Are you guys using LCD's? The reason I ask is that the compression doesn't look too bad on my monitor, given the amount of fine detail in the photo. On my work monitor, an LCD, it does look less smooth.
I haven't printed this one, but I'll be sure to look at the high values very closely. Lon, I will burn down that LR corner some more--I see what you mean. Also, the hih values don't look too bright on my monitor: they are bright, but not harsh. Yes, my monitor is calibrated.
Thanks for your comments, sa always,
-P
Posted by Dan Baumbach on August 16, 2008 at 10:00 PM
I remember that spot well. The 160-S did a good job of keeping highlights and still getting shadow detail but I still find the image too contrasty for my taste.
Discussion
6 repliesI did burn the granite boulder in right foreground a bit.
I would like to know if you believe I met my goal?
Tachihara 4x5
300mm Nikor
Pro160-S Color Neg
Your thoughts are always appreciated.
-P
I like the comp and the backlit concept, but I am finding the light areas a little bright for my tastes. Even with NPS, this is a tough one to get some shadow detail and control the highlights.
Have you considered HDR and tone mapping?
I think I know what you mean by "enveloping" as I think the light catching the grasses/sage? is very striking. Compression is doing you no favors in this web presentation though....
I think you certainly succeeded with this and also held the natural color nicely.
Since you mentioned the rock in the LR foreground, I would say that was my only nit. It's pretty bright still in the web version. I'd bring down that entire corner some more.
I really like the comp and the flow of light thru the image.
Lon
I haven't printed this one, but I'll be sure to look at the high values very closely. Lon, I will burn down that LR corner some more--I see what you mean. Also, the hih values don't look too bright on my monitor: they are bright, but not harsh. Yes, my monitor is calibrated.
Thanks for your comments, sa always,
-P
- Dan.