Posted by Andy Astbury on December 4, 2008 at 3:59 AM
Shot at dusk looking towards Grindleford from the top of Hathersage.
I wanted to keep the overall atmosphere of reality in the image - this IS what the scene looked like, with contrast falling away rapidly from the immediate foreground.
Photomatix doesn't always handle low contrast very well - it tends to boost levels too much, so I used it to give me a base image of the sky (3 frames) together with 2 frames for the rocks.
Using the resultant image as a base I've then done a manual exposure blend (check out Mr. Clapps excellent tute) of god knows how many frames to get the mid and far ground just to my liking.
I would have liked the sun actually in shot, but it was flaring a lot - funny thing is I always seem to have that problem at sunset, but hardly ever at sunrise - anyone got an idea of why that is
Many thanks for looking, and for all the great feedback on the previous couple of posts
Posted by Rob Howard on December 4, 2008 at 4:33 AM
Hi Andy,
It's a gorgeous scene, but I'm wondering what I'm missing to the right
For me, this is nice, but would have been better in landscape.
Regards
Rob
Posted by John Chapman on December 4, 2008 at 5:44 AM
Very nice landscape Andy
Posted by Matt Cole on December 4, 2008 at 3:09 PM
it's a lovely scene Andy and the processing looks spot on to me. I can see Rob's point - if this were a view from a window I think my first reaction would be to lean out and look to the right! But still a very nice image.
Matt
Posted by Magnus Hird on December 4, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Very, very nice landscape Andy
Posted by eric weight on December 4, 2008 at 3:55 PM
The trees make this one for me Andy, I love the colours in birch woods. Eric
Posted by Iain Tookey on December 4, 2008 at 6:31 PM
I've been up there many times, but never seen it looking like that!
Nice capture. :)
Posted by Andy Bate on December 5, 2008 at 10:11 AM
love it!
Posted by Paul Inglis on December 6, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Hi Andy,
Interesting image! The larger version does it more justice! Love the foreground rock and the sky adds interest! The format doesn't bother me but not sure if the composition is as strong as it could have been!
Discussion
8 repliesI wanted to keep the overall atmosphere of reality in the image - this IS what the scene looked like, with contrast falling away rapidly from the immediate foreground.
Photomatix doesn't always handle low contrast very well - it tends to boost levels too much, so I used it to give me a base image of the sky (3 frames) together with 2 frames for the rocks.
Using the resultant image as a base I've then done a manual exposure blend (check out Mr. Clapps excellent tute) of god knows how many frames to get the mid and far ground just to my liking.
I would have liked the sun actually in shot, but it was flaring a lot - funny thing is I always seem to have that problem at sunset, but hardly ever at sunrise - anyone got an idea of why that is
Larger version http://wildlifeinpixels.com/img/LSC/WIP00024087.jpg
Hope you like
D2Xs
14-24mm Nikkor
IS0 100
1/5000th - 2 sec @ f16
Many thanks for looking, and for all the great feedback on the previous couple of posts
It's a gorgeous scene, but I'm wondering what I'm missing to the right
For me, this is nice, but would have been better in landscape.
Regards
Rob
Matt
Nice capture. :)
Interesting image! The larger version does it more justice! Love the foreground rock and the sky adds interest! The format doesn't bother me but not sure if the composition is as strong as it could have been!