Posted by Jack Brauer on March 26, 2006 at 7:52 PM
Here's a shot from last Wednesday morning. This is from my roof at 7500 feet, above the inversion layer covering Boulder. There's been quite a few of these inversions recently. I don't know what causes them, but this recent unsettled upslope weather seemed to be conducive.
Tachihara 4x5
135mm
2 stop soft grad
Posted by Todd Caudle on March 26, 2006 at 9:02 PM
Awesome, Jack! This is my favorite type of weather to shoot. I love getting right down on the boundary of the fog layer. I love the color in this. Did you get any of those Flatirons poking through the fog you mentioned earlier?
Posted by Jack Brauer on March 26, 2006 at 9:10 PM
Thanks Todd! No, no shots of the Flatirons. It would have been a great image, with the clouds flowing up into the canyons below the Flatirons, but unfortunately there are some power lines across the road that just cannot be avoided no matter where I go. Maybe I should fire up the chainsaw...
I have been in almost the same exact situation as that, up on Rampart Range rd, overlooking CSprings.
For the life of me, I could not replicate those kind of results. I was using a two stop grad as well...
I don't get it. How did you shoot directly into the sun and still have detail in the foreground. With my filter I still basically lost everything. As I new I would... The TTL meter wasn't lieing. Just no way to record that many stops of light.
I see you were using a fixed focal length 135mm lens, which goes a long way towards reducing lens flare, but I could not avoid it on my 200mm zoom.
Oh how you frustrate me!
Posted by Jack Brauer on March 27, 2006 at 6:06 PM
Jason - I don't know! Maybe the clouds were filtering the sun a little bit? I did brighten up the foreground trees in PS. I've only been using film since November, but I really like the flexibility it offers, and I think it really handles highlights well. This one was with Provia 100F.
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135mm
2 stop soft grad
Brian
Just let me know when you are sending this winner over.
RichieV
For the life of me, I could not replicate those kind of results. I was using a two stop grad as well...
I don't get it. How did you shoot directly into the sun and still have detail in the foreground. With my filter I still basically lost everything. As I new I would... The TTL meter wasn't lieing. Just no way to record that many stops of light.
I see you were using a fixed focal length 135mm lens, which goes a long way towards reducing lens flare, but I could not avoid it on my 200mm zoom.
Oh how you frustrate me!