Posted by Brad Mangas on October 14, 2010 at 2:03 PM
I appreciate the comments on my previous posts you all are too kind.
I seem to find myself drawn to more intimate type of shooting. I love getting the big views of the mountains and all the grandeur they provide but there are only so many compositions one can make with a wide lens while standing in a single spot. With my time somewhat limited I would use my 70-200mm and concentrated on picking out specific scenes that I liked. After all we all should shoot what we like not simply what is expected. These first 2 shots are with that in mind. The first made in the evening from the campground I stayed and the second the next morning a few miles up the road. I was just as pleased with the colorful foregrounds I was finding as with the aspens and pines and tried to incorporate them in as much as I could.
By the way I don't know if any of you have read the post that was provided by Lon Overacker you can see it here but Jimmy G. and a couple of friends where standing next to me shooting Monday evening the day before his accident and I remember him saying he was heading down around Ridgway the next day, we all stayed in this campground that night.
All of these posts are uploaded at around 60% quality to keep under 200k so they lack some of the detail that are in the original.
Posted by Brad Mangas on October 14, 2010 at 2:04 PM
up the road the next morning
Posted by Brad Mangas on October 14, 2010 at 2:06 PM
With a 17-40mm during one of my hikes, and believe me this Kansas boy struggled hiking at 10,000 feet of altitude!
Posted by Larry Fischer on October 14, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Great photos, Brad... as usual.
Tree trunks make great verticals.
Does see to be a blue tint on my screen.... which is not calibrated.
the fisch
Posted by Brad Mangas on October 14, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Hi Larry thanks for your comment. I typically shoot on AWB and almost all the images I shot especially with the aspens in some sun had a white balance of around 4700k (on the cool side of the color temp scale) I have changed these and most I have worked on so far in ACR to 5500-5700K and it does make a considerable difference. I use a calibrated monitor though not a high end one and when my monitor profile loads you can literally see the color temp change from a cool (bluish) hue to a more warmer tone. My evidence the image is the way I want is when I get a print made, my monitor seems to match my prints very closely but I have yet to print any of these images. It is very possible that they are still on the cool side of the color scale. After I look at all the images and make the changes in white balance the comparison of the before and after are noticeable but then I had something to compare it to before but doesn't mean I have it right, so your comment is appreciated.
If anyone would like to expand on their opinion of the whole white balance issue that would be great. And if someone say ohh who has been shooting for say 30 years or so and say maybe teaches on the subject of photography would like to share their opinion and experiences on the whole white balance, shooting on AWB or daylight or whatever and then taking care of it in ACR that would be super as well. Was that subtle enough.
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4 repliesI seem to find myself drawn to more intimate type of shooting. I love getting the big views of the mountains and all the grandeur they provide but there are only so many compositions one can make with a wide lens while standing in a single spot. With my time somewhat limited I would use my 70-200mm and concentrated on picking out specific scenes that I liked. After all we all should shoot what we like not simply what is expected. These first 2 shots are with that in mind. The first made in the evening from the campground I stayed and the second the next morning a few miles up the road. I was just as pleased with the colorful foregrounds I was finding as with the aspens and pines and tried to incorporate them in as much as I could.
By the way I don't know if any of you have read the post that was provided by Lon Overacker you can see it here but Jimmy G. and a couple of friends where standing next to me shooting Monday evening the day before his accident and I remember him saying he was heading down around Ridgway the next day, we all stayed in this campground that night.
All of these posts are uploaded at around 60% quality to keep under 200k so they lack some of the detail that are in the original.
Tree trunks make great verticals.
Does see to be a blue tint on my screen.... which is not calibrated.
the fisch
If anyone would like to expand on their opinion of the whole white balance issue that would be great. And if someone say ohh who has been shooting for say 30 years or so and say maybe teaches on the subject of photography would like to share their opinion and experiences on the whole white balance, shooting on AWB or daylight or whatever and then taking care of it in ACR that would be super as well. Was that subtle enough.