From half way up the Carroll Rim Trail, this past Friday, late morning.
In camera JPG basically as shot, mild levels adjustment and converted to sRBG for posting.
Exif:
Nikon D200
12-24 AFS Lens @ 24mm
f8, 1/80 sec
Exposure Compensation +0.7
Singh-Ray 3 stop hard ND over clouds
Gitzo CF tripd, Kirk BH-3 head
Color is very weak. There is certainly a lot more waiting to be brought out of the in-camera capture here. I'm undecided as to whether the stones add or detract. They offer a greater sense of the surrounding landscape, but diminish the impact of the most interesting subject, the hills themselves. The clouds are a huge asset to the landscape.
Oops. Did it again. Just couldn't help myself. Um... Saturation +20, selective desaturation in sky areas, minor shadow burn in sky, mild contrast adjustments, +10 warming filter. Hope you don't mind. Digital just isn't Velvia. It needs a little more help.
No problem. I'm loath to make major changes on my current machine (an aging laptop) as the monitor has reached the point where I can't profile it (too dull). Your version is richer and quite a bit warmer than what was in front of the camera, but is closer to the feeling of the place than the in camera jpg. I'll be coming back to this (and many others) once I've upgraded the rest of the imaging pipeline.
Craig,
The colors may not be the ones you decide on, but Marc is on the right track. For me, see that area above your foreground rock and below the Hills? To me, that area is wasted real estate. There's nothing in there of interest and it's detracting from the photo. I'd try to find some relation between the two focus points if I were you. I need to look at one and then the other and go "Oh"!
Discussion
7 repliesIn camera JPG basically as shot, mild levels adjustment and converted to sRBG for posting.
Exif:
Nikon D200
12-24 AFS Lens @ 24mm
f8, 1/80 sec
Exposure Compensation +0.7
Singh-Ray 3 stop hard ND over clouds
Gitzo CF tripd, Kirk BH-3 head
Comments appreciated.
No problem. I'm loath to make major changes on my current machine (an aging laptop) as the monitor has reached the point where I can't profile it (too dull). Your version is richer and quite a bit warmer than what was in front of the camera, but is closer to the feeling of the place than the in camera jpg. I'll be coming back to this (and many others) once I've upgraded the rest of the imaging pipeline.
The colors may not be the ones you decide on, but Marc is on the right track. For me, see that area above your foreground rock and below the Hills? To me, that area is wasted real estate. There's nothing in there of interest and it's detracting from the photo. I'd try to find some relation between the two focus points if I were you. I need to look at one and then the other and go "Oh"!