Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 25, 2013 at 1:25 PM
With tropical storm Ivo moving up into Arizona and the sunflowers beginning to wane, a last trip to the hills was made for sunset. This is from 3 images stacked for dof, and the sky was hand blended. It may not show at this size and resolution, but the skyline did not align exactly :-(
Each image was 16mm, f/8, ISO 100.
Feel welcome to pick nits and offer suggestions.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 25, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Kane, I am using a regular PhotoClam ball head. This is a stack with different focal points using Zerene software. I did not try a pano stitch of vertical frames last night.
Oops, I'll delete my post. I think this is a fantastic photo Doug. Maybe it's compression but they're seems to be a small halo where the mountain meets the sky, just to the left of the summit.
Posted by Bob Falcone on August 25, 2013 at 2:34 PM
That is NICE! Good job, Doug!
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 25, 2013 at 2:41 PM
Kane, thanks for pointing out the halo spot. I may have missed a little with the brush while blending.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on August 25, 2013 at 3:47 PM
A beauty!
Posted by John Mumaw on August 25, 2013 at 4:47 PM
Wow...breathtaking! Thanks for posting the larger version, Doug.
I love your choice of including the sagebrush in the foreground when it would have been so tempting to get right into the flowers (did you try that?).
A few windblown flowers doesn't hurt, but am curious as to why you didn't bump up the ISO for a faster shutter speed (not noted here).
All in all, a wonderful scene all the way through and captured to perfection! I'm surprised photographers aren't flocking to this place!
Time to nit pick a great image. Lord strike me down! Looking at this one on a full screen allows me to agree with John. Foreground flowers appear to be dancing in the breeze. Higher ISO would have helped here, I suppose you know that. However, sometimes these kinds of moving elements help create ambiance. Personally I kinda like the shaking foreground flowers. It feels more real to me..like I'm there.
I'm a big fan of low-light sagebrush in my shots. I love the splash of cyan color, which usually fits in well with sunset or sunrise images.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 27, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Thanks for the questions and comments. I had lowered the ISO to 100 since I figured that I would be bringing up shadows and concerned with noise. I had been shooting at ISO 400 the previous series, before the clouds went off. Although in retrospect, I should not have been concerned with noise.
John- I did not get close to the flowers this time. In the 5 evenings out there, I have seen 4 other photographers.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 27, 2013 at 9:11 AM
Thanks for the questions and comments. I had lowered the ISO to 100 since I figured that I would be bringing up shadows and concerned with noise. I had been shooting at ISO 400 the previous series, before the clouds went off. Although in retrospect, I should not have been concerned with noise.
John- I did not get close to the flowers this time. In the 5 evenings out there, I have seen 4 other photographers.
Discussion
13 repliesEach image was 16mm, f/8, ISO 100.
Feel welcome to pick nits and offer suggestions.
I love your choice of including the sagebrush in the foreground when it would have been so tempting to get right into the flowers (did you try that?).
A few windblown flowers doesn't hurt, but am curious as to why you didn't bump up the ISO for a faster shutter speed (not noted here).
All in all, a wonderful scene all the way through and captured to perfection! I'm surprised photographers aren't flocking to this place!
I'm a big fan of low-light sagebrush in my shots. I love the splash of cyan color, which usually fits in well with sunset or sunrise images.
John- I did not get close to the flowers this time. In the 5 evenings out there, I have seen 4 other photographers.
John- I did not get close to the flowers this time. In the 5 evenings out there, I have seen 4 other photographers.