Justin Grimm Offline Upload & Sell: Off
|
Man, this location has some insane potential. You just need some better lighting conditions to get that "glimmer", then your shot will be off the charts with clean processing. I haven’t seen many locations where you can shoot down cascade towards a sunrise. Pretty sweet.
I know we have a Dustin Gent here, and I'm Justin Grimm. Not sure who Justin Ghent is though? Maybe he and I can call ourselves that on our next trip together haha
As for the processing, I'll only comment on the 1st since it has the strongest comp and light. I’m not sure how you choose to process and in what programs, but you should try to use more refined masks when blending in the brightest details and darkest shadows of an image. If not, there will be halos (like in the top right tree line), or blotchiness caused by manual brush strokes (in the far ridge and trees). Those darker blotches will come in when you accidentally blend in some of the deep shadows from your correct sky exposure, and make things look uneven. Some good giveaways are the dark tree top in front of the sunstar, and the dark blotch on the ridge to the left of the tree. You are definitely right in wanting a darker exposure for the sky also. That would make things a lot smoother up there, and you could really make that horizon glimmer if the upper sky was darker, so it isolates the light a bit more.
A quick tip when bracketing, make sure you have your settings adjusted so that it shoots from lowest to highest exposure, and expose for your highlights initially. That way you will never have any blown-out areas. They are much more distracting then underexposed shadows in my opinion.
Hope that helps a bit.
|