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p.2 #1 · p.2 #1 · Frozen in Ice


Amazing details Matt and I like all the crop variations you managed to scrape off the one image.


Mar 26, 2015 at 08:34 AM
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p.2 #2 · p.2 #2 · Frozen in Ice


Absolutely amazing! Nice job!!!


Mar 26, 2015 at 09:50 AM
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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · Frozen in Ice


Fast6 wrote:
Awesome color and details. Man, that's a lot of images to be smashing together

I think I like #2 best.

All your focus stacking has made it hard for me to tell that the leaf is even encapsulated! Do you have any versions that make its depth apparent?


I have lots of versions that have a soft blurry surface, and the lower leaf detailed. And your right, the stacking does take away from the perceived depth. I was debating on keeping the depth, or going after the extreme details that existed ( and keeping the sunbursts ). The blurry surface didn't have the specular sunbursts, which completely enamored me when I saw them. So I decided to go for the extreme detail inclusion, which had the sunbursts. To me, they look like stars in a galaxy. I could totally see a different version that embraced more of the depth that existed.

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JimFox wrote:
Hey Matt,

#1 and 3 are my favorites here. A very nice scene, but one I am having a hard time understanding why you bracketed 3 shots? You are using a D800E, I can't see why you needed 3 shots brackets in 2 stop increments, especially not in a scene like this. It's not like you are shooting with a camera that is lacking in DR.

Jim


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aFeinberg wrote:
Crazy awesome. But with the d800 why so much bracketing...feel like this could have easily been 1 shot? Love this man. Great.

aF



Jim/ aF The light-bright 1/4 tones ( zone 7,8,9 ) had very little detail under a normal exposure. The -2 exposure brought back the detail in those highlights. I could have gotten away with a normal exposure and a -2. ( and not using the +2 ) But, what I find when fusing exposures, is a certain amount of "luminosity" is created during the fusion of the tonal values. I don't want to say the "HDR Glow" but in essence, that whats happening, but I make sure the natural tone mapping is exactly that, natural with a hint of luminosity added during the tone mapping process. As for the depth of field, at f/16 on a fullframe 60mm, at the closest distance ( which I was ) the DOF is still paper thin ( approximately 1/4inch or so with some tapering ) So I basically focus on the nearest element, and work my way away with subtle turns in the focus, till I reach the far point. This happen to be 12 or so increments.

To summarize, oh sure, I could have taken one shot, focused on the leaf, underexposed. But I would have lost a great amount of detail and the cool sunbursts, as well as the subtle tonality in the highlights, and, added a stop or two of noise overall to the image. I'm a bit of an overdoer in everything I do, so I'm not sure my personality would let me take just one shot lol.

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment everyone, I really appreciate it!



Mar 26, 2015 at 11:16 AM
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p.2 #4 · p.2 #4 · Frozen in Ice


Matt Anderson wrote:
I have lots of versions that have a soft blurry surface, and the lower leaf detailed. And your right, the stacking does take away from the perceived depth. I was debating on keeping the depth, or going after the extreme details that existed ( and keeping the sunbursts ). The blurry surface didn't have the specular sunbursts, which completely enamored me when I saw them. So I decided to go for the extreme detail inclusion, which had the sunbursts. To me, they look like stars in a galaxy. I could totally see a different version that embraced more of
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Matt, thanks for your response! The galaxy look is indeed pretty awesome. Stunning work no matter which creative path you pick.



Mar 26, 2015 at 11:35 AM
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p.2 #5 · p.2 #5 · Frozen in Ice


Lovely series with 2 being my favourite.

Ute



Mar 28, 2015 at 01:18 AM
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p.2 #6 · p.2 #6 · Frozen in Ice


These are crazy good with tremendous details.
Harsha



Apr 05, 2015 at 08:37 AM
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p.2 #7 · p.2 #7 · Frozen in Ice


great shot


Apr 05, 2015 at 09:09 AM
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p.2 #8 · p.2 #8 · Frozen in Ice


I remember these couple of days in Milwaukee last month looking at the snow melted and refrozen with a glassy finish. I knew there must be something interesting to shoot out there. Looks like you found it. Very nice Matt!


Apr 05, 2015 at 09:37 AM
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