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David Clapp
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p.1 #1 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Thought this might go down better here as its all ALenses....

Went back to the beach where it all began last night to find that the place has completely changed. A foot and a half of sand has shifted its way up completely redirecting a stream to make a sharp right. All my favourite rocks are now totally buried in sand. It was a complete let down and then a raging success.

These images are taken in a 1DsIII, the first one with a Contax 35-70, the second with a Nikon 14-24, both adapted lenses and simply the best combination I have ever used at the coast. Both at f16. Both images are exposure blended, not only because I dont use grads, but because an image like this would be impossible to render using one.

Look forward to any comments.

David Clapp
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Nov 19, 2008 at 03:03 PM

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p.1 #2 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Wow, two superb images. I especially like the second for the patterns in the rocks.

Nov 19, 2008 at 03:10 PM

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p.1 #3 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Fantastic work!

A

Nov 19, 2008 at 03:17 PM

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p.1 #4 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

#2 wonderful

Nov 19, 2008 at 03:36 PM

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p.1 #5 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Beautiful! What program did you use to blend the exposures?

Nov 19, 2008 at 03:39 PM

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p.1 #6 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

terrific shots.

Nov 19, 2008 at 03:45 PM

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p.1 #7 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

perfect.

Nov 19, 2008 at 03:50 PM

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p.1 #8 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

The blend was done manually in photoshop, nothing more. I dont use HDR or anything like that. Its a huge topic....

Nov 19, 2008 at 03:55 PM

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p.1 #9 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Amazing shots! Both images are just fabulous.
Dennis

Nov 19, 2008 at 05:35 PM

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p.1 #10 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Both very nice

Nov 19, 2008 at 06:37 PM

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p.1 #11 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

I really like the second one. Tremendous sense of depth.

Nov 19, 2008 at 06:41 PM

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p.1 #12 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Great images. I love the perspectival compositions that lead you into the distance from the foreground. I would prefer to see the sky less manipulated and more consistent with the overall lighting of the scene for a less 'cgi' look. I bet the detail is fantastic though.

Nov 19, 2008 at 07:03 PM

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p.1 #13 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

It was simply bringing the blues downwards in the black and white conversion that darkened things up. It it seemed to balance things out well, then I rang Dreakworks. It was thick raincloud, so I have some license

Nov 19, 2008 at 08:10 PM

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p.1 #14 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Stunning images!

Nov 19, 2008 at 08:28 PM

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p.1 #15 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Nice job, David! Great to see the best two zooms of their kind matched appropriately to photographic skills.

Nov 19, 2008 at 10:52 PM

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p.1 #16 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Very beautiful! Print them large!

Reminds me of images from Photo Techniques in the 90's about contrast masking in the darkroom. They achieved similar brooding tonalities.

Nov 20, 2008 at 06:04 AM

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p.1 #17 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

David Clapp wrote:
Both images are exposure blended [...]

The waves must be differnt in the single images you blended to get the first one.
Was this no problem? How did you manage this?

Stefan

Nov 20, 2008 at 11:59 AM

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p.1 #18 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Well you have to think about what sections of the image have to be blended. Firstly the sky, everything above the rock line is the first exposure, everything below is from the second exposure except the bright area on the sand at the far left which is also from the first exposure. Each exposure is around 3 stops apart, so its like controlling the light with a 3stop ND except where I want it, not where some stupid bit of plastic tells me it should be. You can see with geology like this a straight line grad is going to be very helpful I dont think...

Seemless blending of multiple exposures in this manner is a complicated topic, but I hope you can get the idea from that...

Nov 20, 2008 at 08:50 PM

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p.1 #19 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Thanks! I thought you had used HDI or something similar and asked myself why it doesn't look like HDI. The answer is, you blended it manually ...

Stefan

Nov 21, 2008 at 07:54 AM

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p.1 #20 · 14-24 and 35-70 in force.

Hey David, is your 35-70 the 3.4 or the f4?

Nov 22, 2008 at 03:47 PM

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