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Andres Bonilla
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Sunrise on Haleakala


Maui, Hawaii great experience, difficult light to meter but I liked how it turned out. What do you think?







Jul 14, 2013 at 11:54 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Sunrise on Haleakala


Definitely a very difficult to meter scene. You do have quite a bit of flare across the scene, and that does distract a bit, especially the green blobs. Also, I do wish that the white clouds weren't blown out. Bracketing the exposure could have helped a bit with that. The thing I notice most is the tilted horizon. All the clouds slope heavily counterclockwise, which makes the composition feel out of balance. This is definitely a very difficult scene, but if you bracketed your exposures you may very well be able to shine it up in post processing.


Jul 14, 2013 at 12:40 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Sunrise on Haleakala


Hi Andres,

That is some cool mountain peaks and the lighting looks sweet too. But I do agree with everything Ben said. Next time besure to shield the sun from hitting your lens. Use your hand to block the sun, you can see when it's not flaring. Also the sun is really blowing those top level clouds up. Exposing for the highlights is the way to go, bracketing might help. The biggest help now a days I have noticed though is the increased DR of the newer cameras like the D800 really help save these scenes where before they would be lost because of the blown highlights. Because even with bracketing, those kind of highlights sometimes just don't blend back in well.

Jim



Jul 14, 2013 at 01:18 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Sunrise on Haleakala


Thank you guys!! I kind of like the glare But the clouds were so bright compared to the rest of the scene that it made it difficult. I did shot some bracketed sequence but the clouds still came out blown out! I have an 8 mp Rebel so I don't think the DR function is there yet. I did took one shot exposing to the highlights but I was really unable to recover the shadows....cool sky but a silhouette mountain peak. I will straighten the horizon though!! Thanks for the input.


Jul 14, 2013 at 01:27 PM





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