kdrk888 wrote:
Maybe because of the capability of the Nikon D800's DR range?
Jim, that's one beautiful shot!
Thanks! I am glad you like the shot.
Certainly expanded DR comes into play here. I totally disagree with Skibums assertion that this shot is an abstract work of art... Really? Unless one is at a location, it's not good to make assumptions as to light sources. For instance as I am shooting facing south with this shot, the sun is setting in the west through a thin cloud layer that itself turned golden (which I still need to post). There is going to be a pretty strong golden light source now that is out of the frame of the shot, but yet is still lighting up the shot.
So for Skibum to have used the term abstract I think is totally wrong here. For sure, the contrast has been pushed some, the Clarity too. All of which can push the colors to be a nice vibrant tone. As for the light not being equal, one should not assume that because our cameras are so limited, especially the older ones in Dynamic Range, that then our display of that scene has to fall into that very limited DR. The goal is to get the photo that we come up with to translate to others what the light was that we saw, not what the camera saw...
I appreciate everyone's view point, but the only way this shot could be classified as an abstract is if one comes up with their own dictionary...
bshamilton wrote:
Beautiful scene, Jim. What a view!
I wouldn't mind a little softer contrast on the fg, but it's still very lovely.
Barry
Hey Barry,
Thanks so much! I am glad you liked it, and yeah, the old contrast adjustment... It's easy to go up and to go down with it. In the end, I settled with this, but it was only after working and deliberating with it over several days...
Doug Maclean wrote:
Jim what struck me about the shot was that as opposed to having a single perspective my eye went all about the shot and liked every part of it.It is a complex image and that is why I like It.Well Done.Doug M
Could you share some of the techs of it..Camera/lens/.aperture/ss/iso/exposure comp..metering.HDR or not well done
Hey Doug,
HDR? Yikes... that almost qualifies for a
As mentioned, this is from a D800. Aperture was f13 which I shoot most of my shots at. What kind of metering I was using, doesn't really matter, for any shot it's about what the histogram shows you. If you want to use center weighted, matrix, etc to me it doesn't matter with landscape shots. Typically, it's about taking a shot, checking the histogram and adjusting the exposure to expose so that highlights are not blown. In this case, since the light was changing fast, I was probably in Aperture Priority mode with an exposure compensation of -1 stop. But again, I keep a very close eye on the histogram and adjust the exposure as needed. Exposing properly in the field is one of the most important aspects of a successful shot.
And no HDR was used, I am not a fan of it at all... simply a layer mask to seperate the sky from the ground. Although the D800 has such a great DR that it makes the processing so much simpler. Most often I will adjust the sky seperately from ground as I process.
Jim,
If I didn't know better, I would say you arranged it in a studio.
No, this is not possible. Every thing is so perfect.
Have a life, Jim. You have been where no one has been before
Bob
I don't know, it's a nice shot, but I agree with some of the other posters above, it has an almost HDR feel to it. Particularly on the distant peaks, it almost looks a bit posterized, like we aren't getting any gradations between the different colors and tones, like it was run through an art filter. Perhaps a larger image would help.
