On this evening, shooting side by side a client from FM, we were welcomed by some of the weirdest light we both had seen in a while. What made it all the more exciting for us is that the weird light combined with one of our favorite compositions in the area (I literally have been targeting this spot for almost 7 years now with maybe 20 trips logged). I don't pull out my camera to photograph very often while leading workshops (except as a teaching tool mainly to show techniques...) but on this particular occasion my client graciously invited me!
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Sony A7r
Rokinon 14mm
f/11
200 ISO (Native)
Two shots, one for land, one for sky (about 3 minutes apart). With the side lighting land, brought in at about 40% opacity.
The foreground part of the image, i.e, the actual formations look like they contain a lot of noise especially in those areas that contain shadow. Do you feel that this might be due to trying to work the colors and contrast in these areas a little bit to much? I've always called it the 'Graphite' look, when one pulls down the mid tone curve in those areas to increase saturation and tone. I've always found that by doing that it seems to partially ruin the image by making it look very noisy. It does however seem a very popular method of processing nowadays though.
You don't see this in the sky, as the sky is perfectly rendered, but only in the foreground which seems to make the image rather strange as a whole IMHO.
andrew perkins wrote:
Awesome image. Really like the little bit of light hitting the foreground and of course the sky doesn't hurt just sweet
Thank you very much!
Nigel Turner wrote:
Hi Mark,
Nice capture and first class composition.
The foreground part of the image, i.e, the actual formations look like they contain a lot of noise especially in those areas that contain shadow. Do you feel that this might be due to trying to work the colors and contrast in these areas a little bit to much? I've always called it the 'Graphite' look, when one pulls down the mid tone curve in those areas to increase saturation and tone. I've always found that by doing that it seems to partially ruin the image by making it look very noisy. It does however seem a very popular method of processing nowadays though.
You don't see this in the sky, as the sky is perfectly rendered, but only in the foreground which seems to make the image rather strange as a whole IMHO.
Is your Rokinon the Sony E-mount version or Canon EF mount used via Metabones? I am soon to be upgrading to the A7r and have the Canon EF mount Rokinon already. I will be getting and mainly using a 24mm TSE II lens and and not keen on swamping lenses too often from the Metabones adapter.
Sick! Ballsy move putting those white veins of sandstone directly into the corners, but it works really well and creates a very dynamic and interesting composition. The two formations in the back only serve to continue the X. Jeez, even the "weird" lines in the clouds continue the theme. Processing is very nice with hints of blue in the lighter sandstone. Not too saturated. The shadows are perfectly bright (but not too bright). Perhaps my favorite of yours?
Scott Kroeker wrote:
Stunner Mark. Love the lines in this one.
Is your Rokinon the Sony E-mount version or Canon EF mount used via Metabones? I am soon to be upgrading to the A7r and have the Canon EF mount Rokinon already. I will be getting and mainly using a 24mm TSE II lens and and not keen on swamping lenses too often from the Metabones adapter.
Thanks dude! I have the Metabones 4 for Canon glass. Works perfect.
