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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: shadowblade on April 14, 2012, 12:13:14 pm

Title: Passage to Dawn - Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Post by: shadowblade on April 14, 2012, 12:13:14 pm

Sunrise over vineyards near Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia.

Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EF 16-35 f/2.8L II USM.

Title: Re: Passage to Dawn - Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 14, 2012, 12:26:02 pm

Luminous.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Passage to Dawn - Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 14, 2012, 02:49:44 pm

Very original and refreshing!

Title: Re: Passage to Dawn - Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Post by: shadowblade on April 26, 2012, 08:46:26 am

This was one instance where the limited DR of Canon sensors was a major issue.

Given that the point of transition wasn't linear, I couldn't use GND filters. Also, there was a very gentle, almost imperceptible breeze. It was enough, however, to rustle the leaves on the vines, such that consecutive shots, taken for image blending, wouldn't line up. I took around 500 shots, and it was only by chance that I found a pair - 2 stops apart - that matched up.

With an extra 2 stops of useable DR, I could have just taken a single frame and just pushed the shadows.