Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: David Eckels on April 04, 2013, 08:53:57 pm
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Three exposure HDR (-2,0,+2). How'd I do Russ? Slobodan? I can't tell you how tempting it was to bring the shadows out on rock faces on the right! ;) Yes, polarizer.
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Looks pretty good to me!
On the other hand, the scene does not look like it needed bracketing :P
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Looks pretty good to me!
On the other hand, the scene does not look like it needed bracketing :P
You might be right, but I was worried about those shadows and wanted to make sure. Besides, I'd just figured out how to do auto bracketing ;) "Pretty good" from you, Slobodan, is high praise indeed. Thanks.
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You could have waited an hour or so until the sun raked the cliff face. :)
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You could have waited an hour or so until the sun raked the cliff face. :)
Yeah, but then everyone in my vehicle would have been pissed at me ;)
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:)
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Yeah, but then everyone in my vehicle would have been pissed at me ;)
Reminds me of: "Daaaad!?... how many times you need to snap that damn Parisian bridge at sunset... I am bored!"
As every landscape photographer knows, the window of opportunity around sunset is rather short, plus/minus half an hour. And that is precisely the time my family is hungry, thirsty, tired, bored, etc.
I often share the story surrounding my Bass Harbor Lighthouse picture that ultimately ended up as a magazine cover. As some of you know, it is located about 4-5 miles from the nearest "civilization." I ultimately ended up driving my thirsty wife and kid back to the village, finding a restaurant for them, and driving back. Missed the sunset, but caught the twilight. My wife's excuse: "Sorry, did not know it will end up as a cover." ;D
That is why I love sunrises... family is soundly sleeping. Though, come to think of it, I would rather stay in bed too :(
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That is why I love sunrises... family is soundly sleeping. Though, come to think of it, I would rather stay in bed too :(
+1! All too true! We do the best we can!
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Very nice, David. Looks as if you covered the whole range without making the HDR obvious. Looks like a well exposed, well framed photograph.
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Reminds me of: "Daaaad!?... how many times you need to snap that damn Parisian bridge at sunset... I am bored! ...
Thank you very much for this comment. I will print and laminate it and show it to my family when appropriate. It remembers me on a trip thru NZ by a Motorhome - sometimes I've got the feeling that the mood changed rapidly against me. ;D
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Very nice, David. Looks as if you covered the whole range without making the HDR obvious. Looks like a well exposed, well framed photograph.
I agree, the image is very natural, without the usual HDR look.
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Thanks, teachers, for the feedback! I tend to have a heavy hand and the critiques have been very, very helpful to me.
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It's very good and not at all obviously HDR. I think you could have opened up the shadows on the right a little, perhaps, without making the scene look unrealistic.
Jeremy