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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: shaunw on November 30, 2011, 03:33:07 pm

Title: Steamer's
Post by: shaunw on November 30, 2011, 03:33:07 pm: The morning light passes through the steam, i hope this has a old style/feel about it, it was processed with that in mind...WDYT?

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6426611221_f87fd8c89b_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skwalby/6426611221/)
Steamers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skwalby/6426611221/) by Shaunwalby Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/skwalby/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: sdwilsonsct on November 30, 2011, 09:35:14 pm: Nice one, Shaun!
Scott
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: shaunw on December 01, 2011, 04:33:47 am: Poss should have posted this elsewhere...its not really landscape is it....so used to posting in landscape as rarely shoot anything else.....mods please move if deemed appropriate

Thanks Shaun
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: churly on December 01, 2011, 08:32:53 pm: Don't know if you have read the thread on what comprises a landscape but IMO you are well within bounds - glad you posted it here. It is a very nice shot.
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: shaunw on December 02, 2011, 03:56:46 am: Quote from: sdwilsonsct on November 30, 2011, 09:35:14 pm
Nice one, Shaun!
Scott

Thanks Scott and Churly...poss one end of the landscape range then?

Regards
Shaun W
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: francois on December 02, 2011, 06:41:11 am: Well done! The railroad workers are a bonus.
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: kaelaria on December 02, 2011, 10:24:32 pm: Oh damn I would love to have that on my wall!
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: shaunw on December 03, 2011, 04:03:58 am: Quote from: francois on December 02, 2011, 06:41:11 am
Well done! The railroad workers are a bonus.

Thanks Francois..yes i think they do add certain dynamic to the image rather than two static engines...ive started leaving people in my landscapes of late as well i always previously to clone them out.

Quote from: kaelaria on December 02, 2011, 10:24:32 pm
Oh damn I would love to have that on my wall!

Thanks Kaelaria....yep i think this makes my wall...nice website you have, particularly the Yosemite landscapes...fine work.

regard Shaun
Title: black and white photography is way to go
Post by: fineartphotos on December 11, 2011, 07:53:00 am: Great shot, steam in black and white photography is just amazing.
Did you do HDR?
Very nice photograph
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: shaunw on December 13, 2011, 01:45:25 pm: Thanks Fineartphotos

No HDR...Dynamic range extended from a single RAW file, contrast grading/channel mixing essentially, chuffed with this one its the first time ive shot trains...i was out for landscapes!!

Shaun
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: fineartphotos on December 14, 2011, 05:50:37 pm: Dynamic range extended? You mean you shot one image and HDR off of the RAW.
Steam is just a great topic for black and white, and so many times we go out to shoot landscape and end up doing something eles, it took me so many years before I could control myself, now i take exclusively landscape but so many times would go out thinking will shoot ocean today and bring home photos of trees only.
That is what I love about photography, unpredictable never boring and surprising.
Title: Re: Steamer's
Post by: shaunw on December 28, 2011, 04:17:41 am: Quote from: fineartphotos on December 14, 2011, 05:50:37 pm
Dynamic range extended? You mean you shot one image and HDR off of the RAW.
Steam is just a great topic for black and white, and so many times we go out to shoot landscape and end up doing something eles, it took me so many years before I could control myself, now i take exclusively landscape but so many times would go out thinking will shoot ocean today and bring home photos of trees only.
That is what I love about photography, unpredictable never boring and surprising.

I think i will always strive to keep an element of unpredictability in my method/work, sure sometimes it doesn't work out, but as in this case it can often through up something different /interesting. Re the processing i worked off a single file making several exposure alterations before manually blending them, i prefer this technique to bracketing shots, more control. Iam not a real fan of HDR as such, no shadows and detail in everything doesn't look right to me? i guess as always its a personal/subjective thing...i may tinker with it one day??