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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Dave Pluimer on August 07, 2014, 05:41:51 pm

Title: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: Dave Pluimer on August 07, 2014, 05:41:51 pm: This time looking straight west to the horizon. Took to heart some of the other feedback on II and added a corner burn and brought down the foreground a tiny amount. Thoughts and feedback are welcome.

Canon 6D, Canon 17-40 f/4 L, Formatt-Hitech 6-stop IRND - f/13, 0.8s, ISO 100

(http://www.davepluimer.com/Land-Sky/i-vhVKBr9/0/XL/untitled_20140728_18686-Edit-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 07, 2014, 05:52:14 pm: This one works very well for me. Nicely seen and rendered.
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: maddogmurph on August 07, 2014, 06:31:29 pm: Looks great to me. I'm on board.
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on August 08, 2014, 04:03:55 am: Good image, works well.
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: luxborealis on August 08, 2014, 06:59:35 am: Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 07, 2014, 05:52:14 pm
This one works very well for me. Nicely seen and rendered.

+1

I've come back to this photograph a couple of times now and am really enjoying it. With such a beautiful image, though, I hate to ask this... Are there any values that are/were or should be near white? I'm just trying to decide whether you have consciously made it about ½ stop on the dim side, because that's what it seems from this end. I get the feeling there should be a near white anchor somewhere (e.g. In the surf to the left of the point), but it doesn't come across that way to me.
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: Dave Pluimer on August 08, 2014, 07:39:18 am: Quote from: luxborealis on August 08, 2014, 06:59:35 am
+1

I've come back to this photograph a couple of times now and am really enjoying it. With such a beautiful image, though, I hate to ask this... Are there any values that are/were or should be near white? I'm just trying to decide whether you have consciously made it about ½ stop on the dim side, because that's what it seems from this end. I get the feeling there should be a near white anchor somewhere (e.g. In the surf to the left of the point), but it doesn't come across that way to me.

I looked at it again. Here is the same with only a white point adjustment.
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: luxborealis on August 08, 2014, 08:18:31 pm: Quote from: Dave Pluimer on August 08, 2014, 07:39:18 am
I looked at it again. Here is the same with only a white point adjustment.

Now I like the first one better. Maybe split the difference (or judt go back to the first ad it is great!). Sorry for the trouble.
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: Dave Pluimer on August 08, 2014, 09:32:25 pm: Quote from: luxborealis on August 08, 2014, 08:18:31 pm
Now I like the first one better. Maybe split the difference (or judt go back to the first ad it is great!). Sorry for the trouble.

No worries! This is how I learn.
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: sdwilsonsct on August 08, 2014, 09:49:26 pm: Very nice, Dave. I like discrete corner burns like these that are hardly recognizable as such.
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 09, 2014, 09:46:58 am: Terry was right -- the second time. The first version is just fine.
(But the experiment was worth trying.)
Title: Re: Sculptured Beach III
Post by: wolfnowl on August 12, 2014, 08:20:47 pm: Very nice, but like Terry I'd like to see a LITTLE white - not as much as presented, though.

Mike.