50 Shades of...

[Rebel]

...GREEN!

Another shot from my walk today... there were so many great views in this area but it was littered with pylons and power cables (I think theres one behind the tree in this)

[Shadowman]

Too difficult of a shot to get in multiple exposures, it's had enough getting foliage detail in one shot; one slight breeze and everything's wonky.

[Rebel]

Too difficult of a shot to get in multiple exposures, it's had enough getting foliage detail in one shot; one slight breeze and everything's wonky.

when I blend the two images, I delete the parts of each image that I'm not using. That takes care of any movement from the foliage

[fotugraphy]

Excellent shot. If i was shooting it i would love to show the motion in the foliage. Just a personal choice though

[bnnrcn]

Very nice shot Matt Is the sky from another image or is it a long exposure from the same scene ?

[Donald]

I love the composition. My tiny mind struggles a bit with the obvious long exposure on the sky and the lack of any movement in the foliage/grass, etc. It creates a sort-of tension for me. But that's probably more to do with my lack of imagination.

[Rebel]

Excellent shot. If i was shooting it i would love to show the motion in the foliage. Just a personal choice though

Thanks Raj, I was thinking about showing the motion in the foliage but certain parts were just a bit too blurred for me.

Very nice shot Matt Is the sky from another image or is it a long exposure from the same scene ?

Thanks Binnur, its a long exposure from the same scene.

[Rebel]

I love the composition. My tiny mind struggles a bit with the obvious long exposure on the sky and the lack of any movement in the foliage/grass, etc. It creates a sort-of tension for me. But that's probably more to do with my lack of imagination.

Cheers Donald, next time I'll leave the movement in the foliage.

I've only done it this way because the tutorial I read processed it this way, when I've got the jist of it I can start experimenting to my liking

[Donald]

There are parallels here with Frank's thread about photographing moving water and getting it 'right' between blurry water and sharp water in terms of blending. Might be worth a look at it - The first 14 posts in this thread are very helpful, I think.

I don't, by any means, suggest that I'm 'right'. My view is only one.

[Gayathrie Senaratne]

really nice

[Rebel]

There are parallels here with Frank's thread about photographing moving water and getting it 'right' between blurry water and sharp water in ter4ms of blending. Might be worth a look at it - The first 14 posts in this thread are very helpful, I think.

I don't, by any means, suggest that I'm 'right'. My view is only one.

Cheers Donald, I'll have a read of that thread.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Matt,

Seeing this and reading comments regarding blur in the foliage, one 'off the wall' thought I had was to (as an experiment) apply the blur to the foreground grasses and flowers in several distinct 'stripes' that (by angle) mimic the diverging blur in the clouds (from the centre of the image at horizon).

It may look awful, or too gimmicky - perhaps an idea better applied to another shot (e.g. one with much shorter grass) - or not at all!

Or perhaps rather than stripes of both images giving the blur, just use angled Post Processing radial 'motion' blur, but again, this would probably work better on shorter grass without the flowers.

Anyway, it's just a thought (or two)

[Barbara Ponder]

Matt, I like it as is. I think the movement in the clouds is fine and think of it as if i were looking at the scene in person. I might notice the clouds moving but not necessarily the grass or just the opposite as I would be focused on one or the other.

[IzzieK]

+1 to Dave's suggestions and comments...

[Rebel]

Hi Matt,

Seeing this and reading comments regarding blur in the foliage, one 'off the wall' thought I had was to (as an experiment) apply the blur to the foreground grasses and flowers in several distinct 'stripes' that (by angle) mimic the diverging blur in the clouds (from the centre of the image at horizon).

It may look awful, or too gimmicky - perhaps an idea better applied to another shot (e.g. one with much shorter grass) - or not at all!

Or perhaps rather than stripes of both images giving the blur, just use angled Post Processing radial 'motion' blur, but again, this would probably work better on shorter grass without the flowers.

Anyway, it's just a thought (or two)

I'll give it a try Dave and see how it turns out