Much obliged
Shoalhaven Heads by Davidmorton2009, on Flickr
The problem with this is that there was a very strong reflection from the water to the right of the hill that caused a blow out. Does it spoil the overall effect and is there anything I could do about it? Any other comments welcome.
Vandenberg, this is just absolutely gorgeous! Another one!!! Now, I want to copy you. Actually, I've been thinking along these lines for a while, now, but have been waiting for something green and growing. It's one of the reasons that I wanted the f2.8 for christmas. SO! How did you do this? Please, do tell all.... Obviously, there was observation, good light, ground level but what about post processing, etc.? Thanks!
thanks katy
shot this one with my 50mm 1.4 (love this lens, cheap and gives a awesome bokeh) on 1.4
I call him first light, but actually it is the last light (sun is going under)
1. use a low aperture (i use 1.4)
2. wait for the golden hour (morning or evening)
3. i use a Angle Finder, so I dont have lie on my belly
4. for post processing i use some home cooking but most of the time i use alien skin exposure 3
thats all
from the same series
Thanks for sharing - these are gorgeous, too!
What in the world is "alien skin exposure 3"? Is it like an action?
My attempts really pale, compared to yours but...here are some of mine. It's funny, the poem says "morning" but these were taken in the evening, too. Also, we didn't really have any flowers, yet - still don't quite.
sigh. I love bokeh!
Nice images Vandenberg
Now, we may begin to talk about a style: Vandenberg's style.
Be aware however as a true style is to be unique. And that is really difficult
It means, if you share all your secrets everybody will be able to do it.
Well, not exactly as there is always room for changes
But even so, if you are recognized as Artist then it is success.
But it seems you have your own way to frame your subjects. Good.
Let me help a bit our dear Katy: alien is a plug in for CS5 with great results.
I have it in trial period and it does nothing more - and this is already very good - than apply certain presets. Many many can be applied with different and striking results. A bit expensive perhaps.
A visit to their page is worth the visit Katy
Thank you Antonio for your comments
I did think about HDR (after the event) if that is what you meant by bracketing, but in this case I suspect that the required dynamic range was so great that even this would be a problem. I have never tried HDR so I may be quite wrong here. There was also some blow out of the sky, but I was able to recover this in ACR.
David
Thank you for posting here David
Your photo is nice but perhaps you could be a little more careful about the composition...
I can remember that you posted here 3 photos before editing and this was the last one. Am I wrong ?
I remember the first one was good. Can you post it again please ?
Thank you