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Published: 2014-08-13 01:57:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 1020; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 0
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Taken at a cranberry bog not too far from my town
Your thoughts and advice are appreciated as always
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Lost the camera stats while HDR processing:
ISO 100
Aperture f/13
Shutter 1/160 (probably should have upped that a bit)
Focal 25mm
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I like the decision here to use the upper two thirds of the frame for the sky and the lower two thirds for the land. There's a lot going on in the sky, and using rule of thirds placement for the horizon places the foreground object at a nice, interesting position. There are maybe a couple of things I would have done differently. I'd have pulled just a bit to the right or cropped in post-processing to line up the third post from the left with the 1/3 line. Ultimately it would have been best to have done it with the original framing, as it would have provided a little better view of the road / driveway as well. Of course, I have no idea what was to the right of the frame, and you may have framed it this way intentionally to avoid capturing an unwanted object in the frame. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
Ultimately, your original exposure level was good, but I'd have personally merged a couple of more exposures for this particular photograph. 1/2 stop down would've brought out some more of the details in the posts in the foreground and made the sky less black, and a full stop up would've cut down on some of the blown out highlights in the clouds.
Altogether, I like the photograph, and it's quite good the way it is. Mostly these are just stylistic preferences.
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Thank you for the tips! I'll admit I put this in an HDR processing program that does not require the different exposures... But I think now that I have a capable camera, I'll try doing it the correct way sometime
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Wow, what an amazing photo! The sky and the clouds is incredible!!
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amazing HDR processing. Almost looks like wilderness in Walking Dead or Z nation!
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Very great BW work, especially for the sky, I like it.
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Nice work.Β I don't see a lot of digital HDR in black and white.Β You handled it well.
Steve
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Thank you! I will admit that I use an HDR program for these. I do not actually take different exposure shots. That doesn't mean I don't put some effort into getting the levels the way I want but... I haven't ventured into true HDR technique yet!
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Ah.Β I've considered using HDR, but I do pretty well playing with the scanner setting then doing more with the Gimp after the fact.
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Nice! Well, if you're looking for a free program to practice some HDR stuff, look into DynamicPhoto HDR. awesome program
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Looks interesting.Β Supposedly it runs ok with Wine so I would use it on my Linux box.
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love those clouds!Β I love how its mostly th esky shot and some land- I think the clouds look very interesting and contrast against the landscape nicely!
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at the moment i have an obsession for black and white photographs
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Thank you! I don't venture into black and white very often... Once in awhile I come up with something I like
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I know I say this all the time, but who doesn't like HDR clouds?!
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I LOVE THEM!!! (obviously, lol)
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I know, I think I got that phrase from you. But agree.
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I'm not a huge fan of HDR.. it kind of lends an unnatural appearance
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Yes I can see that 
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Yea.. the thing about HDR..it's a fine science... the idea.. High Dynamic Range is supposed to capture all the varying degrees of light and shadow, and there is a very delicate balance to making the image look like your eyes perceived it.. and giving it a sort of surreal look by overemphasizing the detals and contrast....I've seen some wonderfully balanced images that are truly amazing using HDR..but I think it takes quite a good while to master the technique to achieve that kind of balance..and it isn't easy.. so I dont hate it..
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Yeah, I know what you mean 
But I agree, for those who want to use HDR to, like you said, add that surreal look... it's not the easiest thing to do but you feel so great when you finally do it!
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Lol.. Bold is good too! hehe
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I am somewhat addicted to HDR
Thank you!
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Awesome sky! And I like the tones you saved in the trees - an easy thing to lose when trying to get the blacks nice and deep. Beautiful shot!
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Ah, thanks! I like that the detail in the trees was preserved too.
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