Frog Fountain

[Bryan Panting]

http://www.bpanting.com/Photos/FrogFountainSm.jpg

Shot at the Crealde School grounds in Winter Park Florida.

Canon Rebel XTi
EF 70-200mm f4/L
F/32 1sec
WB Auto
tripod

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Bryan,
I like the concept and the SS you chose.......gave the fountain a nice feel to it......but here the BG is seriously conflicting with the water flow and the fountain itself. I don't mind the branch coming into the FG....but would crop out the rock at the base. You din't post the f-stop used....so maybe a shallower DOF would have blurred the BG more. Working another angle may have been the best approach in this instance. Not sure what you used for the B&W conversion but you may want to try a bit more dodging and burning to add more depth to certain areas. Worth a try.

[Bryan Panting]

Thanks for the tips, that helps a lot. I agree about the background I did burn it some in PS, but maybe adding some more may help with a little blur also. I did the B&W conversion in PS as well. Converting from RAW. I really like B&W, but am still trying to get the hang of it. I shot this a f/32 with 1 sec SS. I would have liked to have gotten a shallower DOF but was having a hard time getting a good exposure and that shutter speed, so if anyone has any tips on that I would appreciate it for sure.

[Roman Kurywczak]

I shot this a f/32 with 1 sec SS. I would have liked to have gotten a shallower DOF but was having a hard time getting a good exposure and that shutter speed, so if anyone has any tips on that I would appreciate it for sure.[/quote]
Hey Bryan,
I have a Singh Ray thin mount Vari ND filter $$$$ for this situation as it goes from 3-10 stop of ND power to slow my SS during bright hours. A polariser will help slow it some also. I also used a solid ND filter from Lee.....and would stack 3 if necessary......they are much cheaper and other manufacturers make them also. The solid ND filter is the easiest way to achieve the result in bright conditions.
PS BTW........when using many of these filters.....disregard your meter reading.......it will be way off.....check the histogram regualarly.

[Bryan Panting]

Roman thanks the the tips I will look into some of those filters, and add it to the list of things I want to get. I worked on the image a little, and here is what I came up with.

http://www.bpanting.com/Photos/FrogFountainRevised01.jpg

http://www.bpanting.com/Photos/FrogFountainRevised01

http://www.bpanting.com/Photos/FrogFountainRevised01