David Stephens
12-08-2009, 10:50 AM
This was maybe ten or fifteen minutes before sunrise. This is pretty much as I've cropped in the camera. The horizon is actually not flat here, lifting up to the right, but it'd be easy to think that's lens distortion. In the large size I think it might be stronger with the horizon totally cropped out, as well as that cottomwood to the left; however, in smaller "Medium" internet sizes I think that the tree kind of anchors the sky. I'm curious to read your inputs.
Taken with my Canon 5D MkII with the EF 24-105mm f4L IS lens at 24mm and f4, ISO 3200 and 0-EV, aperture priority resulting in 1/640-sec handheld (my 7D and 400mm were on the tripod pointing at the pond to my left that you can't see here). This was processed with DxO's Optics Pro 5.6, mainly for NR, which DxO does first in RAW conversion. That saturation is actually natural. Here's the image:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/4123272573_6f97dba26a_b.jpg
There's an interesting side story. I was here setting up for a shot of the geese taking off from the pond just to the left of the cottonwood and another photog drove up and shot pretty much the same pond perspective using a 600mm f4L IS on a Wimberly rig mounted on his Toyota truck's window. We both waited a good thirty minutes for the geese to lift off (they must have been the last gaggle out that morning). After the liftoff I introduced myself and found that I was talking to Bob Rozinski, a Colorado based nature photographer. We both live five minutes from this spot. We now see each other fairly regularly at this state park.
Your feedback is welcome and appreciated.
Dave
Taken with my Canon 5D MkII with the EF 24-105mm f4L IS lens at 24mm and f4, ISO 3200 and 0-EV, aperture priority resulting in 1/640-sec handheld (my 7D and 400mm were on the tripod pointing at the pond to my left that you can't see here). This was processed with DxO's Optics Pro 5.6, mainly for NR, which DxO does first in RAW conversion. That saturation is actually natural. Here's the image:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/4123272573_6f97dba26a_b.jpg
There's an interesting side story. I was here setting up for a shot of the geese taking off from the pond just to the left of the cottonwood and another photog drove up and shot pretty much the same pond perspective using a 600mm f4L IS on a Wimberly rig mounted on his Toyota truck's window. We both waited a good thirty minutes for the geese to lift off (they must have been the last gaggle out that morning). After the liftoff I introduced myself and found that I was talking to Bob Rozinski, a Colorado based nature photographer. We both live five minutes from this spot. We now see each other fairly regularly at this state park.
Your feedback is welcome and appreciated.
Dave