David Stephens
04-03-2010, 10:50 PM
I've decided to get more serious about my scenic photography. I invested in an Arca-Swiss Z1 ballhead and a Wimberley Sidekick so that I can quickly switch from the gimbal to the ballhead for scenic shots, where previously I'd handheld my scenics, leading to some high ISOs.
Here's one of the first of my new stepped up efforts. This is a manmade wetland at Cherry Creek State Park, just South of Denver, Colorado. I spend a lot of time here shooting a variety of ducks, geese, great blue herons, night herons, egrets, etc. I carry a 7D with a telephoto mounted and my 5D MkII around my neck for the scenic opportunities that present themselves quite often.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4487052601_e8a5e3a308_b.jpg
I cropped this down from a much wider view taken with my EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24mm. I took about 20% off each end and some sky and water that lacked much interest. Techinicals are; ISO 100, 0 EV, f/11 and 1/25th second, on the aforementioned Arca-Swiss Z1 mounted on an Induro C414 tripod. Live view after set up. The light was mostly disappointing this morning, but showed some color for just a minute or two before sunrise. RAW conversion and processing in DxO's Optics Pro 6.x.x where I pulled the RGB curve down just a little and increased Saturation to +10, while backing down the exposure until there were only a few blown out pixels at the point of the coming sunrise.
Let me know if I should take this to Eager to Learn, but it looked like the landscape people were here.
Best regards,
Dave
Here's one of the first of my new stepped up efforts. This is a manmade wetland at Cherry Creek State Park, just South of Denver, Colorado. I spend a lot of time here shooting a variety of ducks, geese, great blue herons, night herons, egrets, etc. I carry a 7D with a telephoto mounted and my 5D MkII around my neck for the scenic opportunities that present themselves quite often.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4487052601_e8a5e3a308_b.jpg
I cropped this down from a much wider view taken with my EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24mm. I took about 20% off each end and some sky and water that lacked much interest. Techinicals are; ISO 100, 0 EV, f/11 and 1/25th second, on the aforementioned Arca-Swiss Z1 mounted on an Induro C414 tripod. Live view after set up. The light was mostly disappointing this morning, but showed some color for just a minute or two before sunrise. RAW conversion and processing in DxO's Optics Pro 6.x.x where I pulled the RGB curve down just a little and increased Saturation to +10, while backing down the exposure until there were only a few blown out pixels at the point of the coming sunrise.
Let me know if I should take this to Eager to Learn, but it looked like the landscape people were here.
Best regards,
Dave