Recently, I read Denise Ippolito's blog where she described a "blasting highlights" technique learned from Arthur Morris. I wanted to try this out and was hoping to find a cooperative wading bird for the experiment. Luckily, canoeists are more cooperative so I shot this photo. I am very interested to know what you think about my attempt.
sony a700, 70-400mm
f22 (the recommended aperture)
ISO400 (not the recommended ISO, but the lowest I could go without compromising shutter speed too much since I was shooting handheld from canoe)
1/500
-1 compensation (matrix metered)
auto focus (manual focus is recommended)
Post processing: alittle work in curves to bring out the highlights even more. There is a postprocessing maneuver I used as well that I'd like to know if it was successful or not. I moved the canoeist lower so that her head did not intersect the land horizon (an unavoidable and annoying side effect when shooting other paddlers in the water). I had to clean up the water where the figure was moved, lots of cloning.
Thanks for looking and comments are appreciated.
Connie
Love it Connie Might only have given a little more compensation? The way to figure out (from Arthur) is three stops if you can not look since its so bright, two if you have to squint hard and one if you only need to help out with the free hand !! This is a good example of two or close to it ! Composition wise would like seeing the paddler more to the right !!
Connie, Since I read your blog I think it's cool that you read mine. I think you did a great job with this considering you shot it from a canoe. I agree w/ Alfred regarding the composition. I love the starbursts and the paddle out of the water.
Sweet boat Connie, not familiar with it !!! btw at Main got to do lots of paddling around the lakes and ponds, most guides furnished Old Town 168 Discoveries and one had a Mad River Explorer !!
Trying a new technique on the water
