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    Default Glenorchy, New Zealand - Mount Doom

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    When I finished processing, the movie Lord of the Rings popped into my head. I think it has to do with the "kiss" of the clouds on the far peak. It reminds me of the journey to the top of Mount Doom and the destruction of the Ring. Just a thought............ :D

    This was shot, if I recall, looking East; the sunrise was going to set behind me.The sun hit this group of clouds when I started shooting at the location.

    If I recall while looking dark the sky was actually quite bright and I used, I think, 5 stops of GND and RGND to tone down the sky and the water.

    Anyway, During the first day of Kah Kit's NZ Blockbuster, after shooting in the morning at Arrowtown we were off the Glenorchy to shoot the sunset. This was taken at 30pm before the "sunset" - it wasn't much when it finally happened -

    Camera: 5D2
    Capture date/time: 23/04/11; 30pm
    Light condition: Cloudy; early sunset
    Lens: 24-105
    Focal length: 45
    Distance:
    Extender: none
    Tube: none
    Flash/Comp: no
    ISO: 50
    Exp Prog: Av
    Speed: 30 sec
    Aperture: f/22
    Exp Comp:
    Metering: Evaluative
    WB: Auto
    AF Drive: One shot
    Tripod: yes
    Filter: SR GNDs & RGNDs
    Crop: none
    Images Changes: None

    Processed in LR3, CS5, Pixel Genius Sharpening, Tony Kuyper Actions.

    All C&Cs gratefully appreciated!
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    I have no idea why the program is putting in the icons; I didn't!
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    Hi Jay, I think the website likes the image and is automatically high fiving you.
    The image is nicely framed showing the river as a good LL. Due to the 30 sec exposure both the sky and the water have a softness which I find appealing along with visible detail in the mountains. Visually and technically well handled!

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    Hey Jay,
    Well I happen to like the silky look of the clouds in this case....but that doesn't always work. I am wondering if the split ND's and the RGND darkened the mountains too much. Did you move them during the 30 second exposure? You really need to do that with the reverse GND when the horizon isn't straight or has mountins poking up into it. This helps minimize the dark band and allows you to get more detail in the mountains. I'll have to show you that trick if you don't know about it when you come here.

    I may tone down the LR area of water a few points.....just so it doesn't draw my eye in that direction. For the future.....keep in mind that when you have a situation with moving clouds.....vary your ISO to get a shorter SS.....even going to ISO640 on the 5D2 and getting a SS around 4 seconds would give an entirely different look.....so remember and try bracketing with the ISO. Works for waterfalls also!

    All in all it does have a dark moody look like lord of the rings and I happen to like that!

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    Thanks Dave

    Roman, the filters were positioned so that the bottom of the RGND (2-stop) actually covered the water and the GND (2 or 3-stop) was in the normal position. The center of the image - the mountains (relatively featureless) - were covered by the overlapping in the mid section of each filters (4-5 stops).

    I do move the filters up and down depending upon the situation. With long exposures where I am not concerned with leaving a line I use a Lee holder.

    I had a devil of a time reducing the size of this image to post. Both a straight reduction to 1024, or 50% and then a series of 10%s (I have an action to do this) to 1024 created a terrible halo on the mountain from the lighter clouds just above the mountains. Had to settle on 50%, 50% and then to 1024.

    Thanks for your thoughts guys; this one I am going to leave as is. When I saw the Rings possibility I processed for this effect.
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    Very nice photo, although the cloud treatment is approaching OOTB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dankearl View Post
    Very nice photo, although the cloud treatment is approaching OOTB.

    OK by me - fits how I see the image.
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    Your NZ images wants me to go there Jay
    Excellent capture , liked the colors , compo and mood captured
    TFS

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    Mate, are you going to get to NZ before I get to India?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay Gould View Post
    Mate, are you going to get to NZ before I get to India?
    Definitely not , Namibia , Botswana and Brazil are in waiting

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    Hi Jay, Interesting photo in interesting and difficult lighting. I presume you got that photo from the bridge that goes of the Dart River. I shouldn't tell you this, but the scenery gets even more amazing as you head up river, but does involve carrying your camera gear.

    Overall I think you have come together with an usual image - I like it. I wonder if there is anything you can do to the dark mountain to the left of the photo. Cropping it out could give another interesting perspective, and give you two great images.

    Chris

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    Quote Originally Posted by chris Bycroft View Post
    Hi Jay, Interesting photo in interesting and difficult lighting. I presume you got that photo from the bridge that goes of the Dart River. I shouldn't tell you this, but the scenery gets even more amazing as you head up river, but does involve carrying your camera gear.

    Overall I think you have come together with an usual image - I like it. I wonder if there is anything you can do to the dark mountain to the left of the photo. Cropping it out could give another interesting perspective, and give you two great images.

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    No, not off of the bridge. We parked near the town at the water and I walked up from the lake along the river. I was down at the water's edge.
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    Hi and thanks for comments. I have lightened the mountains on the left and right; not the two in the center. I have also darkened the water and islands. What do you think?
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    Hi Jay, Yes that makes more sense with the location. I really like your rework of the photo.

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    definitely better on the repost!

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    I like the look of the clouds and water (I am introducing more local contrast into clouds as of late and liking the results).

    What I am having a hard time with is the blocked up shadows in the mountains and grasses and lack of sharpness in those areas.

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    Hi Jay, my favorite of your NZ images thus far. Love the water and clouds. I wish the mountains weren't quite so dark though.

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    wonderful light and location Jay - the repost rocks! NZ is on my bucket-list of landscape photography locations (due in no small part to watching the LOTR trilogy )
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