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Andrew, frankly it is impossible to capture "enough in one frame" if you want the entire frame properly exposed and all details revealed. For starters, when you were standing there shooting the scene, given how light it is, I am sure you were able to see the details, the bushes etc, in the hills and rocks facing you. We cannot!!
Are they intentional silhouettes?
Before filters and digital photographers like Ansel Adams were experts at burning and dodging in the dark room. Now we can multiple process a single image IF there is enough information to support the multiple processing and blending.
Filters of all types and multiple blendings like HDRs are necessary if you want to present the whole scene as your eye saw it at the time of capture.
I very quickly played with the image in LR3 and CS5.
You have lost a lot of information in the shadows.
You could dodge the hills facing you; you could use a program like Nik Viveza to rework parts of the image.
Why .6 grad and not a 2, 3, or 4 stop Reverse Grad? When the sun is high in the sky and the sky is hot you want to use a normal grad; when the sun in or near the horizon you want to use a Reverse Grad to tame the heat on the horizon.
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No, the sun looks fine to me.
Nice colors in the sky.
You might want to experiment with having the camera oriented down a little more to see the effect of including a little more foreground.
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Hi Andrew
Nice sunset with beautiful colour in the sky and an interesting cloud formation, but I agree with Jay. I feel there is too large an area (left and right) where detail in lacking and this reduces the impact of this image somewhat. I also might have considered going lower and focusing in on of one of the backwash streams formed by the receding wave as a lead into the image. Not sure of conditions would have allowed that but...
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Thanks Morks. The problem I have with the blending is the movement in the water etc. point taken with filters as I said and when the ocean calms down i will revisit this at a lower tide and angle :) I have use the TK method and am sure I will find a suitable situation to use it. I will spend some time and try some blending soon :) Maybe if you visit I will let you in on this spot and we can compare notes
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Hi Andrew, I like the color in the sky and the incoming waves. I do wish for a little more room at he bottom as Morkel suggests. If the raw file contains enough detail in the shadows you could try blending a double processed raw file (one for the highlights and one for the shadows). I think the silhouetted hills only need a little more detail in them. With the sun like that it will be blown. I usually shoot a few varied exposures and determine at the computer which blown sun works best. Look forward to more. Nice to have such a beautiful location close to home!
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Thanks Andrew , will definitely look at that :)
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Andrew - Dramatic and vibrant sky. Some very good suggestions above and a good thread to learn something. Thanks for taking us along on the lesson.
TFS,
Rachel
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You on the right track Andrew.
Sun - if it is in an image like this, it will be clipped. That is OK
FG - agree more would have been better here.
Filters - if you want a silhouette a graduated ND OK as it will not affect the exposure on the slopes. If exposing for blending/HDR, then that will adversely affect the exposure on the slopes so cannot be used.
Given the extreme contrast range here, I feel that the best image would have been possible before the sun created the horizon. I find I like the pre-dawn light and colors much better before the sun shows itself. At that time, more exposure is possible as the sky is not bright. Because of the slopes, a filter is problematic here and blending multiple exposures your best option. Even if you are not blending yet, make the exposures for later when your skills develop.
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Thanks Robert. I have done numerous exposures here so am thinking ahead I am hoping to shoot this scene at dawn with warm pastel colours that the light will hopefully present.
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Lovely colors and composition, the blown out sun works for me.
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Beautiful scene captured, Andrew, what a location! Like the colors and comp, blown sun not issue for me, but would like to compare with a blended image if you get around to it.
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Hi Andrew,
I really like this image...I agree with Morkel that a little bit of room at the bottom would be an improvement... at low tide , I would suggest using a slower shutter speed rather than the 1/8th sec.
You might try a 8 - 10 stop ND filter that would slow down your shutter speed and soften the water as it flows outward...
Several attempts would be necessary to find the right moment. You could also get the setting sun color in the standing water in the foreground as an extra bonus...
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Thanks for the comment Gerald ! I am experimenting with the filters as we speak but the Lee big stopper is not an option right now....... I have a 8 stopper but it does not fit my 82mm thread..........so i have some grey glass panels which i will be testing ! I have manage to catch the gold reflection in the water a few times but not enough to put in a huge effect on the image. Thank for kind suggestions :)
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Hey Mark. I have indeed read his blog and used the methods of Tony Kuiper. I am "collecting " various exposures of theses scenes to work on later but am still trying to find a usable single exposure Well if you heading this way , be sure to let me stamp your Garden Route Passport :)
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