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An Inner Sanctum
Nature invites you to her inner sanctuary; a place of grace and majesty.

Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, Singh-Ray Vari-N-Duo
2s f/16.0 at 33.0mm iso250



I love this camera.

Thanks for looking.

Regards,
Humayun
 
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Photography, like many other hobbies, persuits and art forms, is first and foremost about having fun and exploring.
 
Hi Ross,

Always great to get a compliment from you!

This was shot quite early in the morning, just after golden hour. As it is in a bit of a valley, the mist and fog hung around for quite a while. So, yes, the haze is a natural artifact of the environment.

The Vari-N-Duo is a brilliant system. It warms up the scene and removes reflections really well. I think I had it dialed down to about 2 stops from memory.

The only thing I did in Digital Photo Professional was to correct my white balance by using a non-saturated portion of the waterfall, sharpening, distortion correction and slight adjustment of both the contrast and brightness sliders.

In Photoshop CS4, I added 10% vibrance and the default linear contrast curve at an opacity of about 25%.

I try to do as very little as I possibly can in post-processing, letting the polarizer/neutral density filters and light do the work for me in camera.

Thanks, again!

Regards,
Humayun
Ross Murphy said:
Nice work, was it misty or was that done PP ?
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How's the vignetting on that Vari-ND? I've considered getting it in the past, but the size of the thing left me wondering about the degree of vignetting on a wide angle lens mounted to a FF camera. I have the 5D2 as well. Did you have to crop anything or are you well safe by f/16?
octane2 said:
Always great to get a compliment from you!

This was shot quite early in the morning, just after golden hour. As it is in a bit of a valley, the mist and fog hung around for quite a while. So, yes, the haze is a natural artifact of the environment.

The Vari-N-Duo is a brilliant system. It warms up the scene and removes reflections really well. I think I had it dialed down to about 2 stops from memory.

The only thing I did in Digital Photo Professional was to correct my white balance by using a non-saturated portion of the waterfall, sharpening, distortion correction and slight adjustment of both the contrast and brightness sliders.

In Photoshop CS4, I added 10% vibrance and the default linear contrast curve at an opacity of about 25%.

I try to do as very little as I possibly can in post-processing, letting the polarizer/neutral density filters and light do the work for me in camera.

Thanks, again!

Regards,
Humayun
Ross Murphy said:
Nice work, was it misty or was that done PP ?
--
Image's In Light
http://rossmurphy.zenfolio.com/
http://imagesinlightnw.blogspot.com/
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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Photography, like many other hobbies, persuits and art forms, is first and foremost about having fun and exploring.
 
Seaclam,

I purchased the thin ring mount version, but, vignetting is still noticeable to about 24mm, so, I only use it when I can get away with framing my scene beyond 24mm.

Otherwise, I have nothing but praise for it. Saves me so much headache in post. : )

Regards,
Humayun
Seaclam said:
How's the vignetting on that Vari-ND? I've considered getting it in the past, but the size of the thing left me wondering about the degree of vignetting on a wide angle lens mounted to a FF camera. I have the 5D2 as well. Did you have to crop anything or are you well safe by f/16?
octane2 said:
Always great to get a compliment from you!

This was shot quite early in the morning, just after golden hour. As it is in a bit of a valley, the mist and fog hung around for quite a while. So, yes, the haze is a natural artifact of the environment.

The Vari-N-Duo is a brilliant system. It warms up the scene and removes reflections really well. I think I had it dialed down to about 2 stops from memory.

The only thing I did in Digital Photo Professional was to correct my white balance by using a non-saturated portion of the waterfall, sharpening, distortion correction and slight adjustment of both the contrast and brightness sliders.

In Photoshop CS4, I added 10% vibrance and the default linear contrast curve at an opacity of about 25%.

I try to do as very little as I possibly can in post-processing, letting the polarizer/neutral density filters and light do the work for me in camera.

Thanks, again!

Regards,
Humayun
Ross Murphy said:
Nice work, was it misty or was that done PP ?
--
Image's In Light
http://rossmurphy.zenfolio.com/
http://imagesinlightnw.blogspot.com/
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
--

Photography, like many other hobbies, persuits and art forms, is first and foremost about having fun and exploring.
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A very fine photo and colors. I wish I could take similar.

But I noticed that stones under the waterfall look a bit like separated from the water below. The bubbles below them make that effect, I think.
 
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