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Sort of an HDR the hard way. Too much? I'm not sure if I like it myself. Comments appreciated. K5 17-70 w/ 7 f-stop ND

Cheers. Ernie



 
Interesting image.

Too dark for me. Too big areas of very dark and water could be lighter - it looks darkish gray to me. Probably this image would look better in BW? In "traditional" HDR pictures are flat and have too little contrast - in Your image it is probably too much contrast? A little bit more details in shadows could help. This is just my opinion - not a critics.
Interesting textures (and place).
Thanks for sharing.
 
Interesting. I'm not sure how a ND filter is HDR the hard way... Is it a ND grad you are referring too? I also find the image generally little dark.

I lke the location the composition though. Thanks for showing

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I like it. I rather go for slightly underexposed images than overexposed in high contrast situations liek this (dart forest, birght water). So far what I have seen I don't like HDR pics - they look un-natural to me. But pics with ND filter are OK for me. So yes, to me it's fine and I like it.
 
I'm afraid I miss the point. With the ND filter you miss 7 stops and you have a 10 s exposure time. This long time can give some effects with stars, waterfalls etc, but it looks like here nothing is moving, so why 10 s ? Without filter and 1/8 s exposure would have given the same image I suppose. I find it also just a bit too dark. You could lighten up the shadows under the trees by shadow compensation a bit, but probably that is just what you don't want.
 
I like the composition but I don't quite follow the exposure logic. Why use ISO 200 and not 80 for a long exposure, you're writing off 1EV of dynamic range needlessly IMO.
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Very moody shot. I believe a dark quality of a photo adds to the mood, if that is what is intended. Also, the long exposure surely softened the appearance of the surface of the distant bay water, and this effect is OK but does not seem to have a very big impact on the overall image. Nice and interesting foreground detail, reminds me of skeletons in a bone-yard, and then my eye travels back and forth to the distant, tiny skeletons of dead trees on the little island. Interesting contrast of the large "bones" in the foreground and tiny ones in the distance... Thanks for sharing.

Eilert
 
Brent; thanks for your comments. I did a lot of post processing work on this photo using sleections w/ lightening and darkening, contrast adjustments, saturation etc, and after awhile it started to take on an "HDR look". The 7 f-stop ND filter had nothing to do w/ the hdr effect-- I just wanted to blur the bay water.

The original was pretty "blah" as it was a bit overcast and also late in the day, but I liked the very old tree roots in the foreground and wanted to emphsize them.

Cheers. Ernie
 
Gabik; thank-you. I have a tendency to like slightly under exposed phtos too-- for the mood and saturation.

Cheers. Ernie
 
Hanhait; thanks for your comments. The water in the bay is totally blurred because of the 10 sec exposure time, and this is the effect I was trying to create. But tonally, I don't have it quite right-- though it looks much better on my 24" LCD monitor. I may work on it some more or re-shoot?

Cheers. Ernie
 
Colk10D; thanks for comments. Actually I didn't realize that there was another full f-stop to be gained by going to ISO 80. My K5 was set to "Highlight Protection", thus the ISO 200. By dropping the highlight protection I can get to ISO 100, but how does one get to ISO 80 on the K5? I've never seen it in the menus.

I appreciate the info as I'd like another stop of DR.

Cheers. Ernie
 
An interesting picture, a bit like a painting. Actually I like it a lot. Although it is a rugged image, I like the serenity of it. It's like Nordic kind of mentality ;)

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Eilert; thanks much. I too like darker moody photos when appropriate. And those are very good observations as the wood in the foreground is actually very old drowned roots of either spruce or western red cedar that are now inundated by sea water when tides are high. Either ocean level rose or land level sank in the last couple hundred years. This is on the Oregon coast.

I really appreciate all comments on this photo.

Thanks, and Cheers. Ernie
 
Ari; high praise indeed. Thank-you. I would love to visit the Nordic countries.

Cheers. Ernie
 
Custom Menu 1 Item 3 Expanded Sensitivity set to yes to obtain 80- 51200 (Highlight protection on would then give you a minimum of 160)

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Not bad for a first go - I assume you are shooting in RAW? If so, this image needs some processing - particularly for detail in the shadow areas. You've saved the highlights nicely, but everything else is so dark it's hard to enjoy the shot. I do like the scenery though - where ya shooting at?
ernieF said:
Sort of an HDR the hard way. Too much? I'm not sure if I like it myself. Comments appreciated. K5 17-70 w/ 7 f-stop ND

Cheers. Ernie



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Nice job with the roots ! That made the point I guess :
nice opposition with the root and the washed sea.
I also like the contours of the coast with the rock, almost in the shade.
 
Pentax_Prime; nope, this is a jpeg. I need to get back to RAW though. The original on my big NEC monitor looks better, but I agree for an early evening shot it does need some better shadow detail. Thanks for comments.

Cheers. Ernie
 
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