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Wet 450D and 10-22 does Escalante, Utah

Started Oct 10, 2012 | Discussions thread
OP CityLights Forum Pro • Posts: 12,556
Re: Wet 450D and 10-22 does Escalante, Utah

Very nice.  You have some really impressive images of those slot canyons.  I also like your processing.  Having tried and failed numerous times on similar scenes I really appreciate how difficult these shot can be.

Thanks, slots are fun to shoot.

Advice for you next time.  Use tripod and no flash.  Use ISO 100 and f11 to f16 for the depth of field.  Use the self timer or remote shutter release to prevent shaking camera, the exposures will be 1/2 to 5 seconds long depending on how dark it is.

set your camera to review histogram after shot.  If the histogram hits the right side, use negative exposure compensation and reshoot.  It is really easy to blow out highlights.  Speaking of highlights, compose your pictures to exclude any sunlit areas or sky.  Shadows are your friend.  I shoot slot canyons from sunrise to 10am then 3pm to sundown to avoid the direct light.

I know that I posted a picture in the slot shooting the sky.  That is a manually blended HDR picture.  I took one shot to expose for the sky and then another to expose for the canyon, then combined them in the computer.

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