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Published: 2006-04-11 00:39:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 642; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 86
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This is the first in a set of 3 images taken on monday night. Each image is very different in style and colour.A timed exposure of 4 seconds and the camera was mounted on a sturdy tripod. I used a Lee 0.9 hard ND grad to balance out the sky and reflection. I used my ef 20-35mm which behaved it's self fairly well tonight, although there's pronounced CA (magenta/green shifts) viewable on an A3 print, which is dissapointing.
The colours were tweeked a little in Photoshop too.
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Belive it or not...Swindon, which isn't really known for it's lake side views...if you know what I mean
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Thank you, I tweeked the colours a little. My canon 5D produces quite flat colours out of the camera, so I usually have to add a little zest to them.
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lol, aah we all do that, don't we
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True, but i used to shoot slide and that's all about getting it right first time at the point of capture, that said, most slide films really saturate and flatter the colours too. So i guess that I'm just doing likewise.
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Thank you! That's high praise indeed!
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OMG..Wow,so beautiful.
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Thank you missy-g, thank yu for your comments, I'm blushing!
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You're welcome hun!
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Wow! Thanks!
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thanks dude... the 
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Thank you, your comments are warmly appreciated.
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Just an awesome reflection on the still waters. The colors are so deep and rich. Love the composition with the bullrushes in the foreground. Well done.
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Thank you.
Yes i tweeked the colours a little and darkened the image a tad to make the colours pop a bit more. I spent ages with the tripod tying to get everything in the right spot in the frame. Then I had to wait for ages for the right cloud to trawl past.
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Thank you Theolonius. Short and to the point!
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Yep, that about sumed up what I thought!!
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Love the smooth trasition of colors, good capture and perfect tone.
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Thank you.
The exposure was a bit of a headache, I was loosing light every second that passed. In fact every 2 minutes my exposure time doubled! I knew that I needed f16 minimum. So I dialed one more click for good luck to get the neccessary front to back sharpness but getting the exposure right took a number of test shots first. Especially getting the Lee ND Gradient filters in the right points too.
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Heh, I'm totally trying out the "one more click for good luck" technique. I really need to try filters sometime, they look like fun. With my shots I usually just add a gradient in photoshop, set it to multiply, turn down the opacity and call it good
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Yes, the problem with the photoshop Gradient is that some images get blown highlights and when that happens there's no data to pull back. Generally, I find that photoshop can deal with about 1/2 stop exposure push/pull and about a 1/2 stop push/pull with the RAW data too. I know there's a lot more but I'm talking "usefull range" and not extreems. Any more tweeking and I find that the image breaks up or bursts with noise.
The beauty of ND Grad filters is that it (should when done right) sorts out and balances the exposure correctly during the capture. Getting the exposure right for both parts of the image at the same time. But like any skill, they need to be used thoughfully and carefully. There's nothing worse than an exaggerated dark sky and a wonky gap between the sky and land where the grad was too dark for the image and placed poorly in the frame. The other great problem with the ND Grad filters is that they can take up quite a lot of space in a kit bag and they can really slow down the spontaneity of shooting.
Still worth giving them a go!
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Thank you. Yes the image is balanced with the cloud and it's reflection. It's a minimalist image, almost elemental. Simple shapes and colours carefully composed to make a whole. I waited for the cloud to reach it's perfect point in the sky.
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Thank you. The sunset was stunning, which I unfortunatly missed, but at least I got the afterglow!
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Gorgeous photo! I adore the colors and the framing.
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Thank you. Your comments are appreciated. It was getting quite cold when I took this shot and I was battling the will to put my kit away and go home!
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