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A place ive been to many times but never with any success...Staple Tor is incredibly accessible and one of the most photogenic tors geologically so getting it to yourself can be difficult...
Pretty much everything fitted into place for this shot, there had been thick cloud all day that seemed to break readily in the high wind so the chance of some good cloud at sunset and a gap in the clouds was promising. I headed to the western side of the moor watching the weather as i drove. After looking at a few different locations i decided that the rocks at Staple tor would frame the setting sun best..
The contrast of the light was difficult to balance i used a .9 soft grad and also bracketed shots to blend later.
Shot on the western side of dartmoor at Staple Tor
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thanks im glad you like it
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Hello!
Your beautiful art has been featured in my new journal [link]
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thank you very much indeed!
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I love the colors, the light, just Magnificentβ₯
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That is stunning! 
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Have you ever thought of taking the HDR lighting from your images and making it available to people doing 3D animations and images? ... because it adds to an image .. and the 3D arena is competitive .. as is photography.
It is just a thought ...
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im sorry i don't quite know what you mean?
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Sorry ... I am talking about HDR lighting ... what you can capture from your photos in Camera Raw, and applying those HDR settings to other images!
It is not hard, but I don't know how to explain it much better, as I have not done it, just Google HDR lighting in 3D animation ... might be easier to understand in your native language.
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Magic lighting and compo mate, well done! Would love to hear your work-flow procedure if you wouldn't mind sharing
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cheers drew...hmm well ill give it go in a note ...keep it simple quite often works best when the light is right....
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I have to say Steve, I really dont like this at all. The colours and contrast just seem a bit weird. The stack on the right is also distorted, which given that its so familiar to me, leaves me feeling a bit uneasy. I dont like having a go but this one just doesnt work for me.
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i can appreciate that...i have other comps and other edits.....
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Great shot Steve...the sunstar is pretty cool (I never seem to be able to do them).
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i dont 'do' anything other than point that lens at the sun....and maybe rotate it, so i can take no credit, glad you like it
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thats very kind thank you
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This photo has been featured on Thumbs of the Week 169th .
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This is superb Steve. Stunning comp and a brilliant sky, The sunstar makes me jealous of that lens, whichever one it is....
I am not sure about the processing. Although mostly brilliant it feels to me like the main tor structure is a little dark (probably due to your grad filter) I wonder if this could be improved by darkening the foreground very slightly to tie it in better. Not sure but I think I would try it. Just a simple gradient mask coming in from the bottom of the frame.
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16-35mm
yeah on reflection you are right, i have loads of shots from here that i've edited better since....its all about time,
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Yeah I guessed that lens, out of my price range and just for a sunstar and a few extra degrees I can't get it...maybe one day.
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Was part of the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy shot here? It looks really familiar.
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it sure looks like it but no it wasnt....
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You did a great job organizing the rocks in this photo! I love the sun. How did you get there to be absolutely no lens flare?
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i edited it out with a selective red channel curves adjustment.....
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