 Brian Smyer |
over exposure
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William Schuette |
If you shot this in Raw you may be able to recover the blown highlights although I am not sure. You may have to consider whether you can copy and paste some sky from other parts of the picture. Bill
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Oliver Anderson |
Can't you just go back and wait for the same conditions and re-take the photo correctly this time? I often use this technique with my subjects...happy to have helped you. Just Kidding hahaha. Anyways I think you've just discovered the value of shooting RAW. I think the photo is kinda cool but the beautiful thing about photography is you've got a cool idea and it might take a couple tries to perfect it. If your shooting digital don't just take one or two shots with the same settings...experiment the next time. Of course you're probably way more advanced than me so I keep up the good work.
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W. |
Well Brian, you got the reflections of the clouds you could copy, paste, mirror, position, and brighten a tad. Have fun!
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Brian Smyer |
Thank you all for your imput. This should be fun.
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W. |
But in case you go there again: take a tripod, do a bracketed sequence, and apply HDRI in post production (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDRI).
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Samuel Smith |
mid-day and then you over edit and want a fix? where did I miss that class?
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Sam's fixated on the flood filter. Even on an actual reflection. Here's a class for you Sam. Like slide film, too much overexposure you can't do much about. So this picture he can try two duplicate layers and darken one. Then use a layer mask to use the darkened layer for the clouds, like you would in dodging a picture. But they still will look flat. A better time of day to retake the picture would be better. The sun angle is still behind the mountains. But that maybe a vacation picture, retaking may not be feasible.
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Samuel Smith |
oh c'mon,that is no where close to being a real picture.i believe he was there,but after that,it went south.conditions weren't favorable and lets shove it in the fix? and 2 x 2 the pairs of animals walked onto the ark? that particular place may omly give up a good photo opportunity 10 to 15 times a year.travel there for a week,nothing. remember the comment that I live in paradise?ah well,out to the island I go.
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Brian Smyer |
This is pretty close to the original picture. I have adjusted the brightness a little and turned it upside down. Sam is right about the conditions
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
And he's right of about so very, very few other things. But he's soon to on another soap box at a corner near you.
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Samuel Smith |
let's digress dipstick. weeks turn in to years,to capture,my world..my surroundings.patience and knowledge wait.the trips and visits go on.nothing.humidity ain't quite high enough,darn there's no clouds tonight. friends go by and honk,there's sam out there again,what's he doing there again? and why again?and yet again? this site is not about being right.it's about listening to all and then making a decision.capturing nature is no where near a controlled setting as a studio.which,geez,is a gimme...turns out to be squat and repitition.no challenge.no challenge as to metering,light is constant... I live at the corner of 1100 south and 100 east,my neighbors refer to me as good neighbor sam.well yeah stupid comes up at times.. soap box sam
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
This site is about passing on information and not misinformation and being contradictory. Like always whining about obligations to teach new people and list how everything is done, yet turn around and purposely try to not only wrap answers to questions in useless garments of empty profoundness. But to do that with information that is many times inaccurate. When the basic foundation of teaching(or your favorite word-mentoring) is to provide information in a way that gets the point across so that the person can understand and relate. And yes, you're wrong if you think a studio means simple just because it's a controlled environment. It can be simple or not. Just like the key to a good landscape picture maybe the key to the car that you drive to where good landscapes are. After all, the landscape is already there. All a person needs to do is find a good spot and take the picture. But it's ridiculous to think that the times that it is simple and straight forward means that it always is. So you want to try and answer his question or you want get on your ark and go to your imaginary island?
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Samuel Smith |
brian was in a good spot,location.to tease us with the just show up? did you see the other post where a grad filter was suggested for digital photography?not the take several photos and combine them? in some of your words you are right greg,i have failed.but it's taught me to fear nothing.that you know so much more about photography than me is a given. some bash cookie photography?very close to studio professional work.so what? however,brian said I was right..he either has his answer or doesn't. being right.....i will never put that in print.oh,i just did.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Grad filter doesn't loose it's purpose just because you have a digital camera. It not being a good time of day was about all you got. The rest left you bankrupt, not even enough to buy a vowel. Spin the wheel?
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Samuel Smith |
hey brian, since,nevermind. i was curious as to why in such bright light you were shooting at iso 200.the light at that time of day,without a raw fix,has too much contrast,highlights are blown out and details are lost.f-16 would have been better,yet myself would have went with f-22.6 or 7 am or 7 or 8 pm. now as far as gear and even if it were an hours hike,i would take 2 bodies,3 lenses,2 tripods,2 remote releases,cleaning kit,compass,polarizing(circular)filter,which I may or may not use,extra jacket,am-a coke a cola,pm-at least a six pack of beer. metering is a learned expierence.conditions dictate that,there is no set combination.save one beer for the return trip in the evening.you may want to just sit down on the way back and take it all in.it's either you got it right or i'll be back. well that's my take. ya got an approach to this photo opportunity gregory,i'm on pins and needles. c'mon,you explain to brian your approach to shooting his setting??? probably be a pbs exclusive. sam
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