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Sunrise at the Slides
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Sunrise at the Slides

by Bill Maile

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 9, 201083 views3 comments
Taken a few weeks ago, the smooth rock that goes on for quite a stretch formed by glacial movement, as the stream feeding what we call "The Slides" rushes past. Taken on my belly, tried to keep the obviously bright sun to a minimum... polarizer definitely would have helped. Anyway, like the angle and comp, looking for any C&C. ISO-100, 1/4th second, f-25 at 22mm.

Thanks for looking, larger posted too. :smile:

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Rick Gomez on May 9, 2010 at 1:52 PM
Definitely a great perspective here, Bill. I only wish I could see a little more detail around the sun, but I know thats tough.
I'm not much of an HDR guy, but I think in this case, that could have been a solution.
:toast: :jump:
Registered on March 3, 2007, 206 Posts, 1853 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 10, 2010 at 5:18 PM
Bill,

Gotta be honest with you and say that I don't think this is one of your strongest image. Kudos for the low perspective and it looks like you accomplished some very good depth of field with some sharpness front to back. And for a straight shot (assuming no blend/hdr) you did about as well as anyone could with the exposure.

There are a number of lens issues, which aren't your fault of course - other than shooting directly in to the sun... :wink: but there's some flare and other color issues (sorry, don't know the tech terms - chromatic aberations? with some color fringing around the tree branches.) Not sure what's causing that purple patch in the lower center, but probably a lens/sun issue as well.

Not sure if this would have helped, but you may have wanted to catch the sun while it was still partially obscured by the horizon/ledge to reduce the sun's impact on your lens. Also, other than increasing exposure time, I'm not sure how a polarizer would have helped here? To reduce glare and reflections a polarizer you would need to be 90 degrees from the sun. Shooting directly in to, or directly away from the sun will have no polarizing effect. It would however reduce the exposure about 1.5 stops.

Very tough photo situation Bill.

Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Maile on May 10, 2010 at 5:42 PM
Lon, don't worry about being honest, I fully knew this one was a miss. And I had hoped for a point where the sun was partially blocked, that would have helped. I was worried about standing up to be honest, or moving too close to the water in this instance w/ my legs.

Not sure why I threw it out here, but probably because I wanted to hear critiques like yours. Appreciate it, and always learning from you folks!! :toast:
Registered on March 2, 2009, 984 Posts, 2518 Comments