Wine Country

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted July 26, 2011134 views9 comments

Spent a few days of relaxation in Sonoma and Napa last week. The weather was mostly foggy all morning, then harsh sunlight the rest of the day. There were a few moments of nice light as the transition happened. Canon 5DII, 24-70, polarizer, f/16, 1/20, 2 shot blend for DOF.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on July 26, 2011 at 2:57 PM

Glad you got the light for this, to show off all the textures and Interesting patterns.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on July 26, 2011 at 5:04 PM

Chris this is stunning. Outstanding light, incredible sharpness and detail, great use of in-the-field and post-processing techniques. If you don't mind sharing, did you also blend for greater dynamic range or tweak mid-range contrast, use luminosity masks or?? If not you truly did have rare light, and one way or the other the image as presented is top-shelf stuff IMO!

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Comment posted by Chris Moore on July 26, 2011 at 7:58 PM

John, thanks. I did not need to do any blending for dynamic range, the tonality was fairly narrow. My processing included contrast, saturation, color balance, and luminosity masking.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 27, 2011 at 10:47 AM

Beautiful light and color Chris. Wonderful zig zag patterns as well.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 27, 2011 at 1:47 PM

Great set of patterns. I like how the lighter greens and yellows glow.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 28, 2011 at 11:29 AM

Beautiful scene with nice light, well captured. Processing looks spot on.

Peter

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Comment posted by Chris Moore on July 28, 2011 at 12:06 PM

Thanks for the comments!

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on July 28, 2011 at 9:01 PM

Very pleasing Chris. The vineyards are most impressive I like the red soil showing between the rows of vines.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 30, 2011 at 5:03 PM

Beautiful! I love the light. Excellent work Chris.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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