Glory Sky

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted January 10, 201365 views3 comments

I took this, this past fall in West Virginia while driving along a road. I was in the passenger seat taking random shots. This shot is straight out of the camera, raw saved as jpeg.

The only thing I did was crop off about 1/5th of the bottom to remove a fence that was blurred and distracting. I keep coming back to this shot! Is there anything I can do to enhance it any? I love it the way it is, but would like some imput, C&C as always!

Canon 5D MKII, ef17-40L @ 17mm, 1/500sec, f/9, iso200, AP, eval metering, handheld while moving down the road...

Dave

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3 comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on January 11, 2013 at 9:28 AM

Very nice for a random shot David, and I like it the way it's presented, really nice comp and color. Well done. PS, you caught some Man & Nature, bottom right, they will probably move you.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by David E Lester on January 11, 2013 at 6:43 PM

oops...wrong gallery!! It can be moved, Thanks John and Patty..

Registered on March 24, 2010, 155 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 14, 2013 at 11:33 AM

Hi David,

Thanks for remembering the Man & Nature Gallery, I'll go ahead and move it after posting my comment here. My apologies for not getting to this earlier.

This works really well as a "big sky" kinda image - and appropriate title btw. This worked well also in terms of being able to avoid some nasty lens flares - must be a pretty good lens!

The only suggestion I have is that the landscape seems slightly underexposed; especially the mountains and treeline as you move towards the right. What usually happens with metering is that the brightness of the sun and sky causes the exposure to compensate for that brightness usually making the less-bright areas go dark. This isn't too bad here and fortunately the image is all about the sky, so in the end it works pretty well.

Thanks,
Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments