Taken with Nikon D200 and Nikkor 70-200/2.8 VR lens.
Comments
7 comments
Comment posted by Rick Lundh on October 13, 2007 at 9:12 PM
Cezar,
I think this might be as good of a shot that one could pull off from the area. Great comp and light here!
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Comment posted by Sarah Myers on October 13, 2007 at 9:32 PM
This is a beautiful shot! It looks like it might make a nice black and white. Just a thought
- Sarah M.
Registered on August 6, 2007, 22 Posts, 27 Comments
Comment posted by Kent Staubus on October 15, 2007 at 12:27 AM
Wow. I love the backlight in the cattails! The whole composition is excellent.
Kent in SD
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 15, 2007 at 12:14 PM
Magnificient Cezar. Beautiful light, and well deserving of the EP.
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Comment posted by Philip Kuglin on October 15, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Congrats Cezar with this beautiful capture.
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Comment posted by Cezar Mart on October 16, 2007 at 3:22 AM
> Can you provide specifics, such as post shoot processing?
The most important part of postprocessing was in the fact that the difference between the sky and the ground was 3 EV. When I exposed for the sky with all the details, the ground was pitch black, and when I exposed properly for the ground, then the sky was blown out. Therefore I had to do two exposures: one for the sky and one for the ground. Then I manually adjusted the layers one over the other, and manually painted the masks to show the sky and the ground. The boundary between the two layers goes along the base of the background trees.
Then I did some standard curves and saturation...
Registered on January 31, 2007, 65 Posts, 444 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Benner on October 16, 2007 at 10:02 PM
Beautiful tones and textures.
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Comments
7 commentsI think this might be as good of a shot that one could pull off from the area. Great comp and light here!
- Sarah M.
Kent in SD
The most important part of postprocessing was in the fact that the difference between the sky and the ground was 3 EV. When I exposed for the sky with all the details, the ground was pitch black, and when I exposed properly for the ground, then the sky was blown out. Therefore I had to do two exposures: one for the sky and one for the ground. Then I manually adjusted the layers one over the other, and manually painted the masks to show the sky and the ground. The boundary between the two layers goes along the base of the background trees.
Then I did some standard curves and saturation...