Following along w/ the theme, this has to be one of my favorite images from CCSP. I got soaking wet on this one, wading out about waist high w/ the tripod mounted on some rocks that you can't see in the picture
12-Aug-2005
Fuji S2 Pro
Sigma 20mm
ND Grads = Yes, many (proably 3-stop Reverse + 2-stop Hard)
-1.7ev fill flash
Nice. The foreground might be glowing a bit much though, as though your halo was set on bright. I really love the little green algae spots as I've tried to capture them before with little success.
Warren
Posted by Richard Wong on March 2, 2006 at 11:12 AM
Nice foreground and colors. I love Crystal Cove. I couldn't help noticing if there is a vertical lens flare or water smudge on the rock to the left? It seems lighter there in a streaky type of way.
This has turned out nicely. I like the interest that the foreground brings to the composition with all of the intricate detail in the closest rock.
Here is something to think about. When you use the fill-flash in a situation like this, I notice that the edges of the rocks facing the camera get darker as their distance from the camera increases. This is to be expected due to light fall off from the flash. However, the result of this is that the image (at least in my opinion) takes on an unnatural appearance because the main light source - in this case the sun - is way off in front of the camera. Would you care to share your thoughts on this?
Anil... yup, simple. There's reality, and then there's the type of picture you take when reality goes out the window. This is one such image. Never really intented to look natural. The sky wasn't that orange, there wasn't a red glow on the water, the alage wasn't that green... I mean you can list a bunch of things about this that are un-natural.
My audience for this is less the pro-fo, and more the casual observer... intending to capture a scene that is more the way they would dream about it, or remember a great sunset from months ago, then "reality."
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. Sounds like a good enough reason to me - I'll take a nicely made photo that is interesting over one that simply aims to mimic nature.
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5 replies12-Aug-2005
Fuji S2 Pro
Sigma 20mm
ND Grads = Yes, many (proably 3-stop Reverse + 2-stop Hard)
-1.7ev fill flash
Lots of PS work to get to this point.
Warren
Here is something to think about. When you use the fill-flash in a situation like this, I notice that the edges of the rocks facing the camera get darker as their distance from the camera increases. This is to be expected due to light fall off from the flash. However, the result of this is that the image (at least in my opinion) takes on an unnatural appearance because the main light source - in this case the sun - is way off in front of the camera. Would you care to share your thoughts on this?
Regards.
My audience for this is less the pro-fo, and more the casual observer... intending to capture a scene that is more the way they would dream about it, or remember a great sunset from months ago, then "reality."
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. Sounds like a good enough reason to me - I'll take a nicely made photo that is interesting over one that simply aims to mimic nature.