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Chris Hunter
{K:25634} 11/25/2005
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Thanks Kathy, it's really not as hard as it sounds to do. To do it well and have it look completely realistic is another thing...
Cheers,
Chris
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 11/25/2005
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Gorgeous shot, Chris! You are way over my head with how you put this together, but the result is amazing!
Kathy
Thank you for your comment...I really appreciate your time and your opinion!
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Denitsa Popova
{K:458} 8/30/2005
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Great job! Great technique, too - I'll try it, it sounds as a useful alternative to the ND grads!
Congratulations!
And thank you for commenting on my macro shot, I'm glad you like it. You have wonderful pics, I can only learn from you.
Best regards,
Denitsa
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Tabitha Woods
{K:8650} 8/11/2005
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Superb pic Chris, moody, great DOF, light, colours, definately worth getting up for, well done
Regards  )
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Maurizio Spadaccino
{K:5132} 6/6/2005
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Chris, this is just awesome, and the rest of your portfolio is simply excellent
congrats
Maurizio
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Chris Hunter
{K:25634} 6/2/2005
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I agree Barry - the HRD feature (if tastefully done) in CS2 will produce some very interesting results. I basically do the same thing now, but it is labor intensive, however, I am quite happy w/ the results.
Cheers,
Chris
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Barry Wakelin
{K:7838} 6/2/2005
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Fair points Chris, I'm just a laggard on this one! Have you seen the new HDR facility in Photoshop CS2? Take seven shots and it'll create a 32 bit high dynamic range image. Now this is something that I do find exciting as the lack of dynamic range seems much more of an issue with digital images than with film even though I would contend that Velvia, being a high contrast film, doesn't have as much dynamic range as a good digital sensor in the shadows (though it might have a little more in the highlights) it does seem to produce 'nicer' results than digital when the scene is 'difficult', assuming of course that one uses the correct grads!
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Chris Hunter
{K:25634} 6/2/2005
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Thanks Barry, & Carsten. The time spent in such places is really incredible, esp. the effort involved in being up before the crack of dawn, and being the only person out to enjoy this incredible beauty. Being there to try and capture what's going on just adds further depth to the enjoyment and memory. Barry, the two main reason I prefer bracketed exposures to ND grads is 1: cost of having a full kit of hard and graduated top-line filters would probably be around $1000. Compared to $0 for multiple exposures. Also you would have to fumble w/ the filters in the filed, taking away
from time spent on composition and as many exposures as possible in the 30 mintues or so of incredible light. 2: Flexibility in graduation in post processing. You have complete control over where the garduation starts and stops for as many exposures as you bracketed. If you get the rocks in the foreground in the darkened portion of an ND grad - you're stuck with unnaturally darkened foreground material that extends into the sky or horizon. Carsten - I also thought about adding color saturation or darkening the midtones in the sky, but decided to leave it the original 30 second exposure, so as not to overly detract from the monotone color in the foreground.
Regards,
Chris
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 6/1/2005
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As evident from the ratings, an eyecatcher the longer exposure effect (completely different as compared to the other upload). Tonal quality is top-notch due to your exposure bracketing + PS composite technique to increase dynamic range resp. to conserve tonal quality despite digital sensor. For my personal like, I would love a tad more saturation in the sky, but thats of course a matter of taste.
Regards;
Carsten
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Barry Wakelin
{K:7838} 6/1/2005
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Lovely image and my favourite of the two due to the light and the misting effect from the long exposure and crashing waves. Very nice blending of the three exposures but I can't help thinking that an ND grad wouldn't be simpler (but then I would say that!) It's wonderful getting up at this time as the whole atmosphere of the world is different. I've just come back from the English Lake District where we had possibly the most beautiful sunset followed by the most beautiful dawn I've ever seen and I didn't have my camera with me during the sunset but I did get up at 4:30 for the dawn and it was a life-affirming couple of hours.
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Toshi
{K:11924} 6/1/2005
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Excellent composition, breathtaking landscape. Great work!
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Bruno Caetano
{K:2940} 6/1/2005
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Just love it. Great mood.
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Keith Saint
{K:13784} 6/1/2005
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Love mornings like this when you get shots like this.
I thought the last I commented on was good but hey this leaves it standing.
You can almost get a feel of the direction and movement of water.
STUNNING 7+++
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Chris Hunter
{K:25634} 5/31/2005
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Thanks for any comments they are truly appreciated. Also bear in mind, this really shows an alternative view (due to the long exposure) of the actual area - seeing this beauty first hand is really an incredible experience.
Thanks again,
Chris
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Andrew Parisi
{K:1945} 5/31/2005
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One very beautiful photo. This is one of those photos that you just have to keep staring at. Very, very nice.
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Alpha Master
{K:538} 5/31/2005
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for sale !!!!! on the wall it, on the wall
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Cheryl Ogle
{K:24494} 5/31/2005
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Wonderful shot Chris! I'd say you got a nod all right... well seen though - that's half the battle. :) Love the milky-misty feel of the shot.
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Mark Evans
{K:17428} 5/31/2005
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This is excellent chris 7+++ .. cheers .. marky .
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Saad Almansour
{K:1101} 5/31/2005
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good
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Chris Hunter
{K:25634} 5/31/2005
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Thanks Roberto, Igor & Khaled.
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud
{K:54005} 5/31/2005
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The slow shutter speed Chris gave the water a smokey appearance which together with the red tone of the sky and the dramatic rocks give the feeling of being a photo from outer space.
Excellent adjustments and moody image my friend, well done,
Khaled.
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Chris Hunter
{K:25634} 5/31/2005
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Thanks - Alper I agree. In a print at 8x12" or 16x24" it should look OK though. I'm too lazy to re-sharpen for every intended output. I had a lot of fun this morning though, this is a great spot, and I highly reccommend it to anyone living or visiting New England. Petal - this was three seperate exposures, taken on a tripod (ovb.) and combined in PS. Film photographers have done multiple exposures for years to increase exposure latitude. Thanks Chris,
Regards,
Chris
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Igor Nikolcevic
{K:203} 5/31/2005
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Very, very good (excellent)
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 5/31/2005
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Just brilliant, Chris!!
A 'top notch shot' in every respect!
Best regards, Chris
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Petal Wijnen
{K:50989} 5/31/2005
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Wonderful shot!!! Great colors, angle, view and composition... well captured!! Love the 'misty' water effect!!! One small question: what's with the three different exposure times... did you PS this from three images.. (and if yes... great job!!)??
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Alper Tecer
{K:7007} 5/31/2005
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Nice compostition with great effort. The low shutter speed worked well here. The sky and horizon look oversharpened, though. Regards.
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Roberto Bertone
{K:13239} 5/31/2005
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Magnifica immagine e cattura Chris!!!!
Congrat.!!
Saluti.
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