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michaelb
06-25-2007, 06:07 PM
Summer in New England.....

I was hiking in horribly harsh mid-day sunlight....sometimes you have to make due with the lighting you've got. I hope to have some better ones to post over the next few months.

60mm macro, f/8, CP, 2 stop ND grad, hand held.....
michaelb
06-25-2007, 06:13 PM
My wife and I recently purchased a couple of kayaks....Now I need a "wildlife lens". :D
Here's a shot from last night....

50mm f/1.8, f/4 - I still love the images that I get from this lens....for such a cheap lens, its amazing how much "pop" it has....shot RAW and converted to jpeg in DPP, no sharpening or other PP....
adam75south
06-26-2007, 02:21 PM
something doesn't seem right about the first...maybe it's too hazy where the grad was used?

i love the second one. very nice shot.
griptape
06-26-2007, 02:38 PM
The first one looks HDR'd to me. I think it looks pretty nice personally.
Mark_48
06-26-2007, 04:07 PM
Is that the Connecticut river from somewhere near South Deerfield off of Rt. 116? I don't recall many high vantage points out there to get a shot like that. Sugarloaf maybe?

Check your PM box.

Mark.....
adam75south
06-27-2007, 02:23 PM
The first one looks HDR'd to me. I think it looks pretty nice personally.

haha i can't wait to see what he has to say about that.:D
michaelb
06-27-2007, 04:50 PM
Is that the Connecticut river from somewhere near South Deerfield off of Rt. 116? I don't recall many high vantage points out there to get a shot like that. Sugarloaf maybe?

Check your PM box.

Mark.....


You got it Mark - its Mt. Sugarloaf in Deerfield, very close to the flagship Yankee Candle store. I really want to get a nice sunrise/sunset shot of this site when I can find the time!
michaelb
06-27-2007, 04:52 PM
something doesn't seem right about the first...maybe it's too hazy where the grad was used?

i love the second one. very nice shot.

Your right Adam, although the primary problem with this shot is harsh mid-day sunlight. There was a little haze, but very little for a warm summer day. I really need to do this shot around sunset/sunrise.

Thanks for the comments Adam.
michaelb
06-27-2007, 05:00 PM
The first one looks HDR'd to me. I think it looks pretty nice personally.

HDR! Blasmphemy!! All of this was done in camera. The only PP was RAW conversion to jpeg and slight bump in saturation.

No, seriously, I rarely use HDR. I prefer to use graduated filters whenever I can; its just the way I like to do things. I get more satisfaction in getting the shot right in camera.
24Peter
06-27-2007, 05:10 PM
Your right Adam, although the primary problem with this shot is harsh mid-day sunlight. There was a little haze, but very little for a warm summer day. I really need to do this shot around sunset/sunrise.



Maybe the CP & ND grad weren't playing nice together? I try to avoid stacking filters though I don't do much landscape stuff. The kayak shot is very nice Michael.