This was a heavenly day

[neonenergy]

http://www.studentdecision.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21

Shot at Jamaica Pond, Boston, MA over the weekend
:eek: It was such a perfect day!!

I have more pictures but im lazy and its been a tiring day.. enjoy!

Oh- it was shot with a Sigma 17-70mm Macro

[lkb-28]

Hello neonenergy;

I think you need to do some PP (Post Processing) work on this one...

There are a lot of blown highlights, but even so, using something as simple as Shadows/Highlights you can bring back a great deal of detail in the sky, which will make the shot far more impressive...

Cheers;

Lee

[kenyc]

I'm in agreement with Lee, this definitely could've used a GND filter.

KAC

[neonenergy]

I'm in agreement with Lee, this definitely could've used a GND filter.

KAC

Do you know a place that sells these?

The sun was directly behind that cloud only for a few seconds so i couldn't resist :)

In retrospect, i should've taken some darker exposures as well

[lkb-28]

Do you know a place that sells these?


Hello neonenergy;

GND = Graduated Neutral Density (filter)...

Any good camera shop or any good online retailer will carry selections such as Cokin or Lee systems. (Choice is another whole arguement, of which there are plenty in this forum!!!)

While there is no doubt a GND filter would have helped here a great deal, there is still much you can do to "recover" the image in your PP (Post Processing) software...

If you want to change your profile to set "Image Editing OK" ON, then I'd be happy to demonstrate...

Cheers;

Lee

[kenyc]

Do you know a place that sells these?

The sun was directly behind that cloud only for a few seconds so i couldn't resist :)

In retrospect, i should've taken some darker exposures as well

What Lee said. :) I actually do not own one myself, but need to purchase a couple --- they come in various strengths rated by stops 1, 2, 3, etc.

As Lee says, you can accomplish much of the same thing with post processing or by taking multiple exposures (as you indicated) and combining them in post processing. (you can also do this with a single raw image by changing the exposure and combining the images).

Looking forward to more from you.

KAC

[neonenergy]

Hello neonenergy;

GND = Graduated Neutral Density (filter)...

Any good camera shop or any good online retailer will carry selections such as Cokin or Lee systems. (Choice is another whole arguement, of which there are plenty in this forum!!!)

While there is no doubt a GND filter would have helped here a great deal, there is still much you can do to "recover" the image in your PP (Post Processing) software...

If you want to change your profile to set "Image Editing OK" ON, then I'd be happy to demonstrate...

Cheers;

Lee

Please demonstrate :D

[lkb-28]

Please demonstrate :D

Here you go...:)

5 seconds work;

Shadows lightened by 35
Highlights darkened by 75
A tad of Saturation...

Done is Adobe Photoshop Elements 4...

As you will see; there's still blown highlights, that you cannot recover (unless you shot RAW, in which case you may be able to do more with it...)

This will look very much better when applied to the full original file, rather than this compressed image...

Hope that helps;

Cheers;

Lee