Laura Lee Bartholomew
About the Image(s)
I just took my first photography road trip after two years. Luckily, the sky gods extended some favors my way. This image was taken at the Bryce Point lookout early in the morning. My goal in taking this image was to recreate the beauty of the natural world as closely as possible to what I was actually viewing.
The image was taken on a tripod with a Nikon Z 7 using a Nikkor Z 24-70 mm f/4 lens.
The focal length was 25.5 mm. ISO was 100. I hand blended two images, one exposed for the sky, and the other exposed for the land. Exposure for the land was 1/10 sec. at f/8. Exposure for the sky was 1/40 of a sec at f/8.
Exposure and tonal adjustments were made to both images in LR. I stacked and blended them together in PS. Other adjustments included curves layers, tonal contrast, clarity, and noise reduction.
I have not done a great deal of hand blending. I usually combine images using the HDR feature in LR. By hand blending, I hoped to maintain clarity and accuracy of color and look as natural as possible. Did I succeed?
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