Josh Lohff
December 2024 - Hello World
About the Image(s)
EQUIPMENT & EXIF
Canon R5 / EF 24-70 f/2.8L II USM & 30 sec @ f/22, ISO 100, 24 mm + Neutral Density 6-stop and Graduated Neutral Density 3-stop soft filters (shot from a tripod)
IMAGE DESCRIPTION & INTENDED EFFECT
This is little RedFish Lake, up out of Stanley Idaho. The first morning we were there it was completely socked in with fog, but mother nature was more obliging on our second attempt. The snowy mountains in the morning sunlight was the main focus, but my ongoing quest to become more effective at the near/far style of shooting was also the goal here.
POST PROCESSING STEPS
I didn't do a great deal in post to this image, including no masks. I did do a little cleanup of the grass growing out of the water though and pulled a little detail out of the shadows.
4 comments posted
This is my kind of shot! What a lovely landscape! You have great detail in the log and in the mountains, so I think you nailed the "near/far" issue! The composition is terrific, with the log acting as a leading line guiding our euyes to the moutain range! About all I would do to this is to bring out a little more detail in the dark areas of the trees on the other side of the lake.
Oh, I'd also like to know more about how and why you used the filters. I think I would have shot multiple exposures and blended them using HDR in LRC. Posted: 12/06/2024 16:40:50
Thanks for the feedback! I agree on the tree shadows being a bit dark. Not sure if I just missed that originally in processing, or if this lousy .jpg munched it, but good call.
As far as the filters go, I used them for a couple of reasons. To achieve that wispy look of the clouds (which is further accentuated by the wide-angle lens), to smooth any water movement (which admittedly was probably moot in this situation), and to cut the brightness by a few stops on the sunlit mountains so that I could capture some of the detail in the shadows, providing an overall more evenly exposed image. W/out that graduated filter, if you expose for the bright mountains, anything in shadow is basically black and that detail is lost, and if you expose for the shadows, the sunlit mountains are completely blown out.
Thanks
Josh Posted: 12/07/2024 15:27:03