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Robert
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The rain relented this afternoon so I had a little outing and took some pix along the way. For Graham: D800 and Nikkor 24-120 f4, 1/80sec @ f/7.1, ISO 400.  This was a rather difficult and not well processed image of the River Duddon in Dunnerdale Forrest, poor light and my attempts at HDR from three bracketed images are wanting, should have used a tripod but I made conscious decision not to take one... I will re-run the processing and possibly select a better set of images. Hand held, D800, Nikkor 24-120 f/4 at 38mm, 25/sec, f7.1, ISO 800  Thanks for looking. |
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novicius
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That 1st shows a steam train lending energy to an otherwise tranquil setting...Lovely photo. |
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Robert
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Thanks Novicus, I love the vibrance the steam engines lend to the tranquility of Eskdale, a contrast yet they fit so well. A second attempt at the Dunnerdale scene, another, later image from the same session, this time with a larger aperture and higher ISO. I took several sets of three. This is at 24mm with slight lens corrections to correct the converging verticals, 1/320sec @ f/4.5, ISO1600  |
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Graham Whistler
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Nice one Robert wish I had been with you and good shot of River Esk with driver David on the Ravenglass Railway. |
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Robert
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Thanks Graham, I thought you might like it. Yesterday afternoon I made a different tour up Windermere Western side, across via. Tarn Howes to Coniston, up Langdale then over Wrynose Pass, then down ****ley Beck and the Duddon Valley. The first three from Tarn Howes, stacked out with visitors but I think I have eradicated them, together with the horrible footpaths the National Trust have constructed, thanks to Photoshop. The Langdale Pikes can clearly be seen in images #2 & 3. All taken with the D800 and 24-120 f/4.0 initially using ISO 400, the first two locations I bracketed three exposures, the rest five, then HDR'd them in Lightroom. The lighting was difficult, with patches of bright low sunshine on an otherwise dull cloudy day. I felt the HDR gave me a fighting chance of capturing the range of lighting, which in most cases was a challenge to convey to the viewer. #1  #2  #3  The next two are on the decent from Tarn Howes looking towards the North of the Coniston Valley. #4  #5  This is a small tarn just North of Coniston, the water was the flattest I have ever seen, a perfect mirror with almost no ripples. I just wish I had taken my Tripod... I raised the ISO from 400 to 1000 and opened the aperture to f/4 #6  #7  The approach to Wrynose pass, although it was almost dark I just had to stop for this tree, pity about the wire fence. I just couldn't raise the energy to remove the fence in PS. I set the lens wide open, 1/40 sec. exposure, camera jammed down on a rock. #8  Thanks for looking. |
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novicius
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Wonderful landscapes robert,...and even with applying HDR You managed to keep that " Natural look " ...no small feat to accomplish.. |
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Robert
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Thank you Novicus, I woke this morning wondering if I had overcooked the contrast range in my attempt to convey the extremes of brightness between the patches of bright sunlight and the shaded areas. You have reassured me! The D800 seems to have an ability (in common with other later cameras) of making dark scenes appear bright, due to their amazing light gathering power. In a way this makes it harder to separate light and dark, so one has to tweak things in post processing. I also had to apply exposure compensation of -0.7 EV to stand any chance with the sky, even with the bracketing, which was in 0.3EV increments, even then I had to pull the highlights right back and further reduce them in curves, while pushing the mid range. I have pencilled in another trip for Friday when the weather hopefully relents but given the cold wind and heavy rain, my expectation is most of the leaves will have gone. |
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Eric
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That's a lovely selection of landscapes Robert...well done. It's hard to have an outright favourite. I think it's 5 & 6 for me. The only one that doesn't quite match up is the last one where the light has deserted you. I also think cropping it tighter on left and sky gives the tree greater dominance. Just a personal preference.  |
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jk
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Yes, I agree with Eric. I was going to say that #8 needed either a contrast or saturation boost as it looked grey and grey! Very nice work Robert. |
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Robert
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Eric wrote:That's a lovely selection of landscapes Robert...well done. It's hard to have an outright favourite. I think it's 5 & 6 for me. Thanks for commenting Eric, I do like your edit, I had been trying preserve the bushes left and right to provide depth and framing but I feel your way is better, incidentally you can just make out the road in the bottom left corner and again a little further up. That is the beginning of the Wrynose Pass. The light had gone. This is a screen shot of the Lightroom display showing how much recovery had taken place and the histogram for the longest exposure, 1/25th sec. I find it amazing that such a nice picture can be wrung from such a dark exposure, albeit at the cost of a little contrast. Checking the exposure time, it's almost half last five, but daylight saving was on so make that half past four! 4:27 in a deepish valley is pretty dim. The D800 continues to amaze me. This an untouched NEF straight out of the camera. I guess I should never have attempted it but I was so taken with the visual contrast that I saw, I thought I might make something of it. Thinking now, I should have walked along the footpath and taken the picture jamming the camera on the wall. Maybe a good place for stars or star trails...  |
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Robert
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jk wrote:Yes, I agree with Eric.Thanks JK, I am really enjoying the camera again now, since May I have hardly picked it up but my enthusiasm is returning. I am hoping to visit one of the botanic gardens later in the week, depending on the weather. Not sure what there will be to photograph but I'm sure there will be something, if only hardy foliage. Will pack the micro 105 f/4.0... Maybe a little focus stacking. |
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novicius
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I too , find Eric`s cropping commendable .... I do like the Original exposure as well, what an atmosphere , you must `ve been feeling rather tired that day...... it is a Breath taking landscape and it makes me feel being so small. |
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Graham Whistler
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Super set of landscapes Robert only just seen them!! |
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Iain
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Nice set of images Robert. They make me home sick for the Lake District. |
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