Solitary
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:11 pm
I have driven along past this tree many times over the past couple of years and have envisaged the image in my mind. On previosus occasions I have not been in a position to stop and take time to make a shot for various reasons, such as no camera, no interest in the sky etc. etc; but on this occasion I was able to stop and take a few snaps.
I am not entirely sure if it has worked or not! The image shown here is an HDR, of three frames, 1 correctly exposed and 1 each a stop over/under. Tonemapped in Photomatix and then further processed in LR2.
I am a little put off by the burn out in the cloud of the 'pano' crop but feel the composition works better than the square crop which I tried in order to remove the burnt out area. Perhaps a tighter 'pano' crop would work removing some from the top? I think a higher vantage point would also have been better to increase the height of the trunk, (the tree is rooted over the brough of the hill) but alas this was not possible.
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.
I am not entirely sure if it has worked or not! The image shown here is an HDR, of three frames, 1 correctly exposed and 1 each a stop over/under. Tonemapped in Photomatix and then further processed in LR2.
I am a little put off by the burn out in the cloud of the 'pano' crop but feel the composition works better than the square crop which I tried in order to remove the burnt out area. Perhaps a tighter 'pano' crop would work removing some from the top? I think a higher vantage point would also have been better to increase the height of the trunk, (the tree is rooted over the brough of the hill) but alas this was not possible.
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.