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Nice glow

Postby glamy on Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:49 pm

Instead of using the wide angle I ended up using the 70-200. Yesterday at Avalon:
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Re: Nice glow

Postby aim54x on Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:52 pm

Can I note that the horizons need a bit of a bump...and I would also increase the contrast a bit so you get solid silhouette....very nicely done though
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Re: Nice glow

Postby colin_12 on Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:48 pm

Now that is a bit different. Nice work.
I would also like to see it with a bit more contrast to improve the silhouette.
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Re: Nice glow

Postby Remorhaz on Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:13 am

And if you're using something like Lightroom I'd probably apply the contrast only to the bottom part of the image (water and below) (using the gradient tool) so that you don't end up with banding in the sky?

Did you add the vignette at the top or is that a la naturale?
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Re: Nice glow

Postby ozimax on Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:16 pm

Very nice stuff. I do agree, the 70-200mm focal length is great for landscapes.
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Re: Nice glow

Postby glamy on Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:05 pm

Thanks all for your comments.
aim54x wrote:Can I note that the horizons need a bit of a bump...and I would also increase the contrast a bit so you get solid silhouette....very nicely done though

This is probably because of the filter sitting on the horizon line.
Remorhaz wrote:Did you add the vignette at the top or is that a la naturale?

This is the natural vignetting from the 70-200.
ozimax wrote:Very nice stuff. I do agree, the 70-200mm focal length is great for landscapes

:agree: I used quite a lot on my last trip for landscape, more than the 17-35.
I'll go back to these and see what more contrast will do.
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Re: Nice glow

Postby CraigVTR on Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:42 am

I think the first is the stronger because of the position of the paddler but think a a fairly heavy pano crop would be nice. the colour is amazing.
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