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Caldecote Lake Milton Keynes UK
Caldecote Lake Milton Keynes UK
Lutchenko


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Camera: Nikon D200
Location: Milton Keynes UK
Date: Jun 11, 2009
Aperture: F22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.5
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2009

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 My first atempt with ND filters.
Still have a lot to learn and am not at all comfortable with lanscape stuff

I used P153 Cokin 2 stop ND, + Hoyer Polarizer that I figure gives me around another 2 stops over the ND so 4 stops in total, still nowhere near enough for what I had in mind, so I adjusted the square ND in the holder so that is just held the sky back.

The affect I was originally going for was a fairly long exposure so as to smooth the water and the sky but 4 stops was nowhere near enough.

I used PP CS4 to process.


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 06/12/2009 06:16:52 PM
This is lovely, and I appreciate the drama in the sky. Very other-worldly.
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 06/12/2009 01:40:46 AM
That's a pretty dramatic sky. I'm not sure it works for me with the brilliant sunny colours in the foreground. I wonder how it would work as a duotone using those sky colours.
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 06/11/2009 05:57:33 PM
its such a dramatic image and the colour of the sky altho unnatural seems filled with foreboding and atmosphere .. i've had a look at your other crop .. it feels a lot better to me with less foreground grass and a less squarish crop .. :)
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 06/11/2009 12:27:31 PM
Why is it that everything you want to do in photography is another thing you have to learn how to do. I keep waiting for the tool that will bring me immediate success!:)
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 06/11/2009 10:57:33 AM
I love the deep rich tones and textures. That's a killer sky.
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 06/11/2009 10:21:06 AM
It's my understanding a lot of folks do indeed use ND filters against just the sky - balances out the exposure. I don't use filters so I can't be of much help in that respect. As for the composition, it's OK but a bit on the static side. The "rule of thirds" bit does indeed play into landscapes a lot. One of the "rules" (which of course can be broken if your subject suits) is to NOT split the picture in half horizontally for landscapes. You do have some foreground interest - that's good. But try to figure whether you want to emphasize your foreground or your sky - which suits the shot best? - then compose with more of that element. Not sure what the lighting/color situation was in real life, but to me the sky seems an unnatural shade of pink/red.
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 06/11/2009 10:04:00 AM
Hmmmm. I'm no expert on landscape, and I'm not sure what you had in mind, but I wonder if your .5 shutter speed might be too slow. For F/22 the grass seems to be kind of blurry, and I wonder if it's moving, ever so slightly in the breeze.

Do you have a recent version of Photoshop? There's a shadow/highlight adjustment that really helps bring out detail in things like clouds and those dark trees.

Just my NSHO, and worth every penny you paid for it.
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