On Nov 16, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Nov 16, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Brian Lawson wrote: > >> Taken last month in Zion. >> >> <http://brianspics.wittybanter.org/Zion/Pages/RiverwalkWaterfall.html> > > Very pretty. > > Is that an HDR shot? It seems a bit unreal, almost composited, particularly > in the foreground. > > It may just be an artifact of the exposure time, and the reduction of the > picture for the web too...the water seems just blurred, rather than moving > for some reason.
Thanks Bruce, It is not an HDR, never even took it into Photoshop. All I did to it was done in Lightroom. It was a 3 second exposure which is why the water is so blurred, that was intentional. I shot it at ƒ-22 with a 3 stop polarizer on it to I could get the long exposure. The sandy area in the foreground was a bit too bright so I masked it and gave it some additional exposure to darken it so it would keep from drawing the eye to the bottom of the frame. I also darkened the water in the foreground, just below each fall, a bit, but not as much, for the same reason - it was just a hair too bright for the overall composition. The only other thing I did beyond basic contrast adjustments and some sharpening was add a touch of very light yellow to the shadow area to reduce the amount of blue there. -- Brian Lawson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
