beth anthony
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Jenny Lake South in Grand Tetons National Park. Taken in early October this year. Jenny Lake is my favorite spot to photograph in Grand Tetons.
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Jenny Lake - Grand Tetons NP
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Umesh Bhatt
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Wow! Wish I was there right now....
Bart_van_der_Wolf
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Jenny Lake South in Grand Tetons National Park. Taken in early October this year. Jenny Lake is my favorite spot to photograph in Grand Tetons.
Hi Beth,
Great shot of a beautiful place. Have you ever considered panoramas? It seems a good place for some nice panos.
Cheers,
Bart
beth anthony
New member
thanks umesh.
thanks bart. i do use ptgui for panos, but just didn't take any panos in this location (this trip). shooting conditions were terrible in early october (snow clouds most days and smoke from a forest fire just south of jenny lake) so i think part of what makes me love this shot so much is that it was a big surprise that it came out at all. i really need to invest in some grad nd filters...
Hi Beth,
Great shot of a beautiful place. Have you ever considered panoramas? It seems a good place for some nice panos.
Cheers,
Bart
thanks bart. i do use ptgui for panos, but just didn't take any panos in this location (this trip). shooting conditions were terrible in early october (snow clouds most days and smoke from a forest fire just south of jenny lake) so i think part of what makes me love this shot so much is that it was a big surprise that it came out at all. i really need to invest in some grad nd filters...
Bart_van_der_Wolf
pro member
i really need to invest in some grad nd filters...
I'm not too fond of ND grads myself. They only work when the horizon is straight, which is rarely the case in the more interesting shots. I prefer bracketing and exposure fusion. It does require a tripod for the best results though, so keeping the rest of the gear relatively light helps.
Cheers,
Bart
Mike Shimwell
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Beth
Lovely shot - I'm sure that would make a nice print.
I'm with Bart on grad ND filters - exposure blending is a much better strategy in digital with stationary subjects.
Mike
Lovely shot - I'm sure that would make a nice print.
I'm with Bart on grad ND filters - exposure blending is a much better strategy in digital with stationary subjects.
Mike
beth anthony
New member
thanks bart and mike. i currently own photomatix, but haven't mastered how to get consistantly realistic results with it yet. any suggestions of tips/workflow with photomatix or another similar type of photo editor?
Bart_van_der_Wolf
pro member
thanks bart and mike. i currently own photomatix, but haven't mastered how to get consistantly realistic results with it yet. any suggestions of tips/workflow with photomatix or another similar type of photo editor?
It depends on the scene at hand, but you could try Photomatix's Exposure Fusion, instead of HDR+tonemapping.
I also like TuFuse Pro, it gives more control over the process but as input it currently requires already aligned images. One possible (but not very fast) route is to first align and then produce an HDR, both in Photomatix, then with Photoshop extract several exposures (e.g. shadow, midtone, highlight opimized, optionally with different Whitebalance e.g. for shadows), and then fuse those with your favorite tool. It may look like a lot of work, but most steps are automatic. It just requires a bit of thinking about which files to use for what.
When you go the HDR+tonemapping route, hold back on the effect to get realistic results. Let shadows be dark, and let highlights clip a little if possible. Unfortunately, there is a need for better tonemapping routines, so for now Exposure Fusion tends to more often give realistic looking results.
Cheers,
Bart
janet Smith
pro member
Hi Beth
Welcome to OPF - glad to have you here. I love this shot, it looks so similar to some of my favourite places in Scotland, looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Welcome to OPF - glad to have you here. I love this shot, it looks so similar to some of my favourite places in Scotland, looking forward to seeing more of your work.
beth anthony
New member
thanks bart, i looked into tufuse pro. the screenshots on their website seem to indicate there are tones of controls and it looks more intuitive than photomatix.
janet, thanks for your comment. i'm so jealous of you living that close to scotland! i was fortunate enough to visit ireland in 2006, scotland and britain are both close to the top of my list of places to see.
janet, thanks for your comment. i'm so jealous of you living that close to scotland! i was fortunate enough to visit ireland in 2006, scotland and britain are both close to the top of my list of places to see.
janet Smith
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scotland and britain are both close to the top of my list of places to see.
Hi Beth
Hope you make it over here sometime.......
I spend a lot of time in Scotland, my favourite areas are in the far north west of the mainland and the Isles of Harris and Raasay. Take a look at my website if you'd like www.jansmithphotography.co.uk you'll see some of the places I like to spend my time.