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Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO
P1 IQ 180/P1 DF/SK 55mm LS.
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Plus one from here. :thumbup:Wayne, that's a beautiful DV image. I really like the subtle tones and 'glow' of the dunes.
Some people's best shots are not that good.Cambo, SK35XL, IQ180, Gitzo Carbon, Cube, a 2000 year old tree.... the equivalent of the finest ingredients. Three LCC'd exposures for an HDR merge.
A cautionary tale! This is a place to share our failures too...
Such a photogenic subject. This is in the north of Sweden, isn't it?Just before leaving to a new project tomorrow, I wanted to share two images from last year. I can't wait to see the new icehotel, but it will be hard to be even better. Last year was amazing.
¿Would a bigger computer help you handle 5 shot HDR?@Dick, I did actually shoot several 5 shot HDRs but HDR Pro chokes on more than three 16bit tiffs from the 180! But the shot was doomed by the composition more than anything. I took a few other views in the forest but it's a hard place to find a spare, minimalist view because there's always a lot going on in the background. I googled for images of it today and they are pretty much all confusingly composed.. Next time I'll take a short tele and use DOF to eliminate the clutter.
Yes it is in the North near Kiruna and while there are more around the world (Canada for example) the one in Sweden is based on the orginal idea and has been around for a very long time.Such a photogenic subject. This is in the north of Sweden, isn't it?
There is no easy solution... "flat" lighting tends to make things look ...flat, bright light gives you contrast, and, usually, depth.The composition is quite fine, in my view. What kills the images is the impossible contrast of bright sunshine. A drizzly day would be a different story!
To be honest, much of that is down to the JPEG compression for upload: on the tiff there are very very few, small patches of pure black and the shadows all have detail. But I do agree that a bright day with some thin cloud cover would have made it smoother.The composition is quite fine, in my view. What kills the images is the impossible contrast of bright sunshine. A drizzly day would be a different story!