More HDR n' stuff.

hoodmeister · 20 Apr 2006 at 20:57

Went back over to the woods to take some more shots, didn't really get anything i'm happy with, but here they are anyway :

#1 HDR in the woods

#2 IR HDR (bit of a mouthful, that) same as above

#3 ehehehehe.... Went a bit nuts here... HDR that I played with... Lots :s

#4 More HDR

hoodmeister · 20 Apr 2006 at 20:57

#5 Aaaanndd my usual lets-stand-in-the-freezing-river IR

Comments and whatnot appreciated.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 20 Apr 2006 at 20:59

Great work again chief.

For me personally, 1 - 2 - 4 Are too alike to pick between them but number 3 is just the blitz! Loving that one! Last one dont do a lot for me.

Johnny

hoodmeister · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:04

Aye, 1//2//4 are extremely similar. Hell, 1 & 2 are the same shot (abeit 2 being in IR)

I was lying on the ground for 3, with my tripod very low and the camera mounted horizontally, so the tripod was next to me & the camera hanging over me. Worked very well, and was fun to easily be able to take shots from virtually ground level looking up with lots of control... However a couple walked past... And that got some odd looks :eek:

Zheka · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:26

Superb work.

Matt Harper · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:28

nice. Like the look of number 2, not much of a HDR man myself tho. Maybe try with working the trail/perspective more next time

Zefan · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:28

Lush shots!

hoodmeister · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:30

Matt Harper said:
nice. Like the look of number 2, not much of a HDR man myself tho. Maybe try with working the trail/perspective more next time

Aye, HDR aint everyone's thing!

Got any suggestions on how I could improve the impact of the path?

cyKey · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:32

Fstop11 said:
For me personally, 1 - 2 - 4 Are too alike to pick between them but number 3 is just the blitz! Loving that one! Last one dont do a lot for me.

Agreed. 3 is the only one I really like. Nice colours, fun angle and the tree branches are like electricity arcs. 1, 2 and 4 are basically the same shot and it just seems a bit dull. Without HDR I can imagine it would be really dull

4 just seems for the effect too. Nothing really to look at. Nothing catches my eye.

Matt Harper · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:33

hoodmeister said:
Aye, HDR aint everyone's thing!

Got any suggestions on how I could improve the impact of the path?

use it to lead you into the photo perhaps, as in havethe path enter in the low left and finish in the middle as it leads into the distance.

hoodmeister · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:35

cyKey said:
Agreed. 3 is the only one I really like. Nice colours, fun angle and the tree branches are like electricity arcs. 1, 2 and 4 are basically the same shot and it just seems a bit dull. Without HDR I can imagine it would be really dull

Truth!
In a month or so's time that patch of woodland fills out with bluebells - hopefully I can get something more interesting there

cyKey said:
4 just seems for the effect too. Nothing really to look at. Nothing catches my eye.

I was trying to draw the eye to the flowers with this one, in the hope that would then lead the eye around the shot. Didn't work, though. The flowers are too small and don't have any real "pop" to them... They sort of blend in!

Matt Harper said:
use it to lead you into the photo perhaps, as in havethe path enter in the low left and finish in the middle as it leads into the distance.

Cool, so a bit higher would work nicely here then...

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 20 Apr 2006 at 23:10

To lead in mate I would try centralising your path more at the centre of the frame maybe shot quite a lot lower to the ground. Not to say this is the only way, just my 2p. I think your quite adept at photographing landscapes and so dont take an odd day out as a failure. Not everyplace is truly photographic.

Still loving number 3 though

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 20 Apr 2006 at 23:12

hoodmeister said:
#5 Aaaanndd my usual lets-stand-in-the-freezing-river IR

Comments and whatnot appreciated.

Just to say, D70 user prob was stood in that freezing river for 10 seconds. My latest IR river work was shot for a duration of upto 3 minuites!

Dam 20D!

hoodmeister · 20 Apr 2006 at 23:24

I actually think that one was pretty long... Could have been as long as 40 seconds!
Low light and all that

Oh, and an 87 not an 89B filter!

Talking of getting lower to the ground... I was 11cm from the ground! No, hang on...+ head more like 20cm, but still pretty low

Think I'll try something a bit higher soon

rpstewart · 21 Apr 2006 at 08:49

Some nice shots there. Of the path ones I think I'd be leaning towards #2 as a favourite, the HDR versions are a wee bit plain for my liking. Having said that the effect in 3 is good, I'm coming to the opinion that HDR works better as an effect to generate unrealistic colouring rather than simply as DR expansion.

They've given me some inspiration too - off to the New Forest at the weekend so I'll see what I can come up with.

themask70 · 21 Apr 2006 at 17:01

Nice ones