Stac A' Phris, Isle of Lewis

ishamy · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:55

Here is a shot that has been in the planning for 6+ months, only now have I managed to get the time and conditions to get it done. A 30 minute drive a 30 minute hike across moor land and this is what confronted me

Stac A' Phris by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

So happy I went and got this shot, really pleased with the outcome.

Stac A' Phris Sunset by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

Adam · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:23

I really like that, good effort

Devrij · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:33

Very tastefully done. Is that a blended exposure or did you lift the shadows loads in RAW? I noticed a bit of CA around the rock edges, but I suppose that's inevitable when you're shooting into the sun

An Exception · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:42

Looks like multiple exposure to me. As it's web res I can't really tell, but if you try and lift shadows much on a 5d, it doesn't end well.

ishamy · 27 Feb 2013 at 15:05

Haha correct it is multiple exposures. I did take a few single images and tried lifting shadows in some and reducing sky in other... it didn't work to well, not really bad but just not good. in the space of 10 mins I think I took about 200 shots! After the walk I had to make sure I captured what I wanted, I did.

Though they are technically HDR's I really do hate the 'HDR Tag' and try to process them so they look natural and not HDR'd

Ksanti · 27 Feb 2013 at 15:31

Yeah there's a difference between using HDR as it was intended - to augment the dynamic range of your camera while maintaining decent contrast - picking a few bits of detail to bring out in the image, and using HDR as LOOK AT MY GLOWY PHOTO that it turned into briefly. Very nice images

King Damager · 27 Feb 2013 at 15:53

I'm so jealous of where you live

kd

Devrij · 27 Feb 2013 at 17:10

Ksanti said:
Yeah there's a difference between using HDR as it was intended - to augment the dynamic range of your camera while maintaining decent contrast - picking a few bits of detail to bring out in the image, and using HDR as LOOK AT MY GLOWY PHOTO that it turned into briefly. Very nice images

Agreed, I think this is exactly what it is supposed to be. I find HDR programs are hard to get a natural look with, even when I try to tone it down. They can get quite flat. Maybe that's just me though. Masking exposures is my preferred method, but it can be quite fiddly.