Beautiful photos. I like the comparisons.
Stunning shots Larry. Excellent work.
Doc
These are both beautiful Larry. The second one just inches out the first one for me though. I like the composition and the color better. The use of the polarizer was a very good choice also.
Really like the first one but....LOVE the second one, I'm also a real fan of the polarizer!
The grass is the last thing I would have examined....the 1st image is nicely taken and the second is clearly a much longer ND exposure but dreamier looking presentation with warmer pastels in the sky and it's reflections.
I love both equally and wouldn't worry about the grass in the corner. Nice Work and thanks.
Both shots, but especially #2, are very artistic and worthy of framing. It draws me in and I would have liked to see a faster exposure for comparison.
I'm a fellow Floridian, and like you, I shoot with a D810. These are gorgeous landscapes. I like them both for different reasons. The foreground is more interesting in the first. I love the sunlit rocks, and the detail of the underwater rocks with the tree reflections overlapping. The evening sunset colors are what make the second picture for me. And yes, as soon as I downloaded the full size image, I noticed the blurred reeds and would have noticed them even if you said nothing, but it does nothing to detract from the picture for me.
I am not usually into commenting on photos offered for critique, but I have to say these are beautiful. One question, though, why did you use the ND filters? I am not questioning your technique so much as I am interested in the reasons for your use of the filters. I do not own any (other than polarizing filters for some of my lenses that might serve a similar purpose).
Just curious to know.
Great images.
Thanks.
Caruso
Chris T
Loc: from England across the pond to New England
treadwl wrote:
Both of these images were taken at the same location in the Everglades during the golden hours of the day. The first in the morning and the second in the evening.
Both used the same camera and lens and a three stop neutral density filter (GND)
The first was taken at ISO 64, F22 @ 1/3 of a second with polarizer attached. There was no wind.
The second was taken at ISO 125, F22 @ 30 seconds, with polarizer attached. There was a light breeze.
The composition was changed because of the breeze which was blowing the grasses in the water. Please note the reeds in the right corner are a bit blurred due to the breeze. I choose this composition because most of the grasses were sheltered by brush (which does not show in the image). I wanted a long exposure to calm the ripples on the water but that meant the grasses blurred. I raised the ISO from the morning shot to 125 to keep the exposure to 30 seconds. At the 1 minute exposure I wanted the grasses moved too much. I timed the start of the exposure to when the wind was not blowing to keep the grass as still as possible. I don't think the blurred grass on the far right in the lower corner is very noticeable. Would you have noticed if I had said nothing? (I'm curious and would really like to know the answer for future reference)
For the record, there was a great deal of difference in the color of the light between sunrise and sunset as shown in these images. The colors of the scene were really very different.
Thanks for looking. As always, please use the download for best image quality when viewing.
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INCREDIBLE Pics, Larry … thanks for sharing …
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