Fog's Rolling In.
Dec 2, 2012 23:45:10 #
I took these a couple weeks ago. The fog does this once in a while and I think it looks kinda cool. These are 3 shots at -2, 0, 2 from the back part of our property. I used Photomatix then PS10 for editing adding the Topaz filter to get rid of some noise and make it pop a bit.
Good Ol John Deere and the Fog
Rolling in from Stallion Springs
Dec 3, 2012 02:33:48 #
Love these shots, they are quite unusual. I have seen fog rolling down mountains towards a beach (no camera to hand) but I have never seen fog like this, its quite amazing.
2nd Pic. I really like the HDRing that you have done, nice colour and lovely texture. But a couple of suggestions. The main interest point towards which your eye is drawn is the large cloud mass in the centre. This is reinforced by the two tall fenceposts pointing at it. I do think however that the cloud is too central. For a better balance I would suggest a crop on the right at about halfway between the second and third fenceposts from the right. I would then suggest you crop the top and bottom a little to restore the aspect ratio. Only other thing is a couple of spots on your sensor which need cloning out.
Fist Pic. Again really love the HDRing though I would suggest adjusting the shadows to get just a little more detail from the black areas inside the tractor body, and perhaps a little brightening overall. Main suggestion though is again a composition thing. The tractor is the subject but for me it doesn't fill enough of the frame. I would suggest a crop of the bottom to a point just where the wood on the right touches the ground and then a small crop of the left to restore the aspect ration. This makes the tractor more prominent without losing that fantastic fog effect. Again a few spots on the sensor need a little cloning. But an amazing couple of pics which to me seem so much like the grassfires that sometimes cause havoc around areas of Australia in Summer.
Hope this helps.
Peter
2nd Pic. I really like the HDRing that you have done, nice colour and lovely texture. But a couple of suggestions. The main interest point towards which your eye is drawn is the large cloud mass in the centre. This is reinforced by the two tall fenceposts pointing at it. I do think however that the cloud is too central. For a better balance I would suggest a crop on the right at about halfway between the second and third fenceposts from the right. I would then suggest you crop the top and bottom a little to restore the aspect ratio. Only other thing is a couple of spots on your sensor which need cloning out.
Fist Pic. Again really love the HDRing though I would suggest adjusting the shadows to get just a little more detail from the black areas inside the tractor body, and perhaps a little brightening overall. Main suggestion though is again a composition thing. The tractor is the subject but for me it doesn't fill enough of the frame. I would suggest a crop of the bottom to a point just where the wood on the right touches the ground and then a small crop of the left to restore the aspect ration. This makes the tractor more prominent without losing that fantastic fog effect. Again a few spots on the sensor need a little cloning. But an amazing couple of pics which to me seem so much like the grassfires that sometimes cause havoc around areas of Australia in Summer.
Hope this helps.
Peter
Dec 3, 2012 05:49:20 #
andrew.haysom
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
I love these shots too, I love foggy shots.
I especially love the second one, but l too noticed the sensor spots very much in this one as Peter said. I didn't notice them in the first shot. Was the same camera/lens used? If so, then my question to the more tech savvy photographers here is why do they show up in some shots and not others, because this happens to me too.
Great images!
I especially love the second one, but l too noticed the sensor spots very much in this one as Peter said. I didn't notice them in the first shot. Was the same camera/lens used? If so, then my question to the more tech savvy photographers here is why do they show up in some shots and not others, because this happens to me too.
Great images!
Dec 3, 2012 08:05:20 #
Biker_Chic wrote:
I took these a couple weeks ago. The fog does this once in a while and I think it looks kinda cool. These are 3 shots at -2, 0, 2 from the back part of our property. I used Photomatix then PS10 for editing adding the Topaz filter to get rid of some noise and make it pop a bit.
Very nicely done.
Dec 3, 2012 08:15:37 #
Dec 3, 2012 11:17:47 #
Your back yard brings back memories of the time I first moved to a new home 39 years ago. At that time I had 80 acres of unimproved land behind my house, where horses frolicked, and occasional low land hugging fog occurred. It is all homes now,.
The lower timber in the first photo does not bother me much, because the tractor, fog, and clouds draw most of my attention .
The second photo has my attention drawn to the fog, and the menacing clouds. The lighter brown grass seems to balance out the picture for me.
As I have commented before, I'd like to see a little more sharpness in the photo's.
The lower timber in the first photo does not bother me much, because the tractor, fog, and clouds draw most of my attention .
The second photo has my attention drawn to the fog, and the menacing clouds. The lighter brown grass seems to balance out the picture for me.
As I have commented before, I'd like to see a little more sharpness in the photo's.
Dec 3, 2012 11:36:47 #
SoHillGuy wrote:
Your back yard brings back memories of the time I ... (show quote)
Note: Sharpening, should be the last step taken in the post processing steps.
Dec 3, 2012 11:47:07 #
Hi all thanks for all the comments. I am hoping that Santa brings me a new monitor for Christmas. I didn't see those spots until it was mentioned but here now I'm looking at them here at work and they stick out like a sore thumb. I believe it's mist on my lens. I had been out there about 15 mins and it was misting a bit and the tractor was my first set of pictures and the fog in the field is the last as you can see the way it's moving in.
I had cropped the second picture as suggested by Peter because I agree I didn't want the cloud centered but then I chose to leave it alone because I wanted to see the grass. I liked both versions. But this would be my cropped version and I took the spots out I think I only have Picassa here at work but I did the retouch on them.
I had cropped the second picture as suggested by Peter because I agree I didn't want the cloud centered but then I chose to leave it alone because I wanted to see the grass. I liked both versions. But this would be my cropped version and I took the spots out I think I only have Picassa here at work but I did the retouch on them.
Dec 3, 2012 13:36:21 #
The cropped re-post lost some of the hill which takes away an appealing part of the hill side.
I do like the removal of the telephone pole on the right side. It could be post processed out of the first posted photo, perhaps using a cloning technique if no other means is available.
The re-post also set the foreground to far below the rule of thirds in this photo, which caused an imbalance for me.
I do like the removal of the telephone pole on the right side. It could be post processed out of the first posted photo, perhaps using a cloning technique if no other means is available.
The re-post also set the foreground to far below the rule of thirds in this photo, which caused an imbalance for me.
Dec 3, 2012 17:45:34 #
Stunning photos. About how much was the Photomatix a factor in the brilliance of the photos? Love #2!
Dec 4, 2012 11:47:15 #
BrentHarder wrote:
Stunning photos. About how much was the Photomatix a factor in the brilliance of the photos? Love #2!
Thanks Brent,
Well it's hard to say how much Photomatix influenced the outcome. I used 3 merged photos and intentionally shot it that way for HDR. I suppose if I were to look at the 0 composition photo it would be the one that could be closest to a single shot. I think the depth would be affected and the contrast in the clouds because I did use a mask on those for more intense color. I will look at it when I get home and maybe post the original for you. I shot it all in RAW so I did bump the color up in Photomatix.
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Mar 12, 2013 19:13:00 #
Ernie Misner wrote:
You get an A+ for getting out there at the right time. Excellent!
Thank you. Believe it or not the fog does that several times a year. Sometimes it comes up like a big slow wave creeping over the hill. It is quite unusual but interesting to watch.
Mar 12, 2013 19:13:13 #
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