bernieboutin
A Promise of Warmth
This one was kind of an experiment. I love my 100-400 IS ii, but one major weakness it has is that it flares pretty easily if the sun or bright light shines directly on the front element. Rarely will it produce ghosting artifacts, but because of the flare I don't shoot close to the sun much with it. I do not have a UV filter or anything else on it, and I do my best to keep it clean, but still it flares easily. Just by looking through the viewfinder anywhere in this direction I could see how hazy the image was going to be. Knowing that, I wanted the glow of the rising sun that was just coming up over the trees adding a look of warmth.
The original was very flat so with a little bit of masking here and there and a whole lot of extra contrast and voila. Depending on how one would choose to process it there could be many different end results and as far as processing for accuracy as to what I saw with the naked eye, well that is out the window as I would only have seen some very bright light and a glaring scene. It may not be the best capture of sunrise, but I think it coveys cold with a promise of warmth, which is what I was hoping for.
One wee bit I hadn't seen at the time was the open water and its reflections beside the lodge. I am still seeing open water a bit besides lodges which I find interesting, so although I have seen this particular lodge to be a popular spot for Pelicans to rest, I am guessing that it is still an active lodge.
A Promise of Warmth
This one was kind of an experiment. I love my 100-400 IS ii, but one major weakness it has is that it flares pretty easily if the sun or bright light shines directly on the front element. Rarely will it produce ghosting artifacts, but because of the flare I don't shoot close to the sun much with it. I do not have a UV filter or anything else on it, and I do my best to keep it clean, but still it flares easily. Just by looking through the viewfinder anywhere in this direction I could see how hazy the image was going to be. Knowing that, I wanted the glow of the rising sun that was just coming up over the trees adding a look of warmth.
The original was very flat so with a little bit of masking here and there and a whole lot of extra contrast and voila. Depending on how one would choose to process it there could be many different end results and as far as processing for accuracy as to what I saw with the naked eye, well that is out the window as I would only have seen some very bright light and a glaring scene. It may not be the best capture of sunrise, but I think it coveys cold with a promise of warmth, which is what I was hoping for.
One wee bit I hadn't seen at the time was the open water and its reflections beside the lodge. I am still seeing open water a bit besides lodges which I find interesting, so although I have seen this particular lodge to be a popular spot for Pelicans to rest, I am guessing that it is still an active lodge.