CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY
_RC3025 Today's Weather
Wylds Craig
Photographed from:
S42°26'18
E146°48'15"
363m
Looking West
5094°K
Outside temperature 4°C
There's a lot of beautiful scenery in Tasmania. Getting there, then getting access is the challenge . . . So much is fenced off and private land.
I have continued to work on this image . . . probably starting over four or five more times, from scratch . . . from the Raw file, removing the "Nikon recommended" Standard Picture Control, which facilitates viewing on the Nikon D3x camera's rear LCD Monitor, but can add unwanted contrast and saturation, in the preview embedded jpeg image . . . So, in Nikon's Capture NX2 processing software, I will change the Develop > Camera Settings > Picture Control from Recorded Value (Standard) to Neutral, which is as basic as one can get. Then I go to Advanced and make Sharpening 0 (Zero).
"Why don't I just set that in-camera?", you might wonder. Hmmm, me too. Well, actually, I have, in the past. And, when I would viewed the photos on the camera's LCD Monitor, I would think I took an especially crappy and uninteresting photo. Now, if Nikon was really clever, in there design . . . they would allow in-camera setting of Neutral and 0 Sharpening, and allow the LCD to be set for viewing separately to Standard and Normal (5) Sharpening. Well, I was not asked to design a digital camera for Photographers. I do provide Nikon feedback, however. Not sure if it ever reached the right person to be considered. I have designed many things, so, let's say it is in my nature.
Off on a Nikon tangent, here.
This photo has been a particular frustration for me. I truly want to have the sky, clouds, and fog with the proper color and have body, and I want to see the foothills green and individual trees, which I can achieve, but then the remaining foreground of the photo becomes a bit HDR-looking, as in this rendering. I have selected those areas specifically to treat and I have tried to select the foreground to correct, but it always becomes a bit messy and the trees in the background become indistinct.
I have arrived a a couple decent compromises, but the image ends up looking a bit soft from a fair amount of haze.
I feel especially frustrated, because I made a special trip to this location to photograph the mountain . . . setting up a huge Manfrotto tripod, which I modified with a hook from a turnbuckle screwed into the base to attach a 2.2kg weighted bag, remote release, mirror up, etc., etc. etc. Being cold and breezy worked against me. I am wondering if the 4°C outside air temperature, caused some barrel distortion. It is hard work being perfect or putting so much forethought and perfectionist technique into a photo.
Notes:
This photo been published in the ABC News Tasmania Weather Calendar 2017
This photo was broadcast on the ABC, Channel 2, Hobart, 31 August 2016, at 19:27
Also, recently as 25 August 2017, sold a signed edition of this photo.
A gentle reminder about copyright and intellectual property-
Ⓒ Cassidy Photography (All images in this Flickr portfolio)
_RC3025 Today's Weather
Wylds Craig
Photographed from:
S42°26'18
E146°48'15"
363m
Looking West
5094°K
Outside temperature 4°C
There's a lot of beautiful scenery in Tasmania. Getting there, then getting access is the challenge . . . So much is fenced off and private land.
I have continued to work on this image . . . probably starting over four or five more times, from scratch . . . from the Raw file, removing the "Nikon recommended" Standard Picture Control, which facilitates viewing on the Nikon D3x camera's rear LCD Monitor, but can add unwanted contrast and saturation, in the preview embedded jpeg image . . . So, in Nikon's Capture NX2 processing software, I will change the Develop > Camera Settings > Picture Control from Recorded Value (Standard) to Neutral, which is as basic as one can get. Then I go to Advanced and make Sharpening 0 (Zero).
"Why don't I just set that in-camera?", you might wonder. Hmmm, me too. Well, actually, I have, in the past. And, when I would viewed the photos on the camera's LCD Monitor, I would think I took an especially crappy and uninteresting photo. Now, if Nikon was really clever, in there design . . . they would allow in-camera setting of Neutral and 0 Sharpening, and allow the LCD to be set for viewing separately to Standard and Normal (5) Sharpening. Well, I was not asked to design a digital camera for Photographers. I do provide Nikon feedback, however. Not sure if it ever reached the right person to be considered. I have designed many things, so, let's say it is in my nature.
Off on a Nikon tangent, here.
This photo has been a particular frustration for me. I truly want to have the sky, clouds, and fog with the proper color and have body, and I want to see the foothills green and individual trees, which I can achieve, but then the remaining foreground of the photo becomes a bit HDR-looking, as in this rendering. I have selected those areas specifically to treat and I have tried to select the foreground to correct, but it always becomes a bit messy and the trees in the background become indistinct.
I have arrived a a couple decent compromises, but the image ends up looking a bit soft from a fair amount of haze.
I feel especially frustrated, because I made a special trip to this location to photograph the mountain . . . setting up a huge Manfrotto tripod, which I modified with a hook from a turnbuckle screwed into the base to attach a 2.2kg weighted bag, remote release, mirror up, etc., etc. etc. Being cold and breezy worked against me. I am wondering if the 4°C outside air temperature, caused some barrel distortion. It is hard work being perfect or putting so much forethought and perfectionist technique into a photo.
Notes:
This photo been published in the ABC News Tasmania Weather Calendar 2017
This photo was broadcast on the ABC, Channel 2, Hobart, 31 August 2016, at 19:27
Also, recently as 25 August 2017, sold a signed edition of this photo.
A gentle reminder about copyright and intellectual property-
Ⓒ Cassidy Photography (All images in this Flickr portfolio)