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love the way the silver lace vine seeds catch the sun. so happy with where i planted this vigorous vine (also called mile a minute cause of how fast it grows)
- www.kevin-palmer.com - After the storms passed off to the east, the anvil filled the entire sky with mammatus. A small clearing to the west allowed sunlight to shine through and illuminate the clouds. All the ingredients were there for an incredible sunset, so I went to Glendo Reservoir and waited. The colors did not disappoint.
I knew before I even took this photo that it would probably end up looking like sh*t.
Some of my most magical moments in the Knysna forest have (sadly) also been some of the most difficult moments to capture with my camera. It's all thanks to those spectacular "specular" highlights.
Wikipedia defines them most succinctly - "A specular highlight is the bright spot of light that appears on shiny objects when illuminated". Forest photos might be fairly easy to capture on overcast (dull) days, but I still believe that "easier is almost never better".
There are only two rules that I will never break when capturing (and editing) any of my photos; There will never be any pure-black pixels in my final image... and there should also never be any pure-white pixels. Everything in-between is debateable.
Since it is always much easier to recover details from the darker parts of your photos than from the brightest areas, I always make sure that I never over-expose any specular highlights when capturing any of my photos.
I have a pretty good camera, so I do expect pretty good results from it. But even the best professional cameras on the market (excluding smartphones (of course)), are still unable to capture the full dynamic range of light that our eyes can process.
This photo (which was edited in Photoshop) isn't exactly what I can remember seeing at the time... but it's as close as I'm going to get... for now.
Water flare messing up the shot, or not, depending on your preference - I don't mind it, as I couldn't be asked to 'Shop it out', Lol :-) HSS !
Sunset with the alps and a low mist as a backdrop, Italy, 2021.
Handheld single exposure, grad filter.
Late evening light highlights the textures of winter on Frog Lake in the Mt Hood Wilderness.
Image with my Hasselblad 500cm
With 20D and nifty fifty at F1.8, ISO1600. Only light source was a candle light. Minimal processing from RAW with DPP4.
Recently visited Oldmoor Wood, Nottinghamshire. Oldmoor Wood is a woodland in Nottinghamshire, near the village of Strelley. It covers a total area of 15.11 hectares. It is owned and managed by The Woodland Trust.
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Exposing the sordid details releases the soul, this or I was bored and was the only model available :-)
Sorry that I scared the woman and children.
I'm really not a hunchback.
I really need a haircut.
I spent five minutes brushing the lint off this shirt (could of photoshopped it out in 30 seconds)
Fractalius, Topaz Adjust, the GIMP and father time was used to make me look this way.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM/SUGGESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
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Altadena, CA
Pentax Spotmatic, 35mm Pentax Super Takumar f/3.5, Kentmere PAN (ASA 400), Nikon CoolScan V
In case you would like to know, well this is how i roll: to embellish the sunset scene with a bit touch of colorful highlight. So don't be fooled, as sometimes I mean to confuse your vision haha :))
F/9
1/200 Sek.
ISO-100
3 exposure HDR
Highlight Towers is a twin tower office skyscraper complex completed in 2004 in Munich, Germany. The towers are joined by two bridges made of glass and steel combine to offer the two planned by architects Murphy/Jahn of Chicago. Tower I is 126 m (413 ft) with 33 storeys, and Tower II is 113 m (371 ft) with 28 storey which make them among the highest buildings in the city.
The sun shone on the Spinnaker Tower while a dark imposing cloud slowly drifted east. One of the harbour pilot boats eases it's way towards the harbour entrance.