Heaven's Gate
While driving back home on HWY237, I saw this looming low cloud hovering above the South Bay. I immediately got off the freeway and headed over to Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge in Alviso for a quick snap of the phenomenal sky. With my new Lee filter holder and Singh-Ray 3-stop ND grad filter in place, I took a 30 sec exposure of the sky meeting the marshland below. Back home, I discovered there were hot pixels in the image and I had to use a blush in Lightroom to clone them out. I also realized the pixelization and noise in the sky were quite poor from such a long exposure with the 7D sensor. I had to do some touch up in the sky to minimize them.
Heaven's Gate
While driving back home on HWY237, I saw this looming low cloud hovering above the South Bay. I immediately got off the freeway and headed over to Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge in Alviso for a quick snap of the phenomenal sky. With my new Lee filter holder and Singh-Ray 3-stop ND grad filter in place, I took a 30 sec exposure of the sky meeting the marshland below. Back home, I discovered there were hot pixels in the image and I had to use a blush in Lightroom to clone them out. I also realized the pixelization and noise in the sky were quite poor from such a long exposure with the 7D sensor. I had to do some touch up in the sky to minimize them.