ryda wrote:

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Southcoast Album by Scenes by CYCL1N

I like it, Ryda. Very Island Bayesque.

It is Island Bay!

That'll do it!

And heres me thinking it was "somewhere near taupo"...

Full of fail......


houses in the way, no tripod and a dirty lense....

ryda wrote:And heres me thinking it was "somewhere near taupo"...

From where I'm sitting, Island Bay is somewhere near Taupo...

EoinC wrote:

ryda wrote:And heres me thinking it was "somewhere near taupo"...

From where I'm sitting, Island Bay is somewhere near Taupo...

Couple moar from the Rapa...



lake wairarapa-3 by Adrian Rumney, on Flickr



lake wairarapa-10 by Adrian Rumney, on Flickr

Tried out Landscape again. Clouds mean the sunset was completely blown out but can't really do anything about it now.

Also my first time shooting RAW haha, didn't think there would be such a difference.

Also found it really hard to fit in what I wanted, 18mm on a crop sensor just doesn't feel like enough FOV.

Criticism would be good.

If your camera has a histogram, KS, keep an eye on it. Exposing to the right is good (moah data), as long as you keep the highlight clipping where you want it. RAW gives you a lot more options on recovering photo's that are not exposed how you want them to end up. If containing the highlight clipping makes for too much loss in the shadows, HDR processing from multiple exposures may put you back in a happy place.

I think you're doing well...

Thanks. I went out with the intention of getting multiple exposures and putting together a HDR but it just completely went out of my head when I was there and I'm regretting it now haha.

Sunset shots like that can be quite tricky to expose properly. Couple of options... You can either blend multiple exposures as Eoin has suggested or you can invest in a good set of filters.

With the sun (and the brightest highlights) on the horizon like that then a reverse ND grad filter will help bring back the highlights. Used in conjunction with an ND grad you might also be able to lift the exposure in the water (that's currently a bit underexposed) without blowing highlights in the brighter sky. A CPL can also be used to control glare off the water.

Tugboat wrote:Sunset shots like that can be quite tricky to expose properly. Couple of options... You can either blend multiple exposures as Eoin has suggested or you can invest in a good set of filters.

With the sun (and the brightest highlights) on the horizon like that then a reverse ND grad filter will help bring back the highlights. Used in conjunction with an ND grad you might also be able to lift the exposure in the water (that's currently a bit underexposed) without blowing highlights in the brighter sky. A CPL can also be used to control glare off the water.

Yeah my brother left behind his filter kit from when he was into photography, it's got four Hoya and Bower (?) filters, two CLP as well as a 'warm' filter and a UV filter. I would use them for sure but they will only fit 78mm lenses (IIRC) as he had them on his 25-105 L lens. I might try go about getting a filter adapter haha.

But yeah I really need to try out a HDR photo, so many times I needed it in retrospective.

This is not a Canon ad, but....
I dropped off a body (camera, not homo sapien), 3 lenses, and a teleconverter to Canon Singapore for cleaning, calibration, firmware updates, and a repair. 3 days and SGD $40 later they were ready for pickup. The lens that required repair is 6 years old. I like!!!

kona.stinky. wrote:

Tugboat wrote:Sunset shots like that can be quite tricky to expose properly. Couple of options... You can either blend multiple exposures as Eoin has suggested or you can invest in a good set of filters.

With the sun (and the brightest highlights) on the horizon like that then a reverse ND grad filter will help bring back the highlights. Used in conjunction with an ND grad you might also be able to lift the exposure in the water (that's currently a bit underexposed) without blowing highlights in the brighter sky. A CPL can also be used to control glare off the water.

Yeah my brother left behind his filter kit from when he was into photography, it's got four Hoya and Bower (?) filters, two CLP as well as a 'warm' filter and a UV filter. I would use them for sure but they will only fit 78mm lenses (IIRC) as he had them on his 25-105 L lens. I might try go about getting a filter adapter haha.

But yeah I really need to try out a HDR photo, so many times I needed it in retrospective.

Theres a bunch of stuff you can do with high contrast dynamic lighting but sometimes you just have to take it on the chin and blow the hilites.

I often find using strong grad filters ( 3-5 stops ) and sometimes bracketing gets me where I want.

I wrote a guide on light and managing it on my blog.

http://zarphag.com/2013/02/part-1-light/