Four o'clock high

One of my most favorite shots. Thoughts?


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3529/...baed2d25_o.jpg

I quite like this shot and can see why it's one of your favorites. I love the clouds, texture of the grass and the sharpness of the tree. the bird is a great addition. the contrast is good too and I like the rays of the sun. I have not made up my mind about the blown out sky part. i wish it wasn't quite so large but it also adds to the whole sunburst effect.

overall nice work!

Yep cool shot. The blown out area is a bit big ... but ... in this case it kinda of works as it's totally part of the scene/story.

Nice image, agree that the blown area is a bit large. A graduated ND would have really taken this image to the next level.

I like it. I think the blown out area works. Its kind of biblical, with the tree and the bird.

Thanks all. I don't mind the blown out area at all. I didnt have time to install a graduated ND filter. I did it in post.

What they said! :)

Seriously, nice capture. I'd be very happy with that photo. I don't see anything particularly wrong with it.

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Originally Posted by malechi

Thanks all. I don't mind the blown out area at all. I didnt have time to install a graduated ND filter. I did it in post.

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I'll be the odd man out here, blown out sky is a blown out sky. You have detail on the edge which is saving this shot somewhat, not totally though. Just as an FYI - you cannot use a ND grad filter in post to save a blown sky. Only proper exposure will save you and that cannot be done easily in post production. Hope that helps - Marko

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Originally Posted by Marko

I'll be the odd man out here, blown out sky is a blown out sky. You have detail on the edge which is saving this shot somewhat. Just as an FYI - you cannot use a ND grad filter in post to save a blown sky. Only proper exposure will save you and that cannot be done easily in post production. Hope that helps - Marko

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Marko:

I appreciate the Critique. Yes, the sky is blown out and I can't get that back in post. If I didn't shoot immediately, I would have missed the bird. Shot in Aperture priority. Just a question, what would you have metered off of for this shot? To me personally, I know the sun was right there so I would expect that to be blown out. I didn't have a ND filter or any filter. I just had my D300s and a 50mm lens. How could I not blow out the sun and still have detail in the foreground?

Very nice picture. I think you can crop the border a bit to get a bigger tree