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SheffieldPhotos
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Difficult shot into the sun
      #595381 - 13/01/2008 23:10


Used a strong (3 stop) ND grad filter on this and I am not sure if I like the way the sun has come out. It still seens over-exposed and undefined to me. I would welcome any feedback on the image and the techniques used or needed in photoshop to improve.

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john_g
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Re: Difficult shot into the sun [Re: SheffieldPhotos]
      #595409 - 13/01/2008 23:38

Looks an amazing photo to me - can you give us a link to a larger version?

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DubiousDrewski
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Re: Difficult shot into the sun [Re: SheffieldPhotos]
      #595441 - 14/01/2008 04:37

You want to actually see the shape of the sun? That might take more than an ND8 to accomplish! I think you need to stop down more, maybe you could stack more ND filters on there? You could then take another shot that's exposed for the terrain and combine them in post (Cause it's already kind of dark).

Well, that's how I'd do it anyway.

Edit: that's still a great shot, by the way.

Edited by DubiousDrewski (14/01/2008 05:01)

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aiwa_yamaha
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Re: Difficult shot into the sun [Re: DubiousDrewski]
      #595555 - 14/01/2008 12:02

Great shot.

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James

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Benchmark
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Re: Difficult shot into the sun [Re: aiwa_yamaha]
      #595681 - 14/01/2008 14:59

Be careful with your eyes too!

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SheffieldPhotos
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Re: Difficult shot into the sun [Re: DubiousDrewski]
      #595816 - 14/01/2008 19:26

I am very pleased you all like it. I am not really sure how I want the sun to look now I think about it!
Here is a link to a larger image:
Large image in Flickr

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Zou
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Re: Difficult shot into the sun [Re: SheffieldPhotos]
      #596066 - 15/01/2008 10:57

I quite like it as it is - the sun and the reflection complement each other really well.

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