I would suggest some dodge and burn. Eliminating some of the shadow on the rocks and darkening the sky may help the image.
I've been far too busy with schoolwork lately to visit. Some really great images already.
Here's my addition for now.
A Hollywood style 'shot'
Well as far as it goes I'm a sucker for explosions and balls of fire, so sweet! I would like to see it with some of the highlights brought back in. There's obviously some "hot" spots in there. I've never tried to shoot an explosion like this. It must be tough to get the exposure just right. Pretty cool though.
Water Droplet. First attempt at capturing one.
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No, it's the original kit lens, 18-55 non-vr version 1. It's light as heck, pretty darn sharp, but this was shot nearly wide open, f/5.6-- which is one of the limitations of these lenses to me. In overcast light, or almost anything in the woods, shutter speeds start to dip precipitously, so the only choice is to bump the ISO for anything handheld. At this distance, maybe 15 ft or so (a guess,) the isolation of the focal area @f/5.6 becomes negligible. In this case, it works for the picture, but it's kind of like a point 'n shoot camera... unless focusing really close, everything is in some form of recognizable focus...Exceptional depth of field for 5.6 - is this using the 17-55?
^ I like the last one in the sequence the best. It has a lot of texture and a wide variety of tones. The roiling of the blackening smoke give it character.Thanks Jeff, it is a challenge. I didn't do any PP on this version. The one I tried made the trees look too strange. Here is the ~3 second sequence. #2 is the one previously posted. At about 10 seconds the fireball was completely gone.
^ nice framing and combination of colors in this photo. Good exposure to bring out the greens and reds. Umm, was someone with fire suppression equipment handy? I've seen Oregon on Fire, and it wasn't a movie.
Actually, although it doesn't really show it here, this was on the banks of a rushing creek, and was in a safe area. But, we also did have lots of water buckets if needed... Burning season here generally runs from after the first rains of fall until end of May... depending on the conditions it could be later. This was a small fire just getting rid of branches and brush debris from a storm cleanup.^ nice framing and combination of colors in this photo. Good exposure to bring out the greens and reds. Umm, was someone with fire suppression equipment handy? I've seen Oregon on Fire, and it wasn't a movie.
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Mid-fall sunrise shots, colors really like that not PP induced.
Things are finally slowing down. I'm still brain dead but I figured this theme is perfect for me.
These are native copper and moss agate. The "fern" in the agate is a natural mineral formation.
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Very nice! For some reason, they really remind me of the cover of Understanding Exposure.
+1 on great capture, I've read up on set-ups for this and neat to see others doing it.Water Droplet. First attempt at capturing one.