Bittersweet Ending

Posted by Chris Kayler on Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:38 pm

All times are UTC-05:00

0 people like this post

First unread post

| 15 posts |

Page 1 of 1

"Bittersweet Ending"

An afternoon thunderstorm blew through a couple weeks ago with a clear sky to the west after it was through. There were double rainbows all the way across the sky. Unfortunately I didn't get to Great Falls National Park, where this photograph was created, early enough for the rainbows. Got some nice light though. Had to use ISO 400. My lord, the 7D is terrible when it comes to noise.

Technical Spectacle: Canon 7D, Canon 10-22. ~8 seconds @ f/13. ISO 400. Tripod.

www.chriskayler.com

Posted by:
Chris Kayler
Forum Contributor

Location: McLean, VA
Posts: 8840
Joined: 31 Mar 2004

Visit website

by Markus Jais on Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:04 am

Markus Jais
Lifetime Member

Posts: 2888
Joined: 5 Sep 2005
Location: Germany, near Munich
Member #:01791

View portfolio

Beautiful shot. Great light. Wonderful composition and use of shutter speed.

These type of shots with dark areas and lot's of contrast is not where the 7D shines

I now use only my 1DX for landscape photography and get better results.
Nikon's D4s / D810 should produce even better results in the dark areas.

Markus

0 people like this post

by Pedro da Costa on Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:12 am

Pedro da Costa
Forum Contributor

Posts: 1036
Joined: 7 Jan 2013
Member #:02133

View portfolio
Visit website

Great shot Chris and a great sky and composition.

0 people like this post

by Luzestelar on Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:00 am

Luzestelar
Forum Contributor

Posts: 1351
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
Location: Asturias. Spain

Visit website

Very nice picture Chris

Jose Fernandez
Web: http://josefernandezgarcia.com

0 people like this post

by Greg Basco on Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:46 am

Greg Basco
Forum Contributor

Posts: 2432
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Costa Rica
Member #:01519

View portfolio
Visit website

I really like this, Chris. Good composition and a great balance of foreground and sky. Did you use a grad ND filter? I'm puzzled by the "had to use ISO 400" comment. Would 16 seconds at ISO 200 given you too much water blur? Just curious.

Cheers,
Greg

Deep Green Photography
Check out my new e-book, Flash for the Nature Photographer!
Visit me on YouTube!

0 people like this post

by Chris Kayler on Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:05 am

Chris Kayler
Forum Contributor

Posts: 8840
Joined: 31 Mar 2004
Location: McLean, VA

Visit website

Greg Basco wrote:...I'm puzzled by the "had to use ISO 400" comment. Would 16 seconds at ISO 200 given you too much water blur? Just curious.

Cheers,
Greg

Hi Greg, I could have shot at ISO 200 but a few things made it not so ideal. There were bursts of wind that moved the plants every so often, and I wanted to reduce that. Also, the light was changing very quickly and I wanted to squeeze in more frames into the session. Having 16-20 second exposures made that less of a possibility. Finally, yeah, I don't generally like water when it gets too soft. The water in this image is already a bit soft for my tastes, so 16 seconds would have been even worse.

... Forgot to mention the blend. This is a blend of two images, one for the sky and one for the water, taken right after another. No grads for me!

Thanks for commenting

www.chriskayler.com

0 people like this post

by Greg Basco on Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:18 am

Greg Basco
Forum Contributor

Posts: 2432
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Costa Rica
Member #:01519

View portfolio
Visit website

Thanks, Chris. I was just curious as I enjoy the thought process behind tech choices. This makes total sense

Cheers,
Greg

Deep Green Photography
Check out my new e-book, Flash for the Nature Photographer!
Visit me on YouTube!

0 people like this post

by Gary Briney on Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:22 am