Dream Lake Outflow


Posted by E.J. Peiker on Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:09 am

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Dream Lake - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
EOS 1Ds, 24-70 @ 46mm, 4 exposures, ISO 100

After photographing Dream Lake I was hiking back to the trail head when I came upon this scene. This is the outflow from Dream Lake where it starts its path down the mountain eventually spilling into Nymph Lake. I liked the scene a lot but also realized there was a contrast range of about 10 stops. So I took 4 exposures which I later blended ranging from 1 second to 1/8 second at f/20. Personally I really like the outcome - hope you do to :)

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by Lerkes on Fri Jun 25, 2004 5:33 am
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EJ - do you blend 4 shots just like you'd blend two? - put one on top of the other, apply a mask, and erase what you don't want? Great shot.
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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:51 am
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Lerkes wrote:EJ - do you blend 4 shots just like you'd blend two? - put one on top of the other, apply a mask, and erase what you don't want? Great shot.
Actually I take the two darker ones, do a blend then take the two brighter ones and do a blend and then blend the resultant images. If I had done this with just the darkest and the lightest shot, I think the result would have not looked as natural.
 

by balazs on Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:10 am
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Sure i do like it! And your commens as always are very enlightening.
 

by Campbell on Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:37 pm
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Beautiful shot, EJ.
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by jimtom on Fri Jun 25, 2004 5:22 pm
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E.J.,

10 stops? Fantastic job of overcoming your immediate problem, and great job on the blend! I think the finished image is absolutely super!
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by groundio on Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:57 am
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Hopefully some day i will get to see these kind of a landscapes for real. I like this!
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by Neil Fitzgerald on Sat Jun 26, 2004 7:26 pm
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You certainly have the blending down to a very fine art.
 

by chriscove on Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:00 am
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The DR in this is just great. Wondeful tones and textures. How do you blend then in PS? What opacity do you use? Great work!
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by Alexandre Vaz on Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:37 pm
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Great job :shock:

When I looked at this image I immediately though "how the heck did E.J. shot this impossible scene?"
And then I read your explanation...

I would have passed this killer scene not knowing hot to handle it (obviously with film is even worst, but not impossible).

I think an article for NSN describing your blending methods would be great.
 

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