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New Long Exposure! check it out and critique. +K

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icantskiiFILM
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Apr 25 2010 2:29PM
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icantskiiFILM
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forgot to write..

but yeah this is my first long exposure. id love to hear some critiquing or something. ill award +k for anything really.

ISO 100 18mm f/16 1.6 sec
Apr 25 2010 2:31PM
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yourthemannowdog
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try a lower iso if your camera can, and and adjust the white balance to contrast the green and bring it out a little more. If you have a UV filter that would have helped a lot here. Nice photo a little too bright though
Apr 25 2010 3:24PM
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icantskiiFILM
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thanks. and yeah i have a filter somewhere i just need to find it. but thanks ill work on that. colors are pretty dull. and na thats the lowest my camera goes. theres no other Lo option for a 50 iso or something. ill work on it tho +k
Apr 25 2010 3:31PM
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yourthemannowdog
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You can go into gimp or something and lower the brightness and boost the contrast a tad it would help a great deal. A lot of mistakes can be partially be countered but can lead to quality loss, be careful
Apr 25 2010 3:48PM
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Turner.
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^ the issue with the brightness an lack of pop with regards to the green was what stuck out most for me. also though, you probably could have chosen a faster moving stretch of water for your shot (assuming you were going for the blurry whitewater look?)
don't let me get you down though, it's definitely better than anything I could do, keep it up!
Apr 25 2010 5:12PM
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icantskiiFILM
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yeah i no i was pressed on time ill be back there another time to look for better spots. im gna try to boost colors and shit tho. and thanks
Apr 25 2010 5:38PM
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yourthemannowdog
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that is true but contrast would help a little, i would be a nice shot if the brightness was toned down but he is shooting with a d60 and he doesn't get L1.0 like i have on my d90, go back there and try it with f/22
Apr 25 2010 6:24PM
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Elife
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i liked it and I was bored so I did a quick edit from the jpeg

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Apr 25 2010 6:34PM
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Aenigma
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The sky in the upper left corner is definitely hot, and I'd like to see the rocks in the foreground toned down a bit as well. Those things could either be fixed with the burn tool, or a combination of masking and levels adjustments (the latter would most likely produce better results). Also, the foreground still isn't looking sharp, so if you re-shoot either find a way to get a bit further back from those rocks or stop down to f/22--I'd like to see the exposure lengthened a bit anyway.

To my knowledge, iso 50 is not a native iso on any digital cameras, so if you had the ability to use it you would be sacrificing some dynamic range. My solution would be stopping down or using a ND filter.

And lastly, landscape stuff always looks better on film...namely Provia 100F for positive or Kodak 160 porta NC for negative.
Apr 25 2010 7:22PM
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icantskiiFILM
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im not a huge fan of too much post production. but i definitely agree with making it f/22. what ill also try to do is just take the picture a little later and that could help with the sky also allowing a longer exposure. and yeah idk about the 50 iso ive read up on cameras allowing for a 50 ISO equivalent. ill go reshoot this one day and make it a lot better this time.
Apr 25 2010 7:38PM
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Aenigma
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My 5D has 50 ISO, but I never use it unless I absolutely have to because it doesn't look as good. My general rule for PP is that if I can't do it in the darkroom, I probably won't do it in Photoshop...although I might stretch that occasionally. Changing the tonal range a bit in a few spots is definitely something that could be done in the darkroom. For example, here are some printing notes from Richard Avedon:

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Apr 25 2010 7:59PM
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icantskiiFILM
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truth. i still dont think that the sky can be cured. if i burn it it would just turn an ugly grayish color
Apr 25 2010 8:11PM
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clandemush
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i would definitely boost the contrast and not make it quite as bright. the place where the brightness gets me is in the upper half of the photo.. its fine lower. all in all though, really sick, keep up the good work!
Apr 27 2010 2:40AM
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