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The pony’s tail

The pony’s tail
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, California

Nikon D70, Nikkor 12-24mm f/4G
Gitzo 1228LVL, RRS BH-55
DxO (exp, blur, distorion, ca, vignette. noise, lighting) Photoshop (digital blending) nik CEP (contrast: color range) Aperture (shadow/highlight, denoise, sharpen)
(3 exposures, 1/10-1/3sec) @ f/22, iso 800, 12mm (18mm)
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Being able to get behind a waterfall is always a unique photographic experience, even if it is just to practice making a compositional “frame”. Having an ultra-wide makes it all the easier.

The only new thing here is the use of digital photography which allows me to take bracketed exposures and turn it into a photograph with as much dynamic range as a black and white. Digital blending was used in much the same way as dodging and burning, but on steroids. I then used gausian blur on the layer mask to smooth out the transitions.

I prefer this method to using HDR because HDR has a tendency to make things look very "plasticy" when you want the detail.

I used the color range contrast to separate out the greens and darken the foreground a little. It was a fight between wanting a frame and wanted the detail in the shadows to be visible.

It goes without saying that I wish I remembered to set my camera back to ISO 200 and did a better job of wiping down the filter.

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Taken on: August 2, 2005

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Groups appears in: • Landscape • Pacific Northwest Outdoors more » • PhotoShop • Cool Outdoor Pics • Water... Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Creeks • 28mm or wider • RawShooter « less

Camera: Nikon D70, f/22.0, 1.6 sec, 12mm (=18mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D70
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	1.6
Focal Length:	12mm (35mm equivalent: 18mm)
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	+2 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Contrast:	Low
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh
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