Cacti

DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
edited January 24, 2005 in Wildlife
On my Sunday Hike, I took a bunch of shots of this cacti. I was there at the wrong time of day (although I'm not sure what the right time of day would be--more on that later). The pictures came back flat looking. In this shot I'm shooting westward into the sun, it was almost 3:30. Sun's above, but in the direction I'm shooting.

I'm wondering when the best light for this shot would be, and I'm gonna try going back at sunset, sunrise/early morning. I'm not yet happy with the compo, lighting, etc., but I think that there could be a good shot in this scene, I've just got to get it right.

Anyway, this is what I got Sunday. RAW processed, Velvia action, sky added (yeah, it needed a lot of help).

EDIT: I forgot to ask for comments! Critique away.

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  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2005
    I think its kinda cool and I see some kind of color aboration. I would try alot of reshoots closer wide angle etc. Without being there it is hard for a photographic neanderthal for like me to give any advice:D . Like I said I like it but I bet if you work this area a hot shot is gonna come from thisthumb.gif
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2005
    Shakey wrote:
    I think its kinda cool and I see some kind of color aboration. I would try alot of reshoots closer wide angle etc. Without being there it is hard for a photographic neanderthal for like me to give any advice:D . Like I said I like it but I bet if you work this area a hot shot is gonna come from thisthumb.gif
    Tim

    Thanks, yeah there's a bit of a flare in there, I think. That's prolly the biggest drawback of the 17-40 f4L, is it's prone to flares.

    Here's another:

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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2005
    How about a little fill flash?
    I like the backlit quality. In cases like this I use my fill flash (flash set to low, depending on my distance from the subject). With a little experimentation, you might get what you are looking for.

    Probably early am light would be best.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2005
    Dee wrote:
    I like the backlit quality. In cases like this I use my fill flash (flash set to low, depending on my distance from the subject). With a little experimentation, you might get what you are looking for.

    Probably early am light would be best.

    I tried fill, it didn't work. Doesn't mean it won't, just that I didn't get it right.

    Early morning light would put the sun behind me when shooting this. I'm gonna try that, too. Also later around sunset.
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