Over Exposed?

ridetwistyroadsridetwistyroads Registered Users Posts: 526 Major grins
edited February 25, 2005 in Wildlife
I absolutely love shooting streams and creeks and waterfalls and such, and I love doing loooong exposure. :lust

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I've learned alot about how wb works with the water combined with a polarizer, but this still leaves me pondering. Is this shot overexposed? I like the green moss on the rocks and the brown tones under the water, but the water's pretty blown out. Izzat alright? Thoughts? :ear
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  • BridgeCityBridgeCity Registered Users Posts: 338 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    Well personally... I love it :) Overexposed as compared to what? I think you could have sped up the shutter a little, but I love the long flowing effect you have captured. I don't think I would do anything different if I were to shoot that shot.

    Keep em commin! thumb.gif
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    Short answer: yes. Technically speaking, the water is pure white and you've lost all the detail.

    Now if you've done that on purpose, for creative effect, good onya. It's still blown-out, tho. naughty.gif
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  • mushymushy Registered Users Posts: 643 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    I love the photo, any chance of sharing a few settings used to take the photo?

    Plus what sort of lighting conditions were you dealing with?

    Cheers
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  • Matthew SavilleMatthew Saville Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,352 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    There is a very subdued feeling here and I like it, high contast would be bad, and blowing much more water would be bad, but it's looking good. If it were possible however I'd have bracketed two frames and added a little detail into those highlights with a darker exposure but other than that I like the tones in the rest of the image.

    However, check your red histogram. It looks to me like things are quite a bit hot there, I would have cooled off your WB there possibly. Although it does have a nice soft, warm and comfortable look. But still, try going into color adjustments and bring up the blue / drop the red in shadows. Any better? Auto color in PS has some good advice, too...

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  • GerryDavidGerryDavid Registered Users Posts: 439 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    ridetwistyroads, this is a great picture. Looks almost surreal. :0)

    Whats the exif?
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    ridetwistyroads wrote:
    I absolutely love shooting streams and creeks and waterfalls and such, and I love doing loooong exposure. iloveyou.gif


    I've learned alot about how wb works with the water combined with a polarizer, but this still leaves me pondering. Is this shot overexposed? I like the green moss on the rocks and the brown tones under the water, but the water's pretty blown out. Izzat alright? Thoughts? ear.gif
    I HATE blownout highlights. When I shoot I expose to avoid blowouts. However this pic works fine. Its a beautiful shot. It has an otherwordly (is that a word?) feel to it. Does the pic work for you? If yes leave it alone.
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  • ridetwistyroadsridetwistyroads Registered Users Posts: 526 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    mushy wrote:
    I love the photo, any chance of sharing a few settings used to take the photo?

    Plus what sort of lighting conditions were you dealing with?

    Cheers
    M
    Thanks.

    The lighting was very even, I shoot stuff like that on cloudy, dreary days.

    Exif? Ummmm......f22 and maybe 3-5 second shutter. The aperature that wasn't for any DOF concerns, it was a matter of getting that long shutter.
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  • ridetwistyroadsridetwistyroads Registered Users Posts: 526 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    I HATE blownout highlights. When I shoot I expose to avoid blowouts. However this pic works fine. Its a beautiful shot. It has an otherwordly (is that a word?) feel to it. Does the pic work for you? If yes leave it alone.
    Me too, generally. But as you said, I like the fourth dimension surealish effect it has.
    It does work for me, I love stuff like that. I second guess youself sometimes.....:uhoh
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  • digital faeriedigital faerie Registered Users Posts: 667 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    ridetwistyroads wrote:
    Is this shot overexposed? I like the green moss on the rocks and the brown tones under the water, but the water's pretty blown out. Izzat alright? Thoughts? ear.gif
    personally I love the effect.....if art's not about breaking some rules then what is? mwink.gif

    it gives it this ethereal feeling....something right out of a movie about faeries....maybe I'm the wrong person to ask, I'm a bit biased rolleyes1.gif
  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited February 25, 2005
    the photo is quite intoxicating and very beautiful. makes you want to stare at it, investigate it, understand it... and afterall, isn't that what art is about? thumb.gif
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  • itscriticalitscritical Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
    edited February 25, 2005
    Absolutely not

    the water is just moving so gracefully over the water that you are catching the movement very well. Awesome picture. Congrats.
    :huh Philip

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