I just got done with a brilliant Friday afternoon bike ride. If feels like spring is upon us! This is an image from several months back, an archival print from the dark days of January. You can find a larger desktop version of it over on the ‘Desktops’ page. Although these clouds make great candidates for HDR images, let’s hope there days are long gone.
Capture Notes:
Nikon D300
Nikkor 35mm 1.8
Gitzo Traveler
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Processing Note:
Capture (7 images)
Photomatix (HDR Tonemapping)
Nik ColorEFX Pro (Tonal Contrast Boost Contrast and Desaturate)
Nik ColorEFX Pro (Bleach Bypass)
Nik Define 2.0 (Automatic)
Photoshop (Crop Resize)
Nik Sharpener (Display 30% Adaptive selectively applied to tree and foreground)
LightAsMagic.com
Tip: I’m not sure if this is necessarily a tip, but an interesting technique. I have discovered with trees like this is to use a bit slower shutter speed on a mildly windy day. The main trunk will stay stable and in focus, where the smaller branches will move around and blur. It definitely gives it a Tim Burton vibe.
