Passing Squall, Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by gadion:
Very nice shot. Congratulations.

Passing Squall, Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by Neil:
Beautiful! Congratulations!

When Cichlids dream of love, time stops...
by Bear_Music

Comment by JuliBoc:
I love these colors and the fact that it doesn't look like a kaleidoscope. It looks rather like a reflection on a silver tray.

Passing Squall, Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by TrollMan:
Excellent job Robert and well deserved. I love the resulting image.

Passing Squall, Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by Adz:
Awesome, congrats!


Message edited by author 2010-11-10 12:23:19.

Passing Squall, Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by nutzito:

Originally posted by Bear_Music: Originally posted by LevT: congratulations, Robert! The first place could get away with a 4s exposure at 800ISO, and you needed 66s at 1600. Rural life is harder :). I was about to comment on that, over there :-) Not only that, he was stopped down a stop and a half more. It really has me scratching my head, mainly over how he managed a blue sky... I mean, if the sky's lit by ambient reflected light, wouldn't be a much warmer color? CF my clouds... It's all a mystery to me :-)

Hi Robert (and LevT), excuse me for commenting about my entry, which is not as good as yours, but I thought it could be useful to clarify: As compared to mine, ambient light for your shot was close to zero. I think that is why my settings: faster shutter speed, smaller aperture and lower ISO, did the job for me but they would not work for you.
About exposure: You did not have thousands of light bulbs within the frame as I did, so I had not to overexpose highlights too much (in mid and background), leaving some room for balancing exposure during pp. The easiest way (only way in basic editing) was to underexpose on a single shot, and then rescue the shadows in pp. A better way would've been to make a multiple shot HDR, but I was not sure if it was advanced or basic editing, it was too cold for the pg to stay still, and my tripod and me were standing on a not so steady ground. Foreground ambient light was way less intense and firing the flash a few times was necessary to fill that area.
About color: Too many kinds of artificial light temp's within frame, from extremely warm to cold bulbs, and used automatic WB. Sky came out dark blue, even darker than yours.Then, in raw processing, I found that approx. 2500K WB provided a good color balance, which added a cooler blueish hue to sky. Rescuing exposure of shadows made the sky a bit lighter and the whole image looked more balanced. The rest was usual advanced editing ..... I hope now it is less of a mystery :-). If you have any more questions please feel free to ask.

Message edited by author 2010-11-10 20:38:13.

Passing Squall, Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by DrAchoo:
Yep. I knew this shot was going to be a contender. Congrats!

Passing Squall, Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by Ja-9:
Congrats Robert!!! really nice picture...

Passing Squall, Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by sfmorris:
Congrats Bear on your Yellow Ribbon!! Beautiful!!

Message edited by author 2010-11-10 10:43:58.

When Cichlids dream of love, time stops...
by Bear_Music

Comment by bobnospum:
Very peaceful and dreamy. I wonder if we can make money selling these things. We would have to be careful not to tell anyone how we do it -- it would take away all the mystery!