On the Edge

[Gwyver]

Stanage Edge to be precise - which is a millstone grit outcrop approx 4Km long in the Peak District to the north west of Hathersage.

This is a view looking SW from the small quarry below High Neb where millstones were handcrafted until early in the 19th century.

The image is a panorama (7800 x3700 pixels) comprising 4 portrait oriented HDR images each from 3 exposures at (+2, 0, -2). Taken with E3 & 12~60 SWD @ fl=17mm, F8. HDRs creating using Photomatix 3, panorama created using Autopano Pro.

The picture shows ghosting of the bracken stalks in the foreground on LHS - this arises because of the wind moving the foliage between shots in the HDR sequence.

Perhaps I would have got better results using a ZD 7~14mm lens and taking it a at time of day when the sun wasn't directly in front! Something to save up for?

I've used it for a first attempt at printing using 13" wide roll paper - it's quite eye-catching at that size.

[EH1]

Re: On the Edge

A great picture! Well done

[shenstone]

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A nice shot of a nice place.

At this scale I can't see the issues on the bracken

I do like the shafts of sun in the clouds

Regards
Andy

[Zuiko]

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Wow Chris,

There's a lot of work gone into this shot and it shows. Bet it looks great printed really big!

[ringneck]

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Wow Chris,

There's a lot of work gone into this shot and it shows. Bet it looks great printed really big!

"The image is a panorama (7800 x3700 pixels) comprising 4 portrait oriented HDR images each from 3 exposures at (+2, 0, -2). Taken with E3 & 12~60 SWD @ fl=17mm, F8. HDRs creating using Photomatix 3, panorama created using Autopano Pro."........

That lot means nothing to me........BUT for all the top range equipment that been used I find the result dissapointing...regardless of it being shot into the sun it is very pale.
Hope you don't mind but I copied it and tweaked it a bit......
Main thing was it was on 0 on levels on the black side so I set it to the start of the peak at 19 then just VERY TINY amounts of brightness/contrast...sats/lightness and a bit of sharpness.
All the above were done to get some contrast and darkness into it.
Thanks
Keith

[Gwyver]

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Hope you don't mind but I copied it and tweaked it a bit......
Main thing was it was on 0 on levels on the black side so I set it to the start of the peak at 19 then just VERY TINY amounts of brightness/contrast...sats/lightness and a bit of sharpness.
All the above were done to get some contrast and darkness into it.
Thanks
Keith

Keith, Not a problem - after all, how any image is PP'd is just a matter of personal taste. For myself, the (original) problem is a lack of brightness especially in the foreground.

[snaarman]

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What a fantastic location, what an excellent shot! (I prefer the slightly darker version myself).

BTW - here is a picture that deserves to be in the Looking for Perfection section in my opinion.

Pete

[OlyPaul]

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I really like this Chris and can appriciate the work that went into it.

Although the darker version seems a little better, as you point out it still does not put right the lack of brightness in the foreground so for your consideration and because I like the image a lotI tried it this way...I will delete it after you have seen it.

[Gwyver]

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I really like this Chris and can appriciate the work that went into it.

Although the darker version seems a little better, as you point out it still does not put right the lack of brightness in the foreground so for your consideration and because I like the image a lotI tried it this way...I will delete it after you have seen it.

Paul,
Yes that's a much better representation of the scene as I saw it. It was a really bright day - which is why I did all the messing about with HDR. My latest efforts at PP are getting closer to your version but as yet lack the (orange) punchiness in the bracken on the RHS. Please let me know what/how you tweaked it?

[Gwyver]

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Wow Chris,

There's a lot of work gone into this shot and it shows. Bet it looks great printed really big!

John,
Thanks. The print might "look great" when my R1900 printer stops playing up
It is working fine with whatever size of cut-sheet photo paper I use, but both attempts at printing on the roll paper result in apparently random stripes of a pinkish hue which are approx 3/4" wide & recur at about 9" intervals. First thought was that the paper is wound unevenly on the roll and hence occasionally resists being unwound - so I un/rewound but to no avail. I don't think the problem is ink/head clogging because as mentioned on paper up to A3+ it works OK.

The issue is that failed printing experiments with an image size of 13" x 27" is rather expensive on consumables All advise welcome.

[Gwyver]

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What a fantastic location, what an excellent shot! (I prefer the slightly darker version myself).

BTW - here is a picture that deserves to be in the Looking for Perfection section in my opinion.

Pete

Pete,
Thanks - that's high praise indeed coming from the guy who created the 'Dawn Panorama' of the Berkshire Downs.

[OlyPaul]

Re: On the Edge

Fairly easy to do Chris a feathered selection of the foreground following the natural line of the midground hill line then using a S type curves adjustment layer on the selection to increase contrast which also increases saturation while leaving the background and sky untouched and gives a more three dimensional feel to the image.