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Just spent an amazing weekend in Tahoe for a friend's birthday. Three days and nights of partying, hot-tubbing, feasting, breathing the clean mountain air, and of course, photography boot-camp style.
I visited Tahoe for the first time as a photographer about 6 months ago and fell in love with its beauty. There is something about the white granite boulders in the clear blue water that is just mesmerizing. Although I live at the coast, my heart is always in the mountains, a fact that I was strongly reminded of this weekend.
Here's a shot from my first sunset of the weekend. Little did I know this light was only a precursor of amazing things to come. :)
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Tech Notes on this Photo
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Nikon D300s
Tokina 12-24 mm
ISO100
f/9 - sharpest spot on my lens but still provides sufficient DOF at 12mm; helps defocus scratches, drops, and dust on my filters/lens
6 sec
12 mm on a crop sensor
Lee 3-stop and 2-stop soft GND Filters, handheld at an angle roughly along the slope of the hill to the left.
Post-Processing
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In Raw Converter (Nikon Capture NX2)
- Processed single raw file twice, once for sky, once for foreground
- Global contrast for added pop
- Slightly darkened and added contrast to the sky to add oomph
- Brightened foreground by ~2/3 of a stop and added contrast
- Brightened snow and hill on left
In Photoshop:
- Noise reduction via Neat Image
- Selective sharpening of rock in foreground and hill on left
- Curves layer to slightly brighten image
- Curves layer to add a small amount of global contrast
- Hand blended in another shot which was ~2/3 stop darker in order to recover bright highlights at the horizon
Thanks for looking!
~Josh
