I got very lucky with this image! I had planned out the morning to catch the eclipse, but I had my dates wrong and only realized my error the evening before as I was settling down for the night, so I didn't get to bed as early as I would have liked to rest up for my morning outing. And, I didn't have my spot fully picked out to catch this once in a lifetime celestial event. Because of this, I set the alarm a bit earlier than I might have otherwise done, which was a good thing (as you'll see as I work my way through this rambling narrative...). An hour and 20min drive to my viewpoint only to find it socked in by the clouds you can see past the ridgeline in this shot and I had a panicky race to my backup viewpoint (which would have been a 20min drive under normal circumstances - I won't say how long it took me to get there that morning...).
I have yet to develop the full skillset when it comes to landscape photography. I couldn't sort out the right settings for shooting into the sun, so I bracketed every composition in hopes that I could exposure blend something together into a solid image. I haven't shared my image from that morning before now because I tried processing my files 3 times before today, but I couldn't get a "final" image that felt both real and looked like how I remembered the morning. Until now.
This may not be perfection in photography, but it captures how I remembered the scene. I shot it a bit wider than images I've seen from other photographers , but I wanted to capture the ethereal mists of the morning as well as the crescent sun. Those same clouds almost blocked the view of the event entirely, but I managed to find a window of opportunity with is image.
I apologize for the rambling description with this image!
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The last of my set of images from last weekend's trip to this beautiful waterfall.
Hardware: Olympus OM-D e-M1.2 with the m.Zuiko 25mm f1.2 Pro lens on my meFoto Globetrotter Classic tripod. 7 image panorama utilizing in-camera HDR. Base exposure info: 25mm | f8 | 1/4s | ISO64.
Software: Each image was initially processed in DxO Photo Lab 4 and then stitched in On1 Photo RAW 2021 with a variety of global and local edits.
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Yes, I know the "dawn" part is relatively irrelevant in a monochrome image, but that is the title you get! ;-)
Hardware: Olympus OM-D e-M1.2 with the m.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8 Pro lens and NiSi 10stop ND filter, all mounted on my MeFoto Globetrotter Classic tripod - 12mm | ISO64 | 451s | f8.
Software: Initial RAW processing on DxO PhotoLab 4, landscape filter adjustments in On1 Photo RAW 2021 with a roundtrip to Nik Silver Efex Pro for the mono conversion.
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Another image from a magical morning last weekend!
As far as the technical side goes, this image is a 3 shot HDR (+/- 1 1/3 stops). But each of those images were made utilizing the Olympus Hi-Res mode sensor shifting 8 separate exposures to yield an 80mp final result. So, this is actually a blend of 24 images! Adding all those exposures together yields a total exposure of a fraction under 2 seconds.
This image was processed in a workflow that included DxO PhotoLab 4, HDR Efex Pro & On1 Photo RAW 2020.5.
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Milky Way over Griffis (option 2)
This is the same subject as what I posted Monday, but a bit later in the evening to get the Milky Way in a more attractive position. I also sorted out a new workflow that yields a better result (in my opinion).
Tech Specs: Image made with my Olympus OM-D e-M1.2 with the m.Zuiko 8mm f1.8 Fisheye Pro lens and mounted on my Mefoto Globetrotter Classic tripod. Again, this is a stack of 19 exposures (15 light and 4 dark) for the sky and 1 exposure for the foreground. The base foreground exposure utilized Olympus' Live Composite mode to stack multiple exposures and only add light to the image with each new exposure. Total exposure was about a half hour while I played with a very diffused LED Lenser flashlight (ISO1600 | 10s | f1.8). The 19 sky exposures were ISO4000 | 8s | f1.8).
Post-Processing: My workflow involved more editing of each exposure in On1 prior to exporting the series to Starry Landscape Stacker. The stacked image was then brought back into On1 to blend the foreground and sky and finalize my edits.
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