Join for FREE | Take the Tour Lost Password?
[x]

deviantART

 

Valley of Desolation by ~hougaard:iconhougaard:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Landscapes

©2009 ~hougaard
:iconhougaard:

Artist's Comments

Valley of Desolation, Karoo, South Africa.

Canon 5D
Canon 17-40mm L
F16
ISO100
3 exposures.

Good criticism welcomed. Alex Nail's sharpening method used.

All rights reserved. this may not be used or reproduced in any way.

Comments


love 2 2 joy 1 1 wow 0 0 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconseppukumaru:
*Seppukumaru Jan 3, 2009, 5:23:21 AM
Looks like it was taken somewhere in the Southwestern USA.
The colors are awesome, the overall red tint does wonders for the image. :D
:iconsassaputzin:
*sassaputzin Jan 3, 2009, 5:23:41 AM
i like the composition as its not conventional...the colours are great...my only criticism is whats going on around the sun....
:iconjames-dolan:
~james-dolan Jan 3, 2009, 5:25:55 AM
Wow! Great picture Hougaard! Intersing foreground and awesome middleground. Great job on this. Has to be one of my favorites from yours up to date. I prefer images you do like this.

--
James Dolan :flaguk:
Online Portfollio: [link]
:icondrewyboy:
=drewyboy Jan 3, 2009, 5:30:49 AM
Beautiful light, not your best though :)
:iconhougaard:
~hougaard Jan 3, 2009, 5:31:01 AM
I wanted the bright red lens flare look to go with the red rocks. And I think it adds some interest to the color-less sky. I did my absolute best to control the highlight and in the end that's the look I settled for. If I darken that spot then the colors clip really badly and it looks very unnatural.

--
Capturing the Southern African landscape

[link]
:iconsassaputzin:
*sassaputzin Jan 3, 2009, 5:40:57 AM
i understand what you mean...and obviously its what you get if you shoot directly at a sun like this without any cloud cover....the flare doesnt bother me..or the rays its more the 'blob' (for want of a better word) that you get over the top of the sun.....but this is a personal taste thing hougaard
:iconhougaard:
~hougaard Jan 3, 2009, 5:45:36 AM
I know completely what you mean and it bothers me too. It's one of those things that are affected by the weather from day to day, where a single cloud can make the difference. In the more populated areas that blob is more subtle because of pollution blocking out a lot of the light low when the sun is that low, but as you can see in this shot, there's barely anything for 400km. I did get that extra dark exposure for the highlight, but it doesn't really help.

--
Capturing the Southern African landscape

[link]
:icongoodfoot42:
=Goodfoot42 Jan 3, 2009, 5:46:05 AM
I really like the compo and the over-all exposure in this frame is spot on. However, the rocks in the foreground appear to be over-sharpened and it doesn't look natural in my opinion.
:iconsassaputzin:
*sassaputzin Jan 3, 2009, 5:52:06 AM
yep i know i have bracketed shots of similar subjects between about 10 stops but could never get it to look right, you've just gotta liove with it if you want a shot like this........obviously when you get your 5d mk2 this will all be irrelevant :D
:iconhougaard:
~hougaard Jan 3, 2009, 6:01:26 AM
:D shouldn't be more than 10 days

--
Capturing the Southern African landscape

[link]
Previous Page12345...Next Page

Details

January 3
216 KB
216 KB
700×466

Statistics

81
606 [who?]
4,511 (0 today)
0 (0 today)

Share

Link
Embed
Thumb

Site Map

©2009 deviantART. All rights reserved
About Us | Contact Us | Site Tour | Help & FAQ Advertise | Services Etiquette | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Copyright Policy