White Rim overlook

[Ben Egbert]

This is a hike of about one mile on level terrain. The only problem we had was finding the right trail at the beginning, I recall that he Gooseberry trail also starts here. But one found, it was easy and leads out to an overlook where you can see forever.

CC appreciated.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice view. Like the composition. A reverse GND would have worked well on this shot to bring out the sun over the horizon better.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice - I do agree with Jameel that a reverse GND would have helped here to keep the morning sun from blowing out the horizon.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice view. Like the composition. A reverse GND would have worked well on this shot to bring out the sun over the horizon better.

Nice - I do agree with Jameel that a reverse GND would have helped here to keep the morning sun from blowing out the horizon.

Thanks Guys, I quit using ND grads a couple years ago because of witness lines and color cast. I am usually ok with some blown out areas right around the sun so long as they are uniform. This area is not quite blown at least in the PSD file, but around 250,250,250.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Of course blending exposures would have worked as well.

 

[JimFox]

Hey a very nice shot Ben!

I like the view and I like how you worked the sun in. I know there are a lot of hikes there where you have to be careful which branch you take as once you get towards those points, if you are not up in the right spot you won't make it to it.

This is a shot where a Reverse ND grad would have worked because of the horizon being so flat. But, as @Jameel Hyder suggested with just blending exposures, that's the most common way I shoot now, even though I do have the Reverse and regular ND grads. Part of it might be laziness and not wanting to take the time to put the grads in, or simply because it does take time, and the light can move so fast. I mean, while it can seem like the sun takes forever to get to the horizon, once it's there it's only seconds before it dips behind it. So for practicality, I find myself most times just shooting (manually bracketing) and then blending later.

Jim

 

[Ben Egbert]

Hey a very nice shot Ben!

I like the view and I like how you worked the sun in. I know there are a lot of hikes there where you have to be careful which branch you take as once you get towards those points, if you are not up in the right spot you won't make it to it.

This is a shot where a Reverse ND grad would have worked because of the horizon being so flat. But, as @Jameel Hyder suggested with just blending exposures, that's the most common way I shoot now, even though I do have the Reverse and regular ND grads. Part of it might be laziness and not wanting to take the time to put the grads in, or simply because it does take time, and the light can move so fast. I mean, while it can seem like the sun takes forever to get to the horizon, once it's there it's only seconds before it dips behind it. So for practicality, I find myself most times just shooting (manually bracketing) and then blending later.

Jim

Hi Jim, yes, when a sun star is involved, blending can be a problem as the stars will be slightly different even after a few seconds.

Like I say, I accept that the area around the sun, which you can't even look at directly can be hot so long as it''s not posterized. Anyway, that's how I do it these days.

I have a blended and an HDR version someplace on my drive but decided this was the most natural look.

By the way, I sold my ND grads and all I have now is a 6 stop nd and a CPL.