So, a few days ago Tennessee got a bit of a dusting of snow. I thought I'd take the opportunity to re-sh0ot the barn and tree scene from a week or so earlier, as well as fix a few issues with my previous venture.
After closing down the aperture a bit from my earlier attempt, lowering my ISO to something more in line with a daylight environment, and being sure my field of vision was free of stray twigs, I recorded several images with slight differences in exposure (some of y'all might have this down to a science, but I'm still climbing the learning curve).
I found it interesting in the image processing (an aspect I enjoy as much as recording the image), how much the quality of light affected the image. My first attempt featured strong afternoon sun an hour or so before it set. During my second shoot, the sky was overcast, but the snow provided a great deal of light that wasn't present before. Each had its own unique characteristics and changed the shooting conditions in their own way.
In any event, here's the finished product of my second attempt, this time with snow. I should add that I tend to like a little more contrast than some, maybe a little too dark in some places, maybe not enough in others. This is the result after several visits with the image in process over a few days. For me, bringing out the image from the file is somewhat similar to visiting the eye doctor for a new prescription: "Which is better, a or b ... one or two ...c or d ...three ...or ...four?" So, yeah, there were a few variations with the image, this is the one that found its way to this page...
After closing down the aperture a bit from my earlier attempt, lowering my ISO to something more in line with a daylight environment, and being sure my field of vision was free of stray twigs, I recorded several images with slight differences in exposure (some of y'all might have this down to a science, but I'm still climbing the learning curve).
I found it interesting in the image processing (an aspect I enjoy as much as recording the image), how much the quality of light affected the image. My first attempt featured strong afternoon sun an hour or so before it set. During my second shoot, the sky was overcast, but the snow provided a great deal of light that wasn't present before. Each had its own unique characteristics and changed the shooting conditions in their own way.
In any event, here's the finished product of my second attempt, this time with snow. I should add that I tend to like a little more contrast than some, maybe a little too dark in some places, maybe not enough in others. This is the result after several visits with the image in process over a few days. For me, bringing out the image from the file is somewhat similar to visiting the eye doctor for a new prescription: "Which is better, a or b ... one or two ...c or d ...three ...or ...four?" So, yeah, there were a few variations with the image, this is the one that found its way to this page...
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