South Africa - Sardine Run and More...

[Deefstes]

Larry, your pics are truly awesome. I'm fotunate to live in South Africa so I get to see Elephants and the likes fairly regularly but your pictures are inspiring.

I have to ask, how did you manage the shot with the sun in the frame? Did you use a split or gradient neutral density filter or HDR or something?

 

[fairybasslet]

I love baby elephants. A friend of mine told me on the sardine run, you sit in your gear on a little boat all day getting ready to splash. He didn't think he would be comfortable. Is this true?

 

[Fastmarc]

Wow, very very nice.
Add me to the 'green with envy' list.
Eagerly awaiting more...

 

[Hammerhead]

I have to ask, how did you manage the shot with the sun in the frame? Did you use a split or gradient neutral density filter or HDR or something?

No, nothing fancy, just a very high f-stop. Let me check the data and get back to you.

Still PO'd about the crap on the sensor, but too lazy (and busy) to Photochop it out

 

[Deefstes]

No, nothing fancy, just a very high f-stop. Let me check the data and get back to you.

Well that's interesting. I would have expected that if you stopped down enough for the sun not to completely take over the sky section of your image, the foreground would have been totally underexposed, but it isn't.

By the way, I think this picture is a good example where the photography rule of "never" putting the horizon through the middle of the picture was broken successfully. Again, well done.

 

[Hammerhead]

Bumped for Bill22

 

[Hammerhead]

Well that's interesting. I would have expected that if you stopped down enough for the sun not to completely take over the sky section of your image, the foreground would have been totally underexposed, but it isn't.

By the way, I think this picture is a good example where the photography rule of "never" putting the horizon through the middle of the picture was broken successfully. Again, well done.

Thanks for that, I used the autofocus to lock on the foreground and then composed form there. Maybe this helped, I was surprised myself by how it turned out...

I think you can do whatever you like with the horizon, as long as it's not the centre of attention in the frame, but your centre does need to be pretty powerful for it to work.

Then again, it's all pretty subjective. I liked the effect, and I'm glad you did, too.

 

[Larry C]

I hate you.....I'm sure the other PPDers will hate you too.

ps - Larry, where are the sardines?

Let's see, Sardine Run, Galapagos.....I'd have to agree with Caloy here. No, your white balance is fine, I really am turning green.

 

[ScubaSteve]

I am curious in hearing the response to this so I will bump it to the top...

I love baby elephants. A friend of mine told me on the sardine run, you sit in your gear on a little boat all day getting ready to splash. He didn't think he would be comfortable. Is this true?

 

[tridacna]

Absolutely right. Mea culpa.

AND I can't find the froggie or the leopard shot. I'll check the home PC tomorrow as I've been away for a job interview.

"encumbent" - I like a fellow wordsmith!

"Encumbent"? Fellow wordsmith? Talk about bad English. Neither of you can spell. Too funny.