Sky, shadows and the sea

Logged February 24th, 2006 at General

Quinawan Monochrome

Quinawan Point, Bataan

I decided to add a new category on this blog that would focus more on how the shots were taken and other technicalities.

Tech Data: Olympus C750 UZ (Semi-SLR), Handheld, Aperture Priority, 1/500 shutterspeed, f/6.3 Aperture, ISO 100, White Balance set at Manual, Tokina Circular Polarizer, Cokin Gradual Grey Medium (ND4) Filter

This was shot in Quinawan Bataan, I thought the two bamboo pillars looked picturesque with the human silhouettes and grass blades from afar. The tricky parts in shooting this landscapes with the lightsource in front is evening out the foreground and the sky. If you focus on the sky the foreground/ land becomes darker and becomes shadow, but if you shoot the foreground the sky would overexpose and blow up the highlights leaving the sky dull. To even out the sky I focused and metered on the foreground to keep its detail, used a Cokin Graduated Neutral Density Filter on the sky to reveal its color.

Post-processing done in photoshop was to colorize it in Hue/Saturazion for the Sepia look, which I think was more appropriate for the picture. Below is the original raw picture out of the camera.

Quinawan Colored

Original Photo

Tags: Bataan, exposure, Photography, Quinawan

9 Comments on

“Sky, shadows and the sea”

beautiful slihoulette…nice colors contrast here…i like u add the warm tone of orange-brown…makes the sunlight brighter…well done:-) btw i kinda like the original also…cooler tone . look like painting for me:-)

outdoorexposure February 25, 2006 at 4:55 am

Wow ! Beautiful!!!
Thank you for this new category. I wish more photo blogs would do the same thing. It is intresting to know how you did the picture and to see the difference with the original picture.
By the way, I like both versions.

Sidney February 25, 2006 at 8:24 am

ang ganda nito ferdz! sarap tingnan, mapayapa

alex February 25, 2006 at 3:22 pm

very dramatic nga yung sepia version, Ferdz. nice!

if you want to have more control sa sepia conversion, try using Mode >> Grayscale, Mode >> Duotone. Then tinker with the quadtone sets. ok rin.

Rene February 25, 2006 at 8:48 pm

@Sidney, Alex, OutdoorExposure: Thanks guys!

@Rene: Thanks for the tip! Will try that next time!

Ferdz February 25, 2006 at 11:20 pm

what an ethereal photo!

fortuitous faery February 26, 2006 at 2:54 am

i like both versions! and i also love the added drama brought about by the human silhouettes. also, this new section is cool, mas marami kami matutunan keep it up!