a couple from the moderator

[Andy]

hey guys, the photos are wonderful. i love seeing everyone's different styles and artistic views - so much to learn and appreciate! keep them coming! :clap

here are two sunsets i grabbed, tonight and last night. i'm just north of new york city, about 35 miles up the hudson river. it's *icy cold* here but there are still some great photo ops!

these were shot in raw, developed twice, once for the highlights and once for the shadows.

this is the hudson river
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/2000812-M.jpg

and this is the croton reservoir, part of the water supply system for new york city
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/2015440-M.jpg

[wxwax]

:bow :bow :bow

Wow Andy, just beautiful. I poked around a bit of your Smugmug stuff, very very impressive.

[ian408]

Nice. Croton looks as if it could be a fog/cloud layer. Very nice
shot.

ian

[Richard Cabesa]

Very nice Andy. Brrrrrrrrr...it looooooks cooooooooold

[Baldy]

and this is the croton reservoir

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/2015440-M.jpgAndy, that shot is absolutely stunning. :encore:encore:encore

That, along with the jaw-dropping Shay shot of the Manhattan skyline, are two I'd be willing to purchase and give some precious wall space to.

But I have reason to believe.....word on the street is....that it's not a completely original Williams....that in fact the master stood over your shoulder and gave advice.

Do you deny such allegations? :dood

[fish]

Beautiful shots, andy. What do you mean by "developed twice"? How do you do that with digital? :scratch

[patch29]

Beautiful shots, andy. What do you mean by "developed twice"? How do you do that with digital? :scratch

Read this article (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/blended_exposures.shtml) and instead of shooting two frames Andy probably processed out two or three RAW files with different exposures, one normal, one lighter, one darker. Using the normal you then go and add back the shadows from the lighter one and the highlights from the darker one. That is the quickie answer. This is one area where digital and RAW are champs.

How did I do Andy?

[Tuesday]

Those are beautiful Andy.Keep em' coming.
:tuesday

[fish]

Read this article (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/blended_exposures.shtml) and instead of shooting two frames Andy probably processed out two or three RAW files with different exposures, one normal, one lighter, one darker. Using the normal you then go and add back the shadows from the lighter one and the highlights from the darker one. That is the quickie answer. This is one area where digital and RAW are champs.

How did I do Andy?
Is that similar to what the astrophotographers refer to when they talk about "stacking images"?

[patch29]

Is that similar to what the astrophotographers refer to when they talk about "stacking images"?

Sorry, don't know. :dunno Photographers tend to call it blending. I have not worked at all with astrophotography.

[ian408]

Is that similar to what the astrophotographers refer to when they talk about "stacking images"?
Kinda-sorta. Except that you're looking to combine images more than
blend them. By combining them, you eliminate the noise and add detail.

Ian

[Andy]

exactly right ;) this is how i did it :thumb

Read this article (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/blended_exposures.shtml) and instead of shooting two frames Andy probably processed out two or three RAW files with different exposures, one normal, one lighter, one darker. Using the normal you then go and add back the shadows from the lighter one and the highlights from the darker one. That is the quickie answer. This is one area where digital and RAW are champs.

How did I do Andy?

[Andy]

thanks man... to be compared to anything of shay's is to me a huge compliment!

as to your word on the street: as it was like minus 10 degrees, i think shay was comfortably ensconced in his studio at the time hehehehe

this is original williams - though i thank shay for the raw technique of developing multiple exposures, when faced with a shot with such dynamic range.

:bow

Andy, that shot is absolutely stunning. :encore:encore:encore

That, along with the jaw-dropping Shay shot of the Manhattan skyline, are two I'd be willing to purchase and give some precious wall space to.

But I have reason to believe.....word on the street is....that it's not a completely original Williams....that in fact the master stood over your shoulder and gave advice.

Do you deny such allegations? :dood

[Fleas]

Wonderful photos..Sure different from our desert here in Arizona