Lancaster PA sunrise - first RAW shot

[wholenewlight]

Playing around with my new D70s (replacement for broken D70). I decided to shoot in RAW (NEF) format for pretty much the first time. Now that I have CS2 I can shoot RAW without extra expense.

Pretty much your basic sunrise in Lancaster County farmland with a Pennsylvania Dutch/Amish farmhouse. Ground fog just burning off. A very hot, hazy, humid day today - mid 90's with high humidity.

Question: Anyone know why the sun is soft but the rest of the shot is sharp - some kind of lens aberation?? :dunno





http://cs-pics.smugmug.com/photos/30893449-L.jpg

[shaman]

Playing around with my new D70s (replacement for broken D70). I decided to shoot in RAW (NEF) format for pretty much the first time. Now that I have CS2 I can shoot RAW without extra expense.

Pretty much your basic sunrise in Lancaster County farmland with a Pennsylvania Dutch/Amish farmhouse. Ground fog just burning off. A very hot, hazy, humid day today - mid 90's with high humidity.

Question: Anyone know why the sun is soft but the rest of the shot is sharp - some kind of lens aberation?? :dunno





http://cs-pics.smugmug.com/photos/30893449-L.jpg Nice shot, I can feel the heat!
The sun is fuzzy because it is overexposed. The sharp edges are washed out. Same thing happens with the moon.
It can't be helped in a shot like this.
You can make composites. Expose one shot just for the sun and the other for the barn, etc. Then combine the two.

PEACE

:Dshaman:D

[USAIR]

Very beautiful scene good capture :clap

Thanks
Fred

[wholenewlight]

Nice shot, I can feel the heat!
The sun is fuzzy because it is overexposed. The sharp edges are washed out. Same thing happens with the moon.
It can't be helped in a shot like this.
You can make composites. Expose one shot just for the sun and the other for the barn, etc. Then combine the two.

PEACE

:Dshaman:D
Thanks Shaman! I had bracketed my exposures so I had one that had a sun that was closer to correct. I extracted the sun from that shot and pasted into the first shot - a little better now.

http://cs-pics.smugmug.com/photos/30929591-L.jpg

[geraldfinnegan]

great light-nice pix!
jerry

[shaman]

Thanks Shaman! I had bracketed my exposures so I had one that had a sun that was closer to correct. I extracted the sun from that shot and pasted into the first shot - a little better now. John,
Great job!:clap:clap Aren't you happy you bracketed?:D
It looks wonderful now... go print it and frame it! When winter comes, you'll want to gaze at it and remember how sweet & warm the summer was.

PEACE

:Dshaman:D

[BigAl]

Nice pic - looks really good with the new sun! :thumb

regards
alan

[auraflora]

I actually like the first photo with the hazy sun. It lends the photo a more hazy lazy feel.


Lovely shot.

Michal

[wholenewlight]

I actually like the first photo with the hazy sun. It lends the photo a more hazy lazy feel.

Interesting viewpoint, at first I thought it looked like a mistake with the hazy sun but it does give the feel of summer heat. Thanks

[Hikin' Mike]

Bracketing is great...kind of like shooting with a shotgun! Very nice feeling to this image. :thumb

[nikk]

wow!! this is great shot. i would love to get a chance to try these scenes. i love the foggy effect..http://digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gifhttp://digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif

[4labs]

I actually like the first photo with the hazy sun. It lends the photo a more hazy lazy feel.


Lovely shot.

Michal
http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/15524779-Ti.gif

Lovely shots either way...