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Well, as anticipated, I didn’t particularly like the print from last night. I seem to be having a problem with creating images that are way too cool in the shadows. So, how best to warm up the shadows?
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What I’d like to do is keep a journal of the steps I go through and the decisions I make when creating the Zion Canyon print. It was shot on 11/24/2007 near the Great White Thrown turnout. I was there the day before closer to sunset and realized this shot needed to be taken about an hour earlier. So I came back at 4:15 the following day. The shot required both stitching (vertical panorama shots) and HDR (three exposures bracketed at +/- 1 stop) for a total of six shots.
The image was shot down by the Virgin River although it’s not in the picture. The foreground is a meadow in the shade with two cottonwood trees. The middle ground is a Navajo sandstone cliff jutting in from the right, also in the shade. The background is a tall cliff, also Navajo sandstone, that is still catching some sunlight. The sky is cloudless and blue.
Here then are the steps I’m going through to take these six shots from RAW to a finished print. It will probably not be completed today. Sorry I can’t show the before and after of each step. That would be interesting.
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