Point Lobos Granite Stairway

The sky in this Point Lobos image was completely washed out due to

the long exposure required to get the shadow details. I added the sky

from a sunset picture I took in the same area. Yes, the clouds

were... that color. ... Thankyou for comments and ratings....Steve

It has the feel of a 50s space age movie set. Don't ask me why. The reslt is dramtic though. I like it.

This is Wonderful! --- You might want to try a tighter crop off the bottom - just below the first stair-step (top tread)

It's hard to paste something behind a tree without it looking artificial. It stands out in the picture, especially because the color of the sky doesn't match the highlights on the tree.

 

It's the foreground that matters in this picture, though. It is so interesting and vivid. That was nice work. What if you composed it to bring out that detail along the strong diagonal? I tried to show what I mean with the attached picture.

Great work.. superb colors and light.. great composition and crop! Awesome ps work also! =)

 

Cheers

 

Patrick J

Great work to provide a fantastic image

wow.. wow. what a scene/composition and so incredible colors of the Whole!

superb. wonderful. congratulations, BIliana

How about the original image but in B+W? White skies aren't nearly as offensive in monotone IMO

 

If you are going to put in a sky, try to have them match a little. These two are night and day. The tree has a backlight from the white sky.

Dave I think you're right. I would like to see it B&W. I feel troubled by the mismatch. It looks like taken from a fairy tale this way.

 

that is really great!

i like it better in color..it looks like a painting..

photography goes along with painting in some certain points..

 

this looks like a painting belonging to some story..some mystic story (lord of the rings..to name one)

 

it is really great..but the framing disturbs me..the second one..the orange frame isnt really needed ..metink..

 

b/w would be cool too, but not nearly as great as it looks now..

 

great one!!

Wonderful image on the whole. I especially like the exposure and detail in the foreground. Looks like an interesting place. The sky though is a little unnerving. Too 'pasted'. Why not take two pictures with different exposures and blend them together, you might get a more realistic look. Maybe use something like DRI from FM.

I've done that, and it worked out great, combinging two exposures to compensate for washed out or too dark areas.

 

Here's an example. My picture isn't as nice as yours, and it's much harder to do with trees in the picture like yours, but it is possible.

 

First, the shot with the washed out sky.

 

Now with a good sky but dark foreground.

 

The combination. It was a little tricky because i moved the camera between shots a bit.

 

i love this shot :)