gorka

Hi Joseph,

Thanks for your nice comment. This image was made with an ND grad, so no HDR software was involved. I also took a second image with the same parameters but without filter just to bring back the detail on the top left rock. I also used a third image with my finger covering the sun in order to kill the flare, so I used this shot to eliminate all the unwanted flare and keep only the star burst.

I hope this clarify your doubts.

Rgrds,

Gorka.

Una luz muy elegante! me gusta mucho!

Hombre! no sabía que también andabas por estos lares! la foto es brutal, una compo super-fina con todo en su punto. Enhorabuena!

Hola Mario,

Gracias por tu comentario, celebro que te guste la imagen. Ciertamente tienes razón al comentar que se podría haber subido más la saturacion, pero como bien apuntas hubiera matado el ambiente que intentaba transmitir.

Una compo con mucha fuerza, unos tonos muy conseguidos así como un ambiente muy atractivo. Buen trabajo!

Un saludo,

Gorka

Thanks for your comments. Marek, it was taken at dusk.

Hi Andrea, this is the Pyrenees. This place is situated in Catalonia (Spain), is a region called "Estanys de Colomers". Thanks for your comment

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. Richard, maybe an HDR (I think that by HDR you mean tone mapping) would have preserved this highlights, but I don't use this technique because of the unnatural results it gives (this is a personal opinion).  Concerning the filters, I don't really think that the price of the ND Grad has big effects on the final results apart from some colorcast that the cheapest ones use to give. Actually this image is a digital blending of 3 different exposures, I suppose I could have used more images to increase the dynamic range, but at expenses to detract some naturalness to the scene. Thanks for your sincere critique! 

Tells the story that this is a troll who was caught by the sun in his way to attack the Thingeyrar's monastery.