Lake Michigan* by Grant Hamilton 5th Place by Canon DSLR Challenge

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17-APR-2005	Grant Hamilton

Lake Michigan* by Grant Hamilton
5th Place

Chicago, IL

This was really my only shot at getting something in for the challenge but the light just didn't happen this morning. So I went for something a little more abstract. I didn't have a neutral density filter that would allow me to have a long exposure so this a composite of 10 exposures stacked.

The jpeg compression was not kind to the sand and the grain. Here is a link to a less compressed version:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45411733@N00/9711334/

Canon EOS 10D ,Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG ASP HSM
1/2s f/16.0 at 12.0mm iso100 full exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge 19-Apr-2005 02:02
Thanks for the compliments. PLease have a look at the less compressed version. I think it is significantly more detailed.

Cindy- I stacked the images with the bottom one at 100% and the next at 80% and then 60% and so on. I had to play with the order of them a little to get the effect I liked and then I flattened it and ran some curves and added a little grain.

Olaf- The color version was pretty lackluster (crummy light) but I'm pretty happy with this result since it matches fairly closely with what I was envisioning when I shot the image.

Grant

cindyd 18-Apr-2005 15:13
Very unusual and strking. So this is a way of blurring the water because each exposure has different waves? And what blending mode/opacitiy did you use? Cindy

Guest 18-Apr-2005 12:15
Cool shot Grant.

iso3200 18-Apr-2005 11:26
Outstanding.

Guest 18-Apr-2005 05:01
Bootiful, I mean Bewtiful or should that be spelled slightly differently? The stacking really worked as the lighting in this shot is super! - not bad for a ahot taken at a time when the lighting did not want to cooperate! Smart idea - I would not have thought of this technique to compensate for lack of ND-filters. Wonder what it looked like in color?

Canon DSLR Challenge 18-Apr-2005 00:41
Thanks Ed,

I really had to work for this one.

Grant

Canon DSLR Challenge 18-Apr-2005 00:23
This is outstanding. Absolutely zen. -Ed Hahn

Canon DSLR Challenge		19-Apr-2005 02:02
Thanks for the compliments. PLease have a look at the less compressed version. I think it is significantly more detailed. Cindy- I stacked the images with the bottom one at 100% and the next at 80% and then 60% and so on. I had to play with the order of them a little to get the effect I liked and then I flattened it and ran some curves and added a little grain. Olaf- The color version was pretty lackluster (crummy light) but I'm pretty happy with this result since it matches fairly closely with what I was envisioning when I shot the image. Grant

cindyd		18-Apr-2005 15:13
Very unusual and strking. So this is a way of blurring the water because each exposure has different waves? And what blending mode/opacitiy did you use? Cindy

Guest		18-Apr-2005 05:01
Bootiful, I mean Bewtiful or should that be spelled slightly differently? The stacking really worked as the lighting in this shot is super! - not bad for a ahot taken at a time when the lighting did not want to cooperate! Smart idea - I would not have thought of this technique to compensate for lack of ND-filters. Wonder what it looked like in color?

Canon DSLR Challenge		18-Apr-2005 00:41
Thanks Ed, I really had to work for this one. Grant

Canon DSLR Challenge		18-Apr-2005 00:23
This is outstanding. Absolutely zen. -Ed Hahn

Lake Michigan* by Grant Hamilton5th Place

Chicago, IL

Lake Michigan* by Grant Hamilton
5th Place