Two into one Photo

Photographer’s Note

A field of cut grass waiting to be collected for silage to provide winter feed for the farmers cattle.

PP

In order to achieve this image I created two copies of the same shot, a dark underexposed and a light overexposed.
I then created a copy via layers with the light one on top and selected the sky and cut it out.
I then did some clone work to tidy up the image and some final levels and sharpening.

jagk, Hanssie, RGatward, Guenther, carper, robiuk, whereami has marked this note useful

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Hanssie (9133) 2004-10-03 5:09

Are these two different shots ?
Great work you did, it's a nice shot, Stephen !

jagk (446) 2004-10-03 5:10

Very nice patterns. I wish that u had more details on the black trees.

RGatward (19737) 2004-10-03 5:13

Nicely seen and framed graphic landscape.

bebel (7343) 2004-10-03 5:14

Très graphique, l'opposition des couleurs est très intéressante et les lignes formées par le fauchage du foin très dynamique, encore en opposition avec les arrondis du ciel. Une composition étudiée et très pictorale. Bravo Stephen, c'est un plaisir de voir ces photos

FlorianB (52) 2004-10-03 5:20

Très original et superbes couleurs.

Guenther (6837) 2004-10-03 7:43

Very interesting work with great effect, well done!

mpb001 (4600) 2004-10-03 11:49

Nice shot and great job with post-production!

burdallet (0) 2004-10-03 12:14

Contrast light colors from the field vs Dark sky

carper (64784) 2004-10-03 12:26

This one is another good one from you Stephen,
I like the strong lines and strong colours, Maeby I had cropp, let's say the half of the sky. But ofcoarse that is personal, very good job

naxius (16679) 2004-10-03 13:26

I really like the great colors you have on the filed and the contrast with this dark sky.
Very well done and managed Stephen.

Alexandre

avigur_11 (21273) 2004-10-03 17:10

Your postprocessing work is very successfull and give a very deep image. Wonderful patterns and contrast between the bright fields and the grey sky. Very well composed, captured and processed, Stephen.

pamastro (7213) 2004-10-03 22:08

Wow, the post processing is really good here. It helps create quite a dramatic effect. Just as with yesterday's post the lines in the field are excellent, especially in their directions and breaking the frame. And this time they lead to very dramatic distances. The lighting and shading and sky all match up very naturally despite the large contrast and gives this landscape a lot of life. Very good work all around.

danielswalsh (13320) 2004-10-04 3:43

Nice PP work Stephen. I was wondering how you managed to get the dark bit so dark, and yet the fields almost exploding with color!
Great composition, and sharpness. Overall a good shot.

My one suggestion to make it better:
I don't think the PP would be as noticeable if the dark bit was just trees etc. But you can see the rounding of the hill in black, and in front of it- you have the rounding of the hill in bright color, which I think kind of gives it away.

Cheers!
- Dan

hdl (6735) 2004-10-06 17:09

I was wondering how you managed to do this. Thanks for the note. The result is special, but very nice.

robiuk (10763) 2004-10-09 19:10

Very good work Stephen!
Three differently PP parts of the image and they still work together very well.

agelaste (533) 2004-10-14 3:16

lol,nice nature shoot~ though there were a lots of clouds in the sky,but the field was still in bright sight!
it seem to be a rainstorm...
the composition and colors are both amazing,i like it
cheers
Xu

clodreno (0) 2004-10-14 3:29

a beautiful landscape. Very well composed. The sky is beautiful . I also love the yellow patterns in the field.
Very nice image

alainh (35363) 2004-10-16 5:47

Hello Stephen.
i have not seen this one, a ver y nice one.
excelente gestion of the light.
i like it
congrats
alain

dsidwell (9745) 2005-01-05 10:42

Very amazing colors and use of leading lines, Stephen. You captured a "golden moment"!

dominique (11403) 2005-01-08 17:00

Superbe composition , j'aime le cadrage et les differentes couleurs , Tres belle photo .

Praetzer (1657) 2005-01-19 13:47

Dramatic atmosphere.
Like th egraphical foreground and the 3 different exposure layers.

hombre (203) 2005-05-01 4:20

³adne ¶wiat³o ...
premiership..
pozdrawiam
krzysztof

DLM (6447) 2006-02-19 7:12

Awesome,Well taken shot,
TFS
Dave.

pady (4800) 2006-08-18 17:01

The three different parts of the picture have their own atmosphere.
It's a god work of creation.
I like it.
Greetings
Pierre-André

GLEM (2998) 2006-10-26 13:47

bonjour Stephen,
je choisi celle-ci car le jeu de sillons est tout à fait exceptionnel. Les teintes de vert et de jaunes sont uniformes, la photo très bien équilibrée.

excellent.

ioannis58 (94) 2006-10-30 11:33

very nice foto nice colours!