Posted by MJ (Delaware, United States) on 28 March 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Different setting let me know what you think so I can learn from all of you
The Red Mill
The historic Red Mill is known across the country as a photogenic symbol of early America's rural industry. The familiar red building can be found everywhere, including official New Jersey tourism posters, roadmaps and postcards. It is the most photographed spot in New Jersey and one of the top ten most photographed buildings in the U.S.
The ca. 1810 Red Mill was originally built as a woolen mill. Over the next 100 years, the Mill was used at different times to process grains, plaster, talc and graphite. The Mill was also used to produce peach baskets, as well as to generate electricity and pump water for the town.
Hi MJ, I see you've been trying different exposures, yesterday is definitely the top one :)
28 Mar 2008 1:38am
I agree with Lorraine. I prefer yesterdays. With your different settings you could probably combine three images and make an HDR image with Photomatix. You can download the trial version free.
28 Mar 2008 1:45am
I agree with Michael, and yesterday's shot was the best!
28 Mar 2008 4:47am
Hi MJ! Two questions I ask myself to judge whether or not a photo is exposed correctly are: 1) do I have sufficient detail in the highlight areas? and 2) is there sufficient detail in the shadow areas? Although yesterday's shot is undoubtedly the best, all three shots have blown out (over saturated) highlights. I do like the way you have framed this shot! Some cameras offer a graphical representation of the scene to help the photographer judge an adequate exposure. Also, the Photoshop "levels" command helps adjust the exposure. Hope that helps! :0)
28 Mar 2008 7:16am
@Craig: thanks Craig.... I will try to work on it... thanks for the information
I also prefer yesterday's shot.
28 Mar 2008 9:08am
I really like the composition and the subject matter. These old mills are very cool. I agree with Craig. The highlights are definitely blown out in this image (water, sky, and parts of the barn and trees). Actually, the shadow/highlight command in PS would work better to reduce the highlights (the levels command will help to set your whites and blacks and improve the contrast of the image), but it doesn't look like there's any detail in these highlights that could be recovered. If your camera has a histogram feature, make sure the histogram is not piled up against the right side of the screen (image is overexposed and your highlights are clipped or blownout) and also not against the left side of the screen (image is underexposed and there's no detail in your shadows). Obviously, with every rule there will be exceptions where the histogram will be piled up on the left (night time shot with a lot of blacks) or right (snow). Also, if the camera has a highlight warning, that is also useful. The highlights warning will flash on and off in the portions of the image where the highlights are blown out.
28 Mar 2008 10:52am
the wheel is the best part..my eye keeps getting attracted to it
28 Mar 2008 11:10am
This shot should look fantastic at sunset too! Warmer colors and lots of reflection in the water :)
28 Mar 2008 3:06pm
Mj
this is a nice shot
no disrespect, it is a bit washed out in places, maybe a slightly longer exposure would of cured this, not sure what equipment u r using. Listen to all comments but i have one you may like to listen to, expose for grass or trees and manually adjust the camera for the trees then take the shot again, i think you will see a marked difference, want more info, let me mnow
28 Mar 2008 5:16pm
Yesterday's one is definitly the best for me!
28 Mar 2008 5:40pm
Today's photo is so much better, but I seem to be the lone man out. This exposure still leaves the barm as the prominent feature while highlighting what surrounds it. I never knew the extent of the water's presence until today. Today is best for me. :-)
28 Mar 2008 5:56pm
MJ, this one is a litte to hot for me... and you are doing the learning yourself while you try different settings...
29 Mar 2008 7:11am
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