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Patricia Lake and Pyramid Mountain

Getting a balanced exposure when the sky is much brighter than the ground requires the use of a split neutral density filter, also called ND graduated filters or ND grads. The filter is grey on one half and clear on the other. The neutral grey tone helps darken part of the scene to balance the exposure. As you may know, reflections appear a bit darker than the scene reflected, so the filter should never be dark enough to make the scene appear the same brightness or darker than the reflection. In this case I goofed a bit. The mountain is slightly darker than the reflected mountain. Also, the scan didn't capture the colours as well as on the original slide. Without Photoshop I can't really do enough to correct the colours.

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Jean M. Laffitau 19 Mar 2007

Breathtaking shot Peter!!

Anita Thompson 04 Mar 2006

Well if this is "goofing" I must say.....it is one of the most impressive goofs I have ever seen! Looks perfect to me! Outstanding photography!

Gary Glass 03 Jan 2006

Beautiful image and composition Peter.. Wonderful use of the forground to take you into the overall image..

Charlotte Ottilo 30 Dec 2005

This is another example of your magnificent work..I am sooo impressed and can only hope to someday capture half of what you have.I'm learning just from reading your comments..I was wondering what an ND was..thankyou...Fantastic Photo!

Renee Nemerov 18 Dec 2005

Beautiful!!! Great colors!

epsylon lyrae 27 Nov 2005

Wow that's incredible!!can even see the stones in the water! Perfect photo indeed :D

Deborah Martin 23 Nov 2005

Brilliant Work......Worth the Effort..........Beautiful Shot!!

thea walstra 22 Nov 2005

Awesome, very beautiful photography art

Analua 22 Nov 2005

AWSOME AND MARVELOUS WORK PETER!!!!!!

jO ANNA jARVIS 22 Nov 2005

Breathtaking...!

Aris Stathakis 22 Nov 2005

amazing and i like the blue color, great!

Angela Francis 22 Nov 2005

Amazing photo! Beautiful colors. Great capture!

Reba McDonald 22 Nov 2005

A beautiful image Peter.

Teresa Trant 22 Nov 2005

I love all the blue coloring.

Artist Reply: The blue is a bit too strong actually. The original is not as blue. I almost didn't post this photo because I thought the blue was too strong.

Emily Reed 22 Nov 2005

Splendid!

Christine brand 22 Nov 2005

STUNNING PHTO...SO WONDERFULLY BLUE!

Anne Vis 22 Nov 2005

Very pretty, Peter! You did a great job here!