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The Forest Pool

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I had scouted this spot a few weeks back in one of those early morning forays into Llovizna Park (Bolivar state, Venezuela), however most of the times I went by this spot the lighting was not right for what I wanted to achieve.
Last weekend, however, I went determined to get the shot.
I got a few sunrise images in an open field then headed to this spot.
When I got there the tones were just right, but there was too much light, so I placed the Cokin P Holder on the lens and placed a 2 stop ND, a 3 stop ND and my polarizer rotated to give max polarization on the reflected light from the water (about 1.5 stops more for a total of about 6.5 stops light reduction). This allowed me to get the 30 sec exposure I wanted at f/11.
Of course stacking the NDs and the polarizer brought problems as I could not stack all these using the slim holder, that meant I couldn't shoot at 10mm as I had originally intended without severe vignetting (I managed to compose the image I wanted at 14mm with no vignetting ;) ), plus it became apparent that the stacked filters added a reddish/brown color cast to the image that couldn't be compensated for using WB settings in the camera, which meant that it had to be removed later in post processing.
Still I got the shot that I was looking for and went home a happy photographer =D.

Color cast removal, curves adjustments, sharpness in Photoshop CS4.

Pentax K110D | Sigma 10-20mm | Cokin P Holder with 2 stop ND, 3 stop ND and circular polarizer | Giottos MT-9261 Tripod with MH-1001 Ball head
Image size
1320x895px 1.13 MB
Make
PENTAX Corporation
Model
PENTAX K110D
Shutter Speed
30/1 second
Aperture
F/11.0
Focal Length
14 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Mar 1, 2009, 6:53:28 AM
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SwampLogger15's avatar
O.O This.....is.....BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! Absolutely gorgeous! :D I just love all the colors! This is somewhere I would definately want to go swimming! :D