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Strines Tower sits high on the moors overlooking Strines Reservoir in the Peak District, now a grand home for sheep! 2 shots stitched.

Photographer:	X Steve Elliott
Folder:	Steve Elliott
Uploaded:	13-Jun-2006 19:00 CEST
Current Rating:	8.50/2 View all ratings Delete my rating
Model release available:
Camera:	Olympus E300
Exposure time:	1/320
Aperture:	f6.3
Focal length:	22mm
Lens:	11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Focusing method:	iESP
ISO:	100
White balance:	Clouds
Flash:	no
Image format:	RAW
Processing applied:	Converted to Jpeg with RSE, stitched with Autostitch, levels, sharpend and saved for Web in CS2
Various:	Graduated ND filter used to balance sky to FG
Image resized to:	671x850

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Beautiful picture, excellent composition, as usual a very good job with the panorams. Best regards, Ricardo

Ricardo Rico at 17:15 CEST on 14-Jun-2006 [Reply]

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Ricardo Rico wrote:
> Beautiful picture, excellent composition, as usual a very good job with the panorams. Best
> regards, Ricardo
>
Many thanks for your comments Ricardo
Cheers Steve

Steve Elliott at 09:50 CEST on 15-Jun-2006 [Reply]

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Hi Steve

I like this shot, you inspire me to get to the tops of the hills instead of always being at the bottom of them, I must look out for this tower when I'm next out your way.

Regards Ian

Ian Reed at 23:49 CEST on 15-Jun-2006 [Reply]

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This is a very nice lanscape shot, Steve. Sheep add live to the picture. Using ND filter sometimes can be tricky, even more with multiple stitching. It looks like one stop less in this picture may make the exposure of sky and FG grass more balanced. Slightly turing the filter counter-clock a little more may avoid the exposure difference near the bottom of the tower. Just some thoughts to share. It is an excellent picture. I like it very much.
Best regards,

Lee W at 01:20 CEST on 16-Jun-2006 [Reply]

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Ian Reed wrote:
> Hi Steve
>
> I like this shot, you inspire me to get to the tops of the hills instead of always being at
> the bottom of them, I must look out for this tower when I'm next out your way.
>
> Regards Ian
>
Thanks for your comments Ian, if you go past the Strines Inn and look over to your right you can't miss this tower high on the hill.
Cheers Steve

Steve Elliott at 02:00 CEST on 16-Jun-2006 [Reply]

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Lee W wrote:
> This is a very nice lanscape shot, Steve. Sheep add live to the picture. Using ND filter sometimes
> can be tricky, even more with multiple stitching. It looks like one stop less in this picture
> may make the exposure of sky and FG grass more balanced. Slightly turing the filter counter-clock
> a little more may avoid the exposure difference near the bottom of the tower. Just some thoughts
> to share. It is an excellent picture. I like it very much.
> Best regards,
>
Thanks for your comments Lee they are very much appreciated, using the Graduated ND filter as you say can be tricky especially in a situation like this when you have an object other than the sky in the graduated area, I could have turned the filter as you suggested but because I was doing a panoramic shot it would have created more problems with the overlap from stitching so I thought this would be the lesser of the two evils while getting a better balance between sky and foreground than not using a filter at all.
Cheers Steve

Steve Elliott at 02:18 CEST on 16-Jun-2006 [Reply]