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Ethereal light and clouds wrap hills sweeping into a still water reflection near Tullah in Tasmania, Australia. The fleeting moment of sunshine in this shot belies the 48 hours of rain which preceded it.
Ethereal light and clouds wrap hills sweeping into a still water reflection near Tullah in Tasmania, Australia. The fleeting moment of sunshine in this shot belies the 48 hours of rain which preceded it.
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Ethereal light and clouds wrap hills sweeping into a still water reflection near Tullah in Tasmania, Australia. The fleeting moment of sunshine in this shot belies the 48 hours of rain which preceded it.

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How this shot came about.

Even inclement weather can be a boon for the patient photographer and this shot came into being as a result of just such conditions and patience.

I had arrived in Tullah, in the center of the state, 48 hours earlier and had been driving in the rain, scouting for shots, for most of the waking hours in those 48 - but without success. At about 09:00 I spotted a possible break in the clouds and a hint of blue coming in from the North, an observation which coincided with my finding the bridge from which this shot was taken.  

I set up the tripod on the bridge at the side of the road and marveled at the wonderful reflection coming, albeit rather dully, off the surface of the water. Then the sun broke through the clouds, they parted and blue skies and sunshine poured into the scene switching on the reflection and lighting up the trees and hillsides.

I took six panoramas of this scene before settling on this one in post-production. The shot is the second of a five shot series from my trip entitled "The Elements" and represents the second element, Air.

This image is one of my personal favorites - the sun coming through the mists above the trees, the distant cliffs, the subtle lens flare, the amazing reflection and the mystery of the the bend in the river all combine to make it so.

Shot Location

This Shot

Data from all sources pointed to another 24 hours of rain in the hills around Tullah. Despite the dire predictions I went out searching for a shot and was rewarded with a 20 minute break in the clouds and a moment of relative stillness.

This is what I call “planning by driving around” as without being out and about you're never in a position to take advantage of that special moment.


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Gear

Camera: Canon EOS R5

Lens: Canon RF 15-35mm f2.8L IS USM

Storage: ProGrade Cobalt CF Express B 325Gb

Ballhead: Really Right Stuff BH-40

Tripod: Really Right Stuff TFC-34L Mk2

Cable Release: Canon BR-E1 Bluetooth Remote

ND Filter: None

Exposures

Count: 21

HDR Count: 7 exposures per shot

Aperture: f11

ISO: 100

Focal Length: 24 mm

EV values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3

Shutter: 1/320, 1/160, 1/80, 1/40, 1/20, 1/10, 1/5

Filters

ND Filter: Not used

Gradient Filter: false

Polarizer: false

Image

Rows: 1

Shots: 0

HDR Shots: 3

Aspect: Portrait

Arrangement: 1x3

Post Production

Basic Workflow

  • I used Lightroom to stitch the 21 HDR exposures together into a 3 image mosaic
  • I used Photoshop's spot healing tool to patiently remove 3,840 leaves from the surface of the water
  • I passed the image through Topaz DeNoiseAI removing CCD noise from the sky, clouds and water 

Image Adjustment

  • There was a contrast and clarity adjustment to the hillside in the background
  • I used a luminosity mask to adjust the luminosity of the clouds' highlights
  • The hillsides were sharpened with Topaz SharpenAI
  • The contrast of the clouds was adjusted to bring out some details
  • The image was cropped in to tighten the composition

A graphic of the shot's layout structure

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