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Found the latest addition to the Trentham Estate today. It is a rather attractive bronze of Capability Brown.
FZ-200, Manual, 1/100 @ f/4 ISO 100, 15mm ( 90mm equivalent ). Guidance welcome.
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Processed in Lightroom CC.
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Mike.
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Nicely captured, in what looks like it was pretty harsh light.
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As Craig has written, it is very strong sunlight and you have captured the statue well. Did you use fill-flash?
The background is probably needed for the context, but perhaps the sharpness there makes it a bit distracting. However, the depth of field of the small sensor might not allow it to be more out-of-focus.
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Philip
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With Philip, that's what I was doing! Ed.
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Thanks for the comments Craig, Philip and Ed.
The light was indeed fierce and I might add that the temperature was rather cold ( - 2c ). I used a CPL to reduce the effect of the sun's reflection from the statue. It was a mass of extremely bright highlights. No fill-flash was used but I did increase mid-range tones (shadows) in Lightroom.
I took the shot in manual @ f/4 since f/4 is the sweet spot on the FZ200. I could have gone to f/2.8 and gained some background blur, but at the time I was happy with the composition.
Cheers Guys,
Mike.
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