While taking shots there at Oxbow Bend early in the morning, just as the fog was clearing I was noticing that as things brightened, it was time to add some ND filters to keep the long exposures constant without having to decrease the aperture anymore.
I went and added my 9-stop ND filter and recalculated in my head the number of stops to increase the aperture and then adjust the time a little. Must have been some sleep deprivation kicking in, or the higher elevation with less oxygen, but my calculations were off by at least two stops. One the shot was done I could tell from the histogram that this one was way undercooked. Having a nice big 32GB card, I decided not to trash the file.
It is always fun to see what can be recovered from LR-4 with under and over exposed images. I was able to bring this exposure up by 2 times, but still kept it higher contrast and dark as the noise was becoming pretty noticable. In the end, though, I really liked the way this shot looked. A nice dark image that represents the early early morning hours when I was there and needed the flashlight ;)
f/8 @ 336 Seconds
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