Buachaille Etive Mor

I can only advise how to do it in Lightroom but there may be an equivalent in Affinity photo.

In LR I select the area using the radial filter, then select "invert mask" to make sure the area INSIDE the mask is selected, then set feather to 100%.

Then you can play around with various controls such as saturation, contrast, blacks etc to even everything out across the whoile of the sky.

It would be trial and error at first but one gets there in the end. Hope you can do it in your software.
 
Agree on the polarisation issue, it's something thet tripped me up last time I was there too. It's all about learning from these little mistakes.

Both very contrasty and I'm guessing that's the time of day. The light is strong but you have handled it well and got 2 very nice images. I'd maybe crop just a tad off the bottom of the first but I really like that one. The 2nd image needs the polarsation sorted and also the shadows bottom left. 2 potentially strong images. (y)
 
Dale. said:
Agree on the polarisation issue, it's something thet tripped me up last time I was there too. It's all about learning from these little mistakes.

Both very contrasty and I'm guessing that's the time of day. The light is strong but you have handled it well and got 2 very nice images. I'd maybe crop just a tad off the bottom of the first but I really like that one. The 2nd image needs the polarsation sorted and also the shadows bottom left. 2 potentially strong images. (y)
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The light was very strong light Dale. My plan was to go back for sunrise on Sat morning, leaving the wife to have a lie in at the Clachaig inn :) but the weather on Saturday was crap. I forgot about the banding issue when using my Sigma 10-20mm lens and polariser. I guess I just need to learn how to fix it :)
The first shot has been cropped at the bottom already, and I did try cropping it further, to where the lighter grass meets the darker at the foot of the mountain, but I preferred this crop.
I'll have a play with the second, and see what I can do about the banding on the sky. The bottom left was very dark, and I've lifted the shadows a bit, but will lift it a bit more and see how it looks.
Appreciate all the comments, and advice guys. :)
 
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No.1 one for me too, amazing how different it looks with very little snow. I think you have to be really careful with the polariser and an ultra wide lens, I will use it on mine sometimes but only to add an extra couple of stops of light.
 
Bobsyeruncle said:
@Kodiak Qc uses affinity so maybe he'll know their equivalent of the Lightroom techniques.
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Sorry Robert, I don't know any proper solution
to this uneven polarization effect other that to
avoid it prior to SR —with any software that is.

 
Another crit @Bobsyeruncle is with the 2nd shot you've exposed the top part well but the bottom part not so well. This is a prime location for using either a soft edged graduated filter or exposure blending. I'd try cropping it in a bit, going maybe square. I tend to prefer these falls shot in portrait format. It helps to emphasise height. The mountain looks a wee bit lost on the frame.
 
SFTPhotography said:
Another crit @Bobsyeruncle is with the 2nd shot you've exposed the top part well but the bottom part not so well. This is a prime location for using either a soft edged graduated filter or exposure blending. I'd try cropping it in a bit, going maybe square. I tend to prefer these falls shot in portrait format. It helps to emphasise height. The mountain looks a wee bit lost on the frame.
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Thanks for that Steve. I'll have a play and see what I can come up with.
 
So, after reading the thoughts and suggestions, I've had a play around. Bear in mind that editing etc isn't my forte :)
Let me know if this is better. I've certainly got plenty of pointers for my next visit, so thanks for that....

Buachaille Etive Mor by robert shearer, on Flickr
 
Very nice set and it gets me excited for my first visit there next week.
 
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