Road to Heaven

[Shawn Nelson]

Filmed: October 13th
Red Settings: ASA 320, Shutter 1/48.
Red Zoom 18mm, F11 (approx)

My dad and I were driving to the coast to film a sunset and we happened upon this scene. I already had Red assembled in my lap so we hopped out, got the Red on the sticks and shot this. For post I slid the curve a bit here and there and did a 2k Tiff export to a 1k H264 downres. I know I blew out my highlights on the right portion of the screen but that's what I wanted. I know some want to protect them at all cost, but this is exactly what felt right- I love the way it gracefully loses the detail to the glory of the sun.
EDIT:
Two mirrors, check out Red Relay! Chris has done some awesome stuff with the site.
http://www.redrelay.net
http://www.redrelay.net/owners/0027/...adToHeaven.mov

http://brainspasm.com/red/TheRoadToHeaven.mov

[Sam Druckerman]

And to think I was about to go to bed!

Shawn, I dig it man... Really.

Thanks for ALL the coooool footy...

As the saying goes..... "It's all good".

[Häakon]

This is why I love staying on REDUser until 3am... wonderful new footage from Shawn! :-)

I think it looks great, buddy. At 320, the camera really is noise-free and silky smooth. I know you made a disclaimer already, and I would never question another shooter's artistic motives, but the blown highlights do feel a little "video" to me. That's not to say you made the wrong exposure choice; the way that road softly falls into the warm sunlight looks magnificent... almost surreal. And there are absolutely times when burnt out footage feels appropriate. But the camera itself is looking a little more harsh on those overexposed areas than I'd care for. I suppose everything has its limits.

Anyway, the shot is really nice and I appricate the time you took to share it.

[Brook Willard]

That's a badass shot, Shawn.

[Sanjin Jukic]

Amazing shot, Shawn.


"Washed and colored" in Shake.

[Sam Druckerman]

That light on the dirt all along the road.... Killer!

[Seung Han]

Shawn, that's beautiful man.

You consistently get me excited for this camera, Jim needs to put you on payroll...

[Shawn Nelson]

You consistently get me excited for this camera, Jim needs to put you on payroll...

Lol, you are not the first person to say that sorta thing. Thanks for the kind words.

[Daniel Reichenbach]

Just an idea: In cases like this, when I want protect highlights to keep them in range, I would put a soft ND in the right third of the pic. Nice shot anyway

[IAN SUN]

I'm loving it Shawn, keep em coming. Nothing beats nature.