Oh Narnia!

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 19, 2010886 views42 comments

This winter has not been as productive for me as I'd hoped. The snow patterns in the Cascades just never aligned with the weekends I had planned for traveling. One trip, however, did work out nicely. We skied in following the tail of a blustery cold dump that put down almost 20 inches of powder in two days. Although our 20 mile ski tour turned out to be only about 15, we enjoyed two days of virtually untouched powder, killer turns, and mystical evening lighting.

This image was captured moments after Bachelor broke free from a thick fog, just as the last warm tones of twilight were visible on the horizon, and magenta blue filled the shadows.

Thanks for your comments and suggestions!

Comments

42 comments

Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on April 19, 2010 at 11:12 PM

Beautiful winter image, Cory. This is great stuff.

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Comment posted by Joseph Kayne on April 19, 2010 at 11:18 PM

Doesn't look real...Looks almost like a fairytale. Neat work! Joe.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on April 19, 2010 at 11:21 PM

Real nice! I like the way you used the trees on the left to fill that area. Great comp and great light.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 19, 2010 at 11:30 PM

Beautiful. The light is great and you put it together in a very nice composition. Very nice work.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on April 19, 2010 at 11:35 PM

This is sic bro. Simply outstanding! Congrats!

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Comment posted by Richard Sogn on April 20, 2010 at 12:04 AM

Way to go Cory, beautiful image.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on April 20, 2010 at 12:16 AM

Wicked sky, great stuff Cory.

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on April 20, 2010 at 12:21 AM

Absolutely beautiful, gorgeous light and great comp

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Comment posted by John Williams on April 20, 2010 at 12:25 AM

This is great Cory! The twighlight feel this has really works well. The composition is perfection.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on April 20, 2010 at 12:36 AM

Cory,

That is some seriously surreal light on this scene. Great work.

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Comment posted by David Page on April 20, 2010 at 1:02 AM

Great image. Perfect the way it is.

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on April 20, 2010 at 1:12 AM

beautiful winter scenery ! love the placement of the trees

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Comment posted by Pavel Cakl on April 20, 2010 at 2:27 AM

This is just amazing !

...can I ask you Cory how did you manage to have the mountain so sharp ? Is it blended for DOF ? Thank you.

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Comment posted by Roberto Fernandez on April 20, 2010 at 3:29 AM

Hi Cory, stunning winter image with every element in their right place, the left foreground trees are the key to balance the comp.

Just one question, have you tried to take the magenta off a liitle bit?

Best regards

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Comment posted by David Edwards on April 20, 2010 at 4:36 AM

Sensational image, Cory. That light is just magnificent. Beautiful capture.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on April 20, 2010 at 6:42 AM

That light is utterly surreal. Be stoked. Woah.

aF

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on April 20, 2010 at 9:17 AM

I'm enthralled by the light and color here, as well as the clarity. A classically beautiful landscape Cory - great shot!

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Comment posted by Bruce King on April 20, 2010 at 9:36 AM

Fantastic Cory! How about some tech info?

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Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on April 20, 2010 at 9:39 AM

Beautiful winter image Cory, wonderful light and colors. Excellent work.

Care to share your processing work?

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Comment posted by Ron Richins on April 20, 2010 at 10:02 AM

Nice image. The arrangement of elements is great. However, the sky is just too dark for me.

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Comment posted by Cory O'Neill on April 20, 2010 at 10:32 AM

Thanks again for the feedback! Here are the specs:
3 vertical frames, each a single capture, no filters, 30 second exposure at iso 250 (I didn't want the clouds too smeary, and the light was going fast) captured from left to right. Stitched in PS, color corrected, TK masks for darks and saturation balance, resize and sharpen.

The multiple frame stitch gave me about a 20% increase in density over my capture with a single frame. Plus, it utilized the sharpest part of my 17-40 lens. I am still surprised at how much detail can be captured using this method, and this lens!

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Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on April 20, 2010 at 11:10 AM

Wow, that's some great light. Great job on this one Cory!

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Comment posted by Mark Capurso on April 20, 2010 at 12:14 PM

Gorgeous shot, Cory. Sounds like a great time too!

Mark Capurso
Phx, AZ

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on April 20, 2010 at 12:44 PM

Wow, straight out of a fairytale! I love the arrangement of the trees, just super. I might consider lightening the trees on the right a little.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 20, 2010 at 12:58 PM

Wow, terrific. The white peak against that awesome sky looks like another planet. Beautiful.

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Comment posted by Greg Vaughn on April 20, 2010 at 1:21 PM

Absolutely stunning.

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Comment posted by Mitch Moraski on April 20, 2010 at 1:26 PM

What an outstanding shot Cory! Living in the NE, I get real envious of you western landscape photographers! Great capture, not a single flaw!

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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on April 20, 2010 at 3:36 PM

a big WOW

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 20, 2010 at 4:13 PM

Excellent image. The foreground details are perfect and add a lot of depth to the scene.

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Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on April 20, 2010 at 4:23 PM

Absolutely awesome! I'd love to see the technical stuff to see how you accomplished this.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on April 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM

Exquisite photograph!

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on April 20, 2010 at 7:59 PM

Drop dead gorgeous, Cory! Well done.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on April 20, 2010 at 9:20 PM

Great comp-excellent picture!

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on April 20, 2010 at 10:19 PM

This is nothing less than spectacular. The light, subject and capture are perfect.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on April 21, 2010 at 7:50 AM

Awesome in every way.

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on April 21, 2010 at 9:59 AM

I love everything about this - amazing image!

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on April 21, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Amazing! That light is so frickin cool. The colors are just awesome.

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Comment posted by Rodney Ninow on April 21, 2010 at 7:52 PM

LOVE the colors, fantastic job!

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Comment posted by Thomas Creel on April 22, 2010 at 12:14 AM

Incredible. Both cool and warm at the same time. Sounds and looks like an incredible experience.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 22, 2010 at 11:29 PM

Spectacular image Cory! The light and atmosphere are definitley from a fairy tale. Great work.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on April 28, 2010 at 3:31 AM

WOW - Spectacular shot, Cory.

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Comment posted by Michael Anderson on June 9, 2010 at 6:57 PM

Wow, this is just CRAZY GOOD! I love it! Amazing colors and light. One of the finest snow scenes I've looked at in a long time!

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