Arise - Part 3

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 11, 2010262 views14 comments

Thanks to the outstanding feedback I received from everyone here earlier in the week, I decided to process another version of this photo. This one blends the water and mountain from "Arise" with the sky from "Arise Part 2". This was a fairly challenging blend due to the slight variation in color between the 2 photos, which had to be corrected. Please let me know what you think. I prefer this one over both of the previous versions.

Nikon D80, 12-24 Nikkor dx lens, polarizer, tripod.

2 exposure manual blend
-10 sec at f/16, ISO 100 - for the water/mountain - 4 stop ND filter was used to smooth out the reflection on the water
-1 sec at f/16, ISO 100 - for the sky

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on October 11, 2010 at 7:23 AM

Scott - I think this is the one! Everything works in this one for me. Great detail in the rock face. From a comp standpoint, maybe only wish there was a little more room on the left, les on the right, but this might not have been possible. All versions are pretty sweet by the way, you had the forsight tocreate different version for just this purpose.

Nice job, Harry

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on October 11, 2010 at 7:53 AM

Yup, this definitly is the one! It has the best elements of both images combined, looks like a great job on the blend too.

Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments

Comment posted by Gary McGhee on October 11, 2010 at 10:30 AM

Your blending is very good Scott, that's a great looking lump of rock you captured and the light on it is excellent.

Gary.

Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on October 11, 2010 at 10:42 AM

Yep this one is incredible! how long of a walk is it in to Mount hooker?

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on October 11, 2010 at 10:59 AM

Thanks to everyone for the comments.

Jeremy - Its about 15-16 miles from the Big Sandy Trail head to Baptiste Lake. I did a full writeup of this backpacking trip on our blog

Registered on November 2, 2009, 161 Posts, 2143 Comments

Comment posted by Adrian Klein on October 11, 2010 at 12:46 PM

Well you caught the light just right on this one. Well done Scott! I cannot see anything I would change here, a fine image.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on October 11, 2010 at 12:48 PM

Thanks for the info, Ioved your blog!, I'm planning on spending some time in the winds next summer, really looking forward to it.

Registered on September 13, 2007, 36 Posts, 1283 Comments

Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on October 11, 2010 at 2:47 PM

I'm glad to see you tried it, and were so successful with the blend. This looks fantastic! Well done, Scott.

Registered on December 19, 2008, 306 Posts, 4840 Comments

Comment posted by Kenn Leonhardt on October 11, 2010 at 3:11 PM

Very well done. This does indeed appear to be the best of the bunch with the blend working very well. Nice one.

Registered on March 29, 2008, 27 Posts, 1710 Comments

Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on October 11, 2010 at 5:42 PM

Really nice job with the blend Scott! Light is sweet and I love the rocks (although a few in the LLC might get evicted) and overall a really nice job!

Registered on November 20, 2009, 56 Posts, 748 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on October 11, 2010 at 11:09 PM

There you go! Everything I like about both previous images. Really nice!

Chris

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on October 12, 2010 at 1:30 AM

This is the best Scott. Very well worth the time to combine the images. Well done!

Registered on September 29, 2009, 137 Posts, 2659 Comments

Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on October 12, 2010 at 7:27 AM

Yeah, this is the best one in terms of light, colours, and composition. There's still a little issue though, that is clouds and reflections now don't match (of course!). But that's really minor, as it's hardly noticeable and you can only tell that if you actually know this is blended from two images, and if you have seen the two images before the blending.

Stunning place, wonderful photograph.

Paolo

Registered on August 29, 2007, 318 Posts, 1651 Comments

Comment posted by Jack Brauer on October 13, 2010 at 1:53 AM

Awesome shot! I especially appreciate this because Mt. Hooker has been on my dream destination list for many years. This seems to be a successful blend and the best of all versions.

Registered on September 12, 2005, 40 Posts, 627 Comments