Yellow Mountains (2)

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 20, 2010184 views10 comments

This was one of the most spectacular sunsets I have ever seen in Yellow Mountains. As the sun was quite strong and I wanted to capture the actual scene I saw, this picture was a result of blending from two successive shots. Also, a Singh Ray 3-stop reserve GND and a 2-stop GND (soft) were used to balance the light around the horizontal line.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Robert Stough on December 20, 2010 at 3:49 PM

This is very beautiful. Strong composition, perfect exposure. Excellent work.

Registered on November 20, 2010, 26 Posts, 273 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Tal on December 20, 2010 at 4:30 PM

A timeless and beautiful scene. I like the subtle layers of the receding peaks.

Guy

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on December 20, 2010 at 5:10 PM

This is such and amazing place, I have always wanted to go here. More so now after seeing this photo. Amazing sky and good use of the GNDs.

Registered on February 21, 2010, 133 Posts, 1509 Comments

Comment posted by dean hebert on December 20, 2010 at 5:34 PM

Great shot! Nice colour and layers.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM

Nice work capturing this the way you saw it, Yan. I really like it. Beautiful colors and great depth. Like others I like the layers of the receding mountains here.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 20, 2010 at 7:35 PM

Yan,

Not to be too repetitive, but great layering here. The mountains seem to go on forever. The sky is beautiful and I really like the diagonal of the clouds which also help in pulling the viewer in to the scene, following the ridges deeper and deeper in to the scene.

May I'm seeing things, but is there some haloing going on in the LLC? In an attempt to lighten and bring out more detail there? Maybe someone else notices this?

Otherwise, a beautifully captured sunset.

Lon

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 20, 2010 at 10:37 PM

Very nicely done. Excellent blend. I could see cropping some of the sky. THe dark, vibrant blue seems a little harsh for the other elements in the scene.

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Comment posted by Darren Huski on December 21, 2010 at 6:14 AM

Great work there Yan!

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Comment posted by Yan Zhang on December 21, 2010 at 6:30 AM

Dear folks,

Thanks very much for your comments and encouragements. Some details from left-side mountains were the result of blending, otherwise, it would be too dark. This was also my very first experiment of blending images to reveal certain degree of details.

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Comment posted by Arild Heitmann on December 21, 2010 at 9:17 AM

Wonderful colours and layers!

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