A Fleeting Glimpse

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 5, 2011234 views16 comments

Thanks again for the comments on my last post "The Pyramid". Here is another image I did get just before sunrise that morning after the snowstorm up at Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. With the clouds moving fast, I saw this brief opportunity to get a quick shot of Naiset Peak in the clouds surrounded in pre-dawn light

20mm, 2.5 sec, ISO 100

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16 comments

Comment posted by Michael R Reynolds on January 5, 2011 at 11:59 PM

Jim, Wonderful color and light in the sky. Best Regards.

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on January 6, 2011 at 1:26 AM

For some reason I find this photo hard to critique (to explain what I like), but I do really enjoy it.

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Comment posted by Mat Malone on January 6, 2011 at 12:59 PM

James, I really like the whispy clouds coming off the peak. A subtle image for sure. But I think the over-the-top magenta is too strong.

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 6, 2011 at 1:39 PM

Thanks Matt, It looks fine on my end, but I will repost another image to compare

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on January 6, 2011 at 1:55 PM

Beautifully mysterious. The color palette is sublime.

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Comment posted by Mitch Erwin on January 6, 2011 at 2:01 PM

James, this has a very mysterious feel too it and I really love the comp. I'd agree on a previous post, this is coming through on my monitor ( which I calibrated yesterday) too magentaish, for my taste anyway.

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 6, 2011 at 2:55 PM

The interesting point about this image is, that the saturation for magenta is not set very high +10. Even the Tint setting in Lightroom is not pushed much to the right. Here is another version that is adjusted a bit more to compensate

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Comment posted by Jeff Hackett on January 6, 2011 at 8:10 PM

Great color and mystery!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 6, 2011 at 8:22 PM

Mucho mystery. The color works for me on an artistic level.

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on January 6, 2011 at 9:24 PM

Redo on my monitor brings out the red more and looks more "natural" if I may be so bold. However the original may be others cup of tea. However that mysterious mood and brooding feel comes through solidly in both images strongly. My preference is the second but that is not meant in anyway to disparage the 1st.

Paul

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 6, 2011 at 9:37 PM

Maybe too simple for some, but beautiful if you pause to look!

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM

Thanks for the input everyone

It is a simple image, but it does have a sense of mystery. I did process this image from an artistic perspective. I also isolated the peak because it felt right to me, and this image reminded me of the experience I had while being "on top of the world".

Here is the image without the cropping. The not much processing on this image. You can see that I was in the clouds !

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on January 6, 2011 at 10:56 PM

Nice! I really enjoy the simplicity of this shot.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 7, 2011 at 1:50 AM

Genius! Love the colors and am left with a vital yearning for the clouds to clear for a good view of the peak. Very suspenseful, action-packed. Powerful image.

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Comment posted by Arild Heitmann on January 7, 2011 at 3:59 AM

Awesome tones and mystery!

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 8, 2011 at 3:16 AM

While I agree that the magenta is a bit strong, it works exceptionally well for me on an artistic level as well. The uncropped comp is pretty nice too!

Chris

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