Ruby Range and The Dyke

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 27, 2011451 views28 comments

I am very sorry for my lack of participation in this forum for the last 2 months. Work, life, and the computer cyber wars prevented me from posting or commenting here. I hope all of that is now straightened out so I can be more active. I figured if you can forgive Lon for 4 months, then 2 months is nothing.

I took this one back in '08 and took another crack at processing it. I guess we all revisit shots we like after we feel we may have improved at our processing. I cropped this a bit to eliminate too much sky.

There is a larger version provided.

Comments and critiques always welcome, and thanks for looking,

Morris

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on May 27, 2011 at 8:25 PM

Welcome back, Morris!! I had been wondering where you were. This is a fantastic shot. Nothing to critique here so I'll just sit back and enjoy it.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 27, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Me too Morris. I was wondering what happened to you. Glad you're back! Stunning light and color here. I especially like the warm light on the mountain and the brilliant yellow foliage. Both look fantastic against the pinks and blues in the sky.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on May 27, 2011 at 9:15 PM

I have been to this magical spot a couple of years and yours is quite an excellent take on it. Wonderful light and excellent color!

Welcome back and a grand entrance it is.

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Comment posted by Jake Case on May 27, 2011 at 9:19 PM

Great color palette, perfect processing, awesome pano format, no nits, well done!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 27, 2011 at 9:46 PM

Beautiful Colorado autumn landscape Morris! I hope you have a nice print hanging in the living room! I love the colors throughout, but will make an observation on my color of the week, magenta. Very targeted area, but I would selectively reduce the magenta just in the slope of the mountain below the two tallest peaks - just above the treeline. That may be picky, but seeing that this should be printed large, I'd work on the tiniest of details to make this it's best.

And welcome back. And it wasn't 4 months! I posted the last image 3 months and 24 days ago!

ok, and I forgive you.

Beautiful image Morris. Hope to see some more images soon.

Lon

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 27, 2011 at 10:47 PM

Thanks all!

And Lon, your keen eye shows again, even after a looooong absence.

That magenta on the slopes needs a touch more work. Thanks!

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 27, 2011 at 11:05 PM

What a positive and uplifeting image to return with Morris. I feel that I would like to see more at the bottom but overall it seems quite well-balanced to me.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 27, 2011 at 11:19 PM

Beautiful image.

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Comment posted by Gabi Lach on May 27, 2011 at 11:27 PM

Beautiful image, Morris! Very optimistic looking.

Great colors and composition. Love it!

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on May 28, 2011 at 1:46 AM

Ooo, this image just glows with beauty.

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Comment posted by Ron Pullen on May 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM

Morris, a beautiful coming home image. Ron

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on May 28, 2011 at 11:59 AM

Hi Morris. Wonderful image! Love the colors here, nice MT scene and the sky compliment.

I do wonder what type of noise reduction and or sharpening you used on the larger one. Looks like it could hold more detail (except on the mountain edge line). Just curious, do you use ACR 6.4 and do you capture sharpen your image a bit there (pre sharpen)?

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on May 28, 2011 at 12:33 PM

Welcome back Morris. This is lovely. My initial thoughts are the same as Mark's. It appears noise reduction software was used excessively in parts here, especially noticeable in the middle right 1/3 part of the image where the orange trees are just to the left of them. Overall, it is a stunning capture. Glad to see you post again.

Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on May 28, 2011 at 3:13 PM

Hey, welcome back!

The small one looked a bit over saturated to me. The larger version however, is glorious!!!!!!!

Beautiful stuff.

Chris

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 28, 2011 at 5:17 PM

Thanks again, ya'll!

Mark and Michael, I did use a bit too much noise reduction on this, not sure why I had so much noise in this shot at 100 iso, and lost a bit of detail. I will definitely rework from scratch to back that off a bit. Good eyes from both of you. And Mark, I only have ACR 4.6 but I do sharpen there due to not having L glass for my 5d. I usually apply a setting of around 100 to compensate for my lenses. Thanks.

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Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on May 28, 2011 at 7:49 PM

Gorgeous image Morris, great job on your presentation as a pano. Very nice, welcome back!

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on May 28, 2011 at 8:57 PM

This is just extremely nice through and through, Morris. I can't fault this in the slightest.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 28, 2011 at 9:04 PM

youre not allowed to post a 3 yr old shot to break the drought--that's cheating!

Pretty shot though--classic Colorado!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 28, 2011 at 10:02 PM

Thanks Kyle and Marc, I appreciate your comments!

And Stan, you know someone stole my muse, so there is nothing new to post for awhile.

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Comment posted by Zack Schnepf on May 29, 2011 at 1:48 AM

Gorgeous! I bet this would make a fantastic large print. Cheers.

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on May 29, 2011 at 8:52 AM

Wonderful, Morris! I'm picturing this printed really large on canvas. It really is nice to see you posting again.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 29, 2011 at 10:54 AM

Beautiful! A wonderful feel looking at this. Really nice, Morris!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Sarah Marino on May 29, 2011 at 12:25 PM

This image has me dreaming about fall in Colorado! This is a wonderful rendition of this classic Colorado view. I love the soft light, clouds, and sections of yellow and green aspens interspersed. Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on May 29, 2011 at 8:24 PM

The large version is great!! I like how you have processed the sky here and the glow on the mountain ridge is fabulous.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on May 30, 2011 at 1:03 AM

Phenomenal color and light, Morris. Your composition and your use of the panoramic format works so very well. This must make an amazing print. Glad to see you are back; have missed seeing your work.

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Comment posted by Mark Zemmin on May 30, 2011 at 9:19 PM

Beautiful colors and comp. I really like the sky. Wonderful to look at.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on May 30, 2011 at 11:24 PM

Sweet shot Morris!!

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on June 1, 2011 at 2:45 AM

Love the lemon-lime trees in this Morris, along with nearly every other color imaginable! One of the better shots from this view I've seen. Very nicely composed and displayed-don't disappear now

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