Glory for the brave

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 4, 2012538 views30 comments

Happy new year everyone!

It was a fantastic year at NPN for me with a lot of inspiring photos that made me work a little bit harder on my own photography and I'm pretty sure you'll raise the bar for 2012!

This was taken on the last day of 2011 and we were lucky enough to catch this parhelic circle or sun halo. A simple composition, but I hope it works. I have a few doubts about the young spruce trees not being separated enough from the juniper, but maybe it's only in my mind. It was my first new year's eve spent in the mountains and it was totally awesome.

450d, Tokina 12-24

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by Varina Patel on January 4, 2012 at 9:46 AM

The simplicity of the composition is absolutely wonderful, in my opinion. I love it. The minimalistic composition is complemented by the almost monochromatic color scheme, and the uniqueness of the scene. Very eye-catching, and beautifully done.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 4, 2012 at 10:55 AM

I agree, Absolutely wonderful. I really enjoy the feel of this image. This is beautiful work, Dorin.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Wayne Simpson on January 4, 2012 at 11:03 AM

I love it, would not change a thing!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 4, 2012 at 11:05 AM

Very cool!!! What a great last day of the year.

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Comment posted by Joseph Balcken on January 4, 2012 at 11:36 AM

Put your doubts aside... this is awesome! Wouldn't change a thing.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on January 4, 2012 at 12:28 PM

I agree with the other comments so far . . . this is excellent work! In my experience a sun halo is a rare sight and you captured it quite well. I like the spruce trees in the middle and don't see any "separation" issues. One quite minor issue is that my eye is drawn a bit to the cut-off spruce in the lower LHC of the frame . . . you have at least a couple options for addressing that if desired.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on January 4, 2012 at 1:13 PM

No nits from me Dorin, beautiful work. The slight blue tone gives a nice sense of the frigid conditions, and that parhelic halo is icing on a beautiful frosty cake!

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on January 4, 2012 at 1:34 PM

Very 'cool' image Dorin, also no nits for me! Really like the feeling of cold and the comp. you've chosen here!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 4, 2012 at 2:33 PM

Sweet shot!

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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on January 4, 2012 at 3:13 PM

This one works great for me very nice!

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 4, 2012 at 3:56 PM

Neat--you framed the trees perfectly, not easy to do since you cant control the halo!

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 4, 2012 at 4:13 PM

nice capture

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 4, 2012 at 4:14 PM

Dorin,

Glorious! I'd even go so far as to say magical. Needless to say, this works beautiful.

A very minor suggestion if you are considering printing. If it were mine, I might be tempted to crop/clone the very left edge to eliminate the partially cut off pine. Very minor indeed, but when you get a wonderful moment like this I tend to get even more picky... ;-)

Lon

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on January 4, 2012 at 4:29 PM

This is absolutely beautiful as presented! I see no issues w/ the trees or anything else for that matter!

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on January 4, 2012 at 4:30 PM

Thank you so much guys. Yes, I'm aware about the cut off spruce. It will go down. For some unknown reason, I didn't feel like cropping or cloning at the time of processing.

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on January 4, 2012 at 5:27 PM

Absolutely splendid, I love the magical atmosphere

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 4, 2012 at 6:51 PM

Very sublime Dorin. You always seem to find these type of scenes which is a fantastic gift. Stunning work.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 4, 2012 at 7:20 PM

Hoar frost and a sundog. Nice! separation looks good to me. this is beautiful

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 4, 2012 at 7:31 PM

Beautiful capture.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on January 4, 2012 at 8:20 PM

gorgeous, no doubt about it! i like the vignette in the top corners, and wonder what intensifying them a bit would look like

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on January 4, 2012 at 10:34 PM

You continue to showcase some outstanding work Dorin! This conveys such a peaceful and serene mood, I could stare for hours.

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Comment posted by Michael E. Gordon on January 4, 2012 at 10:54 PM

Superb, Dorin!

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on January 4, 2012 at 11:15 PM

Beautiful photo Dorin. The light is angelic and imparts a feeling of hope to me.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on January 5, 2012 at 12:27 AM

An excellent capture, Dorin. I've only seen one of this type of phenomenon, and it sure is something to witness. Fabulous framing here and excellent processing. I agree about removing the far left tree on the frame edge.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 5, 2012 at 12:46 AM

Fantastic, Dorin. Love the monochromatic color and how you achieved such remarkable shadow detail in the snow covered trees. Amazing image.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on January 5, 2012 at 3:44 AM

Wow, cool shoot Dorin, this works extremely well! Without reading anyones comments I would suggest cropping a small amount from the left to remove that tree at the edge of the frame. You may even want to take the same amount off the right hand side to keep the halo centered. Congrats on this image and Happy New Year!

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on January 5, 2012 at 8:18 AM

Lots of impact, Dorin. It's as though the sun is endorsing this particular scene. Great work on the techs as well.

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on January 5, 2012 at 6:51 PM

Awesome Dorin. Dang, I wish it would snow here

Stellar positioning and capture.
Nice work