Old Reliable + repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 3, 2012277 views11 comments

My main photography goal this winter was to finally get some decent snowy mountain shots. Well, the snow around Mt Hood has been fairly lame this year, and the few times I have been up there after fresh snow I have been skunked with the light. The coast on the other hand keeps giving and giving. Every time I head there this winter I get a decent to great sunset. So while I am failing at my goal, at least I am getting some nice light in the meantime.

This is a 2 shot blend, one at 15 seconds for the sky and one at 30 seconds for the foreground. Both shot at f 11 @ 28mm. The small version seems to be a bit dark, but the detail should be visible in the larger version.

Thanks in advance for the critiques.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 3, 2012 at 10:36 AM

Large version does provide more detail. Very nice. I like the hint of reflected color in the water.

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on February 3, 2012 at 11:33 AM

A beautiful shot. It looks nice and well balanced to me..

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Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on February 3, 2012 at 11:51 AM

Very nicely done Scoot. The larger version does have a bit more detail although I might be tempted to crop the darkest parts in on the right and bring the glow out of that cliff just a smidge. Beautiful sky and awesome water action. Was this done with the 10 stop you have? I got to get one of those.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on February 3, 2012 at 3:13 PM

very nice Scott

i like it a lot

Hamed

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Comment posted by Scott Miller on February 3, 2012 at 3:20 PM

Thanks guys.

Jeremy - I was on the fence deciding if I wanted to push the color and the brightness a bit. I really didn't push the sky or the wall much at all to get this. I decided to go for a more subdued, serene image and kept things a little darker and moody. That is why the dark right edge was kept. Plus, keeping it makes the stack and the waterfall nicely balance out the image.

But now this morning I am in less of a mood for the subdued. I might go back and push the colors and the cliff glow a bit. :)

Thanks for the thoughts.

Oh, and yes, this was with the 10 stop. Although the 10 stop was too much here. I could of had a 6 or 7 stop and still gotten this same shot. I actually went up to around 500 iso for this I think to avoid dealing with the bulb mode. :)

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Comment posted by Scott Miller on February 3, 2012 at 3:49 PM

Here is an update. I took Jeremy's suggestion and pushed the colors just a tab, and trimmed off a little of the dark edge on the right.

An updated larger version can be seen here:

https://plus.google.com/photos/107682790244897946166/albums/5673650040175132625/5704878536564845970

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Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on February 3, 2012 at 4:20 PM

Oh hell yeah. Much better imo. Well done.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on February 3, 2012 at 6:46 PM

This is very nice. The first I thought was already pretty good but the rework is significantly better still.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 3, 2012 at 9:50 PM

Love the misty water and the nice light on the rocks and shore. Larger image looks fantastic, allowing one to see nuances not visible on the smaller one. Great work.

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on February 4, 2012 at 4:37 AM

Excellent exposure
Love the waterfall in the back

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Comment posted by David Edwards on February 5, 2012 at 4:10 AM

A beautiful shot Scott. Love the soft, warm light on the cliff highlighting the waterfall. I prefer the original comp, but thought of brightening up the dark fall-off on the right to balance the left would fix the need to crop... I really like that cliff! The colors in the repost are spot on imho. Perhaps a tad more shadow detail overall but these are just personal prefs. Love it!

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