In the Hills

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted April 13, 2013926 views10 comments

A sunrise view of Mt Hood from the wildflower fields of Columbia Hills State Park, Washington. I had a really nice morning yesterday in the Hills. Light wind, nice early season wildflowers and singing Western Meadowlarks!

Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120 f/4 at 100mm, polarizer (light polarization)
7 image blend for depth of field - this one was tough!
6 images for the foreground flowers - 1/50 sec at f/13, ISO 1600
1 image for the mountain/sky/middle ridge - 0.5 sec at f/8, ISO 100

Thanks for any comments or suggestions you have. Larger version is provided.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on April 13, 2013 at 7:57 PM

A truely impressive result, I'd say worth all the extra effort. Although it does look obvious that it's a composite as the horizon line from the foreground shots (flowers) and the BG shot with mount Hood seems to have a disconnect, not quite natural. I don't notice it in the small version but becomes obvious in the larger.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on April 13, 2013 at 8:12 PM

Thanks for the comment John. I appreciate your thoughts and honesty. There was some slight movement of the flowers between the frames which made blending the edges really tough. It's crazy how shallow the depth of field becomes at 100mm.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on April 14, 2013 at 2:07 AM

Beautiful juxtaposition of the elements with an interesting perspective.. Reminds me of a similar telephoto shot by MA a while back.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 14, 2013 at 9:41 AM

Scott, I'm really enjoying looking at this. I like this interesting view and the early light is wonderful. The colors and detail in the foreground flowers looks great, then the beautiful glowing light on Mt Hood adds such a nice look and feel. Very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Oleg Kuchorenko on April 14, 2013 at 4:20 PM

It looks so incredible ! Idea, composition and the execution are perfect !

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on April 16, 2013 at 2:03 PM

I can't imagine the patience it takes to accomplish this lovely image

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 17, 2013 at 5:45 PM

Beautiful - and excellent technique.
Congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on April 18, 2013 at 5:21 PM

Beautiful image Scott! Congratulations on the WP!

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on April 21, 2013 at 11:44 PM

A lovely image! Great concept and execution.. Commend your patience and perseverance

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 4, 2013 at 11:48 AM

Scott: What a superbly crafted image of a wonderful POV. Congrats on a fine WP. >=))>

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