here's an image that had been lying around for some time before i started working on it a few weeks ago. i somehow must have overlooked its potential after the initial import - or maybe i just didn't feel like it was worth the time to work on the blending...
anyways, this is a twilight shot of fitz roy, cerro torre, the rio de las vueltas canyon and our neighbouring planet mars. it's a blend of three exposures (stars, sky, foreground) taken within an hour.
more technical info and some background about the image on my
blog.
Parque Nacional los Glaciares, Patagonia, Argentina
Canon 5DMKII, EF 17-40 @ 23mm
3 exposures blended
btw, i did not alter the size of mars here...
best,
joerg
Comments
11 commentsCurious as to what it might look like with those hillsides just a bit darker.
great job
A beautifully captured nightscape. I like the inclusion of the river/canyon and you did well with the blend. I suppose one could play around with the light levels on the landscape and darken them slightly, but its not really a big concern for me. My comment would be to actually darken the night sky to a more "midnight blue." I guess the peaks are rather small here, but given the pov and distance, it's all rather natural looking.
Good job here, I would just shoot for a more cobalt type blue in the sky; looks closer to daylight than middle of the night, if that makes sense.
Lon
that exactly was my point. the idea here was to change the way these massive mountains are perceived. while usually they dominate the landscape, here they have to step aside for something even bigger. i reckon that this may not work as well on screen as it does in a big print.
since this is a blend of three shots taken over the course of around an hour, i did not have the chance to experiment with different compositions. however i do have another shot, that was taken shortly before sunrise on the same morning. it's a vertical composition showing a more traditional sky/land ratio and nice glow - it doesn't have stars in it though. i'll post it within the next days.