Equation of survival

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 10, 2013627 views11 comments

One of the most beautiful areas in New Zealand Mt Cook National Park which is famous for the highest peak in New Zealand, which appear in the image. The most difficult thing I faced while capturing this scene was the windy conditions where it was extremely hard to stand the coldness of that situation.

Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L II
Mt.Cook, South Island, New Zealand

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11 comments

Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on July 11, 2013 at 1:32 AM

welcome back my friend

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Comment posted by Tom Hilton on July 11, 2013 at 8:58 AM

Powerful, excellent image.
Love your processing.
Well done.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on July 11, 2013 at 10:32 AM

A wonderful capture Aziz and such a grand composition. The processing looks great, although it looks almost photo art'ish in the FG. I would LOVE to see this enlarged greatly.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 11, 2013 at 10:50 AM

I like the toning of the conversion and the great textures in the water. A grand scene, for sure.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on July 11, 2013 at 2:44 PM

I love the textures and the flow of the composition, but the processing does not work for me. I think it is largely the toning, which has a somewhat unnatural cyan tint that appears to have done some strange stuff to the contrast. I would suggest using more of a blue toning (instead of cyan), and check to see what is happening to the contrast. It looks like the toning is not applied uniformly to the image (spatially or tonally) - that might be what's causing the problem for me. The sky, for example, does not look like it's toned.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 12, 2013 at 9:39 AM

While the image has a lot of artistic appeal, the processing looks too funky for me. Maybe oversharpened in addition to Floris's observations. Reminds me of a wood cut etching. The glacial lake looks like the ocean, crazy conditions indeed.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on July 12, 2013 at 9:47 AM

Beautiful scene with wonderful details. I find the toning quite different and rather appealing. Is it just partially toned? Nice detail and motion in the stream and lake. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on July 13, 2013 at 4:02 AM

Thank you for your words and comments, i'll try to manage the tone

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on July 13, 2013 at 3:45 PM

Aziz,

Great to see a photo from you. I hope your travels to New Zealand are bountiful!

I'm really enjoying this image. Yes, a bit "artsy" and even painterly, but the textures and tones in the foreground are quite unique and make this image stand as a great piece of art. A wonderful artistic landscape.

Lon

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on July 13, 2013 at 4:29 PM

Thanks Lon, appreciate it

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Comment posted by Ant on July 13, 2013 at 5:11 PM

It is a very interesting image, realism gave way to interpretation. I like it, and I like the cold, almost metallic feeling. Maybe, I would have included less fg, and maybe included a bit more sky... Just a thought.

Registered on April 13, 2009, 27 Posts, 474 Comments