Wild Reynolds

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 10, 2013354 views10 comments

On the last morning of my trip, I looked outside the tent and saw clear skies. I thought oh great thats it for shooting in glacier. However, I persevered and decided to get up and make our way up to logan pass. It was still predominantly clear, but there were clouds coming in from the west, and the east the few clouds were starting to break. I wanted to get some wildflower shots before we left and I found a fairly nice cluster just off the boardwalk. I set up the shot and waited for the light to turn. It seemed like it took forever for the light to break, but when it did, I was relieved that I would leave with at least a few images with good light. Anyways, this is 3 shots for DOF as it was breezy, and wildflowers wind and low light don't mix very well. As always, comments and critiques appreciated.

Canon 7d
Canon 17-40mm @17mm
2 images for wildflowers at f9 ISO 1250 1/15 sec
1 image for mountain at f9 ISO 100 .3 sec
CPL
Tripod

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Steve Zimic on August 11, 2013 at 8:47 AM

Nice composition and good job combining the two images. The flowers in the FG seem a tad over saturated on my monitor. Also I might considering toning down the sky a bit and/or adding more contrast to it. Still, a nice image as is.

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on August 11, 2013 at 2:26 PM

These focus blended images seem to be all the rage these days. What a great way to turn a small color splash into a larger part of a near-far photo.

I like this one a lot. The motioned blurred flowers don’t bug me a bit and I enjoy the colors.

I agree with Steve about the sky. You seem to be a skilled photographer. Was the hot sky by design?

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on August 11, 2013 at 2:55 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. Here is a quick repost pulling the saturation down from the flowers, and also darkening the sky particularly on the right side.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 11, 2013 at 3:40 PM

Peter, Your repost looks like it did the job to me. Beautiful image!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on August 11, 2013 at 4:24 PM

noise is killing this one a bit for me. esp in fg. use that lr5 dude ;) dig the comp and colors. noms :)

aF

p.s. repost is a bit better yes :)

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on August 11, 2013 at 4:54 PM

Thanks Nick and Aaron.

Aaron- The noise is much more apparent in the web version and suffers a bit from compression here. The print version has hardly any noise in it.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on August 11, 2013 at 10:03 PM

I think the repost is much improved here, Peter. Nicely composed and beautifully rendered. I hope you get another chance to get back to Glacier with more favorable conditions.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on August 11, 2013 at 10:17 PM

Thanks Brian. I am already making plans of heading back next summer and actually go with photographers. Lots of spots I feel like I didn't do justice for.

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on August 12, 2013 at 10:02 PM

beautiful comp and nice blend, Peter.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on August 13, 2013 at 5:46 PM

Wonderful near-far composition Peter. Lovely color too. I prefer the original actually.

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