Alaskan Matterhorn

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 23, 2014131 views5 comments

Taken on the south slope of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska at the confluence of the Bettles and Dietrich Rivers.
This is a morning photo which shows the mountain's texture well.
Nikon D300
Nikkor 18-200
f/7.1
1/200 sec.
Processed Capture NX2
Have a bit of noise in the upper portion which I can ameliorate. Constructive criticism sought.
Color photo at flickr.com/photos/syzygyphoto
Thanks.
the fisch

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5 comments

Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on January 23, 2014 at 11:40 AM

Classic imagery. Nice lighting, too.

Registered on February 17, 2004, 236 Posts, 1197 Comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on January 23, 2014 at 11:49 AM

I really like the dappled morning light on these most impressive peaks. My only nit, and it's a small one, is to clone out the very small bright spot that is about a third of the up from the bottom and a third of the way in from the left. I'm sure it is a lesser peak that just caught the light . Super conversion of an impressive scene.

Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Fischer on January 23, 2014 at 12:53 PM

Gary, I see the light spot. You are correct. It would look better cropped out.
I do not have photo shop. I used Nikon Capture NX2. I see to have lost crispness with this heavily process photo.
I do have CaptureOnePhase1 raw processor but their latest upgrade does not meld well with NX2. I do the work but it will not transfer to NX2. Working online with trying to get answers from England [Capture One] is a problem.
Is there much difference I processing programs of major note? Photoshop that much better?
the fisch

Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 23, 2014 at 6:46 PM

There has been a lot of terrific b&w images posted lately and this is right up there with the best of them,. It just screams power and majesty. Excellent sky.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on January 23, 2014 at 9:12 PM

Larry, personally I use Nik Silver Effects Pro 2, along with Lightroom4.4.. The Nik program is a plug-in and needs a host. Lightroom works great for me and is relatively inexpensive . Nik takes some practice but is very intuitive. I think,however you did this conversion,it worked great.

Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments