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Evening Heat

by Harry Lichtman

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 17, 2014311 views10 comments
A brilliant sunset taken from atop Mount Carrigain in NH's White Mountains overlooking the Pemi Wilderness(NH's Largest). The warm light is by no means indicative of the cold and windy conditions that made this shot more of a challenge, hence the higher ISO.

5DII, 24-105L, ISO 800, f 9.5, 1/20th sec.
2 exposures for dynamic range

I am wondering most about the color balance here, and if it works for folks. The original RAW defaults produced a much redder image using the daylight white balance. I reduced this a bit as the trees looked too red compared to what I remember.

Comments

10 comments
Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 17, 2014 at 9:32 AM
This looks natural and beautiful to me Harry. I don't see any artifacts or mis-balance in exposures and tones. No suggestions.

pat
Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on July 17, 2014 at 11:34 AM
WB looks good to me Harry. Gorgeous shot, well worth the efforts!
Registered on September 30, 2012, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments
Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on July 17, 2014 at 1:45 PM
Harry, I bet you figured what your surname means in German :wink: , so seeing such a Licht-image from you is quite consistent with your name. The color balance looks quite right to me, and it looks believable. Gorgeous shot, as Roel mentioned.
Registered on January 26, 2007, 360 Posts, 9876 Comments
Comment posted by gary phillips on July 17, 2014 at 2:18 PM
Looks great to me, Harry. You handled the dynamic range wonderfully. Really good. :toast:
Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 17, 2014 at 3:46 PM
Didl - Yes, my German ancestry was a good match I guess :smile: I had picked up a camera long before I knew the connection though.
Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 17, 2014 at 4:08 PM
Nice job, Harry. I really like the sky and the color of the distant mountains.

--P
Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on July 18, 2014 at 2:06 PM
Nice handling of the light... All the brilliant colors and contrasts makes this a great image. No nits from me!
Registered on November 16, 2011, 67 Posts, 1127 Comments
Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on July 19, 2014 at 3:03 PM
Color balance feels very good to me...you did a fantastic job managing the light in your processing too. It may have been cold, but none of that translates and you have a very fine image here.
Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments
Comment posted by Jean C Cajolet on July 20, 2014 at 6:29 AM
Beautiful picture, very natural looking, I like the sky and the projection of the sun over the mountains Bravo!
Registered on April 28, 2014, 53 Posts, 532 Comments
Comment posted by Zack Clothier on July 26, 2014 at 8:06 PM
Nice looking scene Harry, you handled the light very well, those reds are so tricky to deal with. The only thing I can suggest would be to do a little dodging/burning on the mountains to make them stand out more.
Registered on January 28, 2010, 343 Posts, 2257 Comments