Wasatch Illuminated (+)

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 24, 2014315 views10 comments

I haven't been able to get out much yet this fall, but came away with this image from a nice family hike a couple weeks ago in the Wasatch mountains not far from my home. This is a 2-exposure blend (main exposure f/22, 1/13 sec, 24mm, ISO 100), with adjustments mostly using luminosity masks and selective dodging/burning. Nit-picking encouraged.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Riccardo Boesso on October 24, 2014 at 3:19 AM

I think that you have been able to blend the exposures very well and the final result is a delicious and natural light, able to put on fire the foliage, well placed in an interesting diagonal.
I like it, nice work!

Registered on October 15, 2014, 13 Posts, 72 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 24, 2014 at 9:31 AM

This is gorgeous Jared. Love the sunburst and I particularly like the white aspen trunks. I might bring the light up a touch in the fg but my Macbook with retina tends to show things darker than other monitors, so see if anyone else comments. The light here is just spectacular. I like the image very much.

pat

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 24, 2014 at 9:51 AM

Jared, This looks great to me. It has that feel of being right there at this moment. Wonderful light and very inviting. I'm no blend expert but it looks like a very good job to me and very natural too. In the large version the foreground also looks very good to me. I like it a lot!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on October 24, 2014 at 10:16 AM

Great light in this Jared especially on the trees and really like the hazy light in the back round. Minor nit would be to darken the BR a touch as it pulls my eyes. But very minor. A beautiful image with great processing.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on October 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM

Dynamic image! I might offer a slight crop off the left so that the bright patch of of distant aspen are closer to the boarder - to the 1st notch in the background ridge. Not sure exactly why, but this tightens up the shot a little more for me. From a processing standpoint, the areas of clouds closer to the sun seem a little artificially oversaturated with yellow. Try desat them and it may appear a bit more natural. Otherwise great job on the blend.

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on October 24, 2014 at 4:51 PM

Looking for a nit, looking for a nit, not finding much... okay, I might consider cloning out that one long bright blade of grass in the LR, it's a bit distracting. Is that nit-picky enough? Great shot and processing of a beautiful spot.

Registered on October 8, 2014, 226 Posts, 1187 Comments

Comment posted by Jared Warren on October 24, 2014 at 6:51 PM

Thanks for the comments and feedback so far. Here's a version with less yellow saturation in the clouds and a couple distracting grass shoots cloned out.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 25, 2014 at 8:45 PM

The repost works better for me Jared. Love the light you have captured here.

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Comment posted by Jeff Hackett on October 26, 2014 at 11:56 AM

I'm leaning toward the repost by a whisker. I didn't mind the grass in the LRC, and I really don't have any nits of this fine image. I hope your family hike was nice!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 27, 2014 at 3:36 PM

Wow, this is a knock-out Jared.

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