Camel's Hump 1

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 8, 2015306 views15 comments

Celebrating my one year anniversary since posting my first photo here on NPN. I've really enjoyed the journey so far. Met lot's of good folks and learned a ton. Looking forward to the next year. This is from one of my local haunts taken last Sunday. Putting a new 14mm Rokinon thru the paces. So far so good.

5d2, 14mm, f/8, 1/30s

better large

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on January 8, 2015 at 11:54 AM

Your b&w talents are superb. Love the ice, rock and clouds.

The lone scrub tree is icing on the cake. Happy New Year and keep em coming.t

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on January 8, 2015 at 1:16 PM

Congrats on the one year anniversary, Gary.

I have always enjoyed viewing and commenting on your beautiful B&W's. The large version showcases the details, textures and tones rather nicely. I could also see this working with some of the clouds being lightened just a touch. Looks like you got a winner with that new lens.

Ed

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 8, 2015 at 2:18 PM

Congrats on your one year anniversary and it is an excellent image for the occasion. The rock patterns and pool provide a great foreground to lead into that killer sky. Very well done!

The Rokinon 14mm is working well for you. I got a chance to use a Rokinon 35mm and was impressed by the lens build and the image quality. It was a tank.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on January 8, 2015 at 3:34 PM

Congrats on the anniversary, Gary. I have benefited a lot from your participation here, so that's a happy occasion for me, too.

Thanks for yet another great example of what can be done compositionally with a rocky landscape, and how effective black and white can be to illustrate the forms and textures of Nature. Love what you did with the 14mm. Watching what you do with it will inspire me to get mine out of the bag more often! Your processing really brings out the way those clouds complement the landscape.

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on January 8, 2015 at 3:39 PM

The sky looks great and your usual nice B & W pp.
I love my Rokinon, I bought it for star photos and now use it as prime landscape lens.
You will like it a lot.......

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 8, 2015 at 6:07 PM

Gary, Congrats on your one year post anniversary! It has been great seeing your work here and this one shows us why. Very interesting comp which works great, and I love how those clouds work so well with this image.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 8, 2015 at 6:39 PM

Wow, it seems like you've been around longer than a year, Gary.

I like the juxtaposition here between the frozen pothole and the rock above and to it's right. The sky adds a lot of interest.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on January 8, 2015 at 7:08 PM

Fun spot and lots to look at. Think this could benefit greatly from some tonal range adjustments to get those lights popping in the rocks. Nice find.

aF

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 8, 2015 at 10:53 PM

Absolutely gorgeous clouds and point of view, Gary. And excellent B&W rendition - I would not touch a thing!

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on January 9, 2015 at 11:02 AM

That lens seems to be working well for you! Great lines in the rock complemented with nice clouds. I have the same lens and love it, even though it has some distortion.... I use it to make most of my night photos, since I discovered that my working horse wide angle 16-35 (Nikon) gives a red glow on my images during very long exposures.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on January 9, 2015 at 1:17 PM

Nicely done, Gary, hope that you will continue long after your 1st anniversary, and looking forward to more. You're lucky to live so close to some of the most scenic areas of our country.

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on January 9, 2015 at 11:19 PM

with such a wide angle you really need some interesting foreground, and you found it here. I feel this image puts me there; I like it.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 11, 2015 at 12:58 PM

Another great black and white from you. I love your comp here. Beautiful foreground

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on January 11, 2015 at 6:28 PM

Real nice, Gary. Excellent composition and the light is wonderful. You might try to bring up the lighter values in the rocks. They are almost there, but just need a little boost.

--P

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 14, 2015 at 11:20 PM

Very intriguing image Gary. Thank you for posting it.

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