Sandwich Wilderness

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 28, 2016217 views12 comments

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NH's White Mountains can look like a wave of indistinguishable green during the summer, which is why I rarely get any interesting images during that time of year. Some great lighting near sunset helped change all of that. These granite outcrops are the closest thing we have to brain rock formations like I have seen in the sandstone areas out west, so I wanted to include them in the grand view. The prominent central peak is Mount Passaconaway. I took some tighter shots of the peaks with my 24-120 lens, but have not gotten around to processing them yet. This was from last weekend. A single RAW image processed x2 for the dynamic range.

Nikon D810, 24-120mm, polarizing filter.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Dan Kearl on August 28, 2016 at 10:52 AM

Nice rays and perspective. Maybe a tad less of the FG rock and a bit more sky?
overall all I think the image could go a bit warmer.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 28, 2016 at 12:46 PM

Colorful and dramatic image, Harry. I like the comp with the lichen covered rocks anchoring the foreground, and the rays are outstanding.

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on August 28, 2016 at 3:18 PM

Nice image Harry. I also like the lichen covered rocks in the foreground. No nits here.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on August 28, 2016 at 3:19 PM

Really outstanding Harry. Love the rays and how they help create amazing depth to the image. No nits from me.........Love it.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 28, 2016 at 3:57 PM

Harry, What a great looking scene this is...Beautiful, and those light rays are just fantastic. At first I thought it might be just a tad over sharpened but then open the large version and just saw lots of wonderful detail and textures. Composition works great for me. Nice work! cool

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on August 28, 2016 at 6:25 PM

I too love the lichen. Stunning dynamic range controlled well.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on August 28, 2016 at 7:29 PM

Excellent, Harry. What great light and rays!! No nits here, I like this a lot.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on August 29, 2016 at 12:47 PM

You captured some glorious light here Harry. Wonderful rays and dappled light on the mountains..

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on August 29, 2016 at 3:43 PM

What a nice scene, Harry. The large version is a must-see. You did a great job handling the dynamic range, here. Well done!
--P

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on August 29, 2016 at 11:00 PM

You certainly handled the range of light in this scene perfectly, Harry. The FG lichen covered granite is fantastic as is the interplay of light and shadow and the rays of light are gorgeous. You captured a beautiful scene.

Ed

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on August 31, 2016 at 2:51 AM

Wonderful handling of light and the layered composition works well. The beautiful foreground layer adds a lot to this image which appears to be primarily about rays of light.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on August 31, 2016 at 12:09 PM

Those sunbeams are such a treat! Lovely layered comp too. No nits for me :)

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