Denali Aloft PA

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted November 18, 2017169 views3 comments

On our trip to Alaska early in the fall we took a flightseeing tour with the doors off the plane so that I could have an unobstructed view of the passing landscape. It was pretty cold so I had to wear gloves and hand hold the camera. The jostling of the plane often made me make some inadvertent adjustments. The original was shot at f18 and 1/125 which was way too slow SS for good sharpness even with the image stabilization of the camera set at maximum. I liked the comp and scene well enough that I thought I would play with some filters. Used oil paint, twirl and ripple in Photoshop CC 2018. All comments welcome.>=))>

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on November 19, 2017 at 12:14 PM

For me, the image conveys a sense of motion. Your processing seems to accentuate the contours of the landscape. I like the overall effect, though there are some areas where I might eliminate the ripple effect (such as the sky) and see how it looks.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on November 20, 2017 at 10:43 AM

The textured appearance goes well with the landscape features. Especially like the detail of strokes in the large version. Experienced the same issue during a flight over Iceland. Think you could have shot at f5.6 and bumped the ISO up to 400 and had much faster shutter speeds to work with. Next time!

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on November 22, 2017 at 10:04 PM

The colors and textures are nice and I think you made the best of your situation. I wish the river were more in the middle of the frame as it draws my eye and I'd like to see more of it. Having never shot from a plane with the doors open, I'm sure it isn't easy to get everything all lined up just so.

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