Man I wish I was out there right now. This is wonderful, Steve. It also looks pretty darn cold out there too. -10 is plenty cold. If there was any wind at all at that temperature it becomes plenty tough for any photo work.
Posted by Lon Overacker on January 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Steve,
This is gorgeous! Great job handling the exposure; did you use a grad or a multi-exposure blend? No matter, this is really beautiful. I love the soft pastel color in the water.
Lon
Posted by Steve Sieren on January 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Thanks guys. No wind at all lucky for me.
Lon, It's just one exposure taken w/ a 2 stop soft grad and polarizer that really did a number since my point of view was probably exactly 90 degrees from the sun. Huge difference in the scene w/ out the polarizer. The sky had zero noticeable cloud in the exposure w/ out the PL on there but still didn't fill the histogram. I double raw processed the raw file +2 ev steps. I still had some room on the edge of the histogram on both shots un pl and pl.
Didn't make it as far up the road as I wanted to so it was frustrating composing here because I had to stop hiking and gave up the distance goal. Barely got this one off.
Sweet scene, Steve. -10 is way cold!!! Must be tough working when it is that chilly.
Posted by Steve Sieren on January 13, 2009 at 2:56 PM
I had 3 layers under a down jacket, 2 beanies on and Neg 40 degree boots on. So didn't feel it much at all but that's why I didn't believe the watch. Then it died and came back to life at lunch time. All that gear sure slows you down. I didn't even use my 70-200 3lb lens. Should of left it.
Posted by Reno DiTullio on January 13, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Very nice, Steve. I really like the kiss of sunlight on the mountain peaks and all that "cold" in the remainder of the image, well done
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9 replies**make 10 degrees not -10. My mistake.
This is gorgeous! Great job handling the exposure; did you use a grad or a multi-exposure blend? No matter, this is really beautiful. I love the soft pastel color in the water.
Lon
Lon, It's just one exposure taken w/ a 2 stop soft grad and polarizer that really did a number since my point of view was probably exactly 90 degrees from the sun. Huge difference in the scene w/ out the polarizer. The sky had zero noticeable cloud in the exposure w/ out the PL on there but still didn't fill the histogram. I double raw processed the raw file +2 ev steps. I still had some room on the edge of the histogram on both shots un pl and pl.
Didn't make it as far up the road as I wanted to so it was frustrating composing here because I had to stop hiking and gave up the distance goal. Barely got this one off.
Very nice composition. I like the way you've used the stream to lead the eye into the sun lit peaks. Wonderful shot. Best Regards.
- Dan.