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Crown of the Sun Dog w/ rework

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Posted by Marc Dilley on January 24, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Crown of the Sun Dog w/ rework
Chelan County finally got to see the sun yesterday and I climbed the crusty slopes of the Icicle Canyon as it broke over the granite ridge tops. Just before the sun came into view, I got off this shot of shadows of Yellowjacket Tower as it shown against the thin clouds.

Sony R1, 1/800 & 1/80 @ f/16, no filters.
Posted by Aaron Ellingsen on January 24, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I'm gonna agree with Jesse. This looks like it has a lot of promise with all of the cool atmospheric effects, but I am straining to see into the shadows. Something is a little wonky with the FG trees as well. Maybe a little more work in PS?
Posted by Catherine Reilly on January 25, 2009 at 3:21 AM
A sort of eery, mystical image. It's rapidly growing on me. :cool:
Posted by Jack Garrett on January 25, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Overall, I like the image but I cannot figure out whats going on with those peaks on the left...a weird kind of shadow that I keep getting drawn to.

Jack
Posted by Marc Dilley on January 25, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Here is a rework with more detail in the shadows.
Posted by Joseph Campisi on January 25, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Definitely more shadow detail Marc, but I think it's at the expense of making it look a bit overprocessed. for that reason, I think I prefer he original. That tree is kind of a distraction, but I know some times these things can't be helped. Must have been quite a sight to witness in person!
Posted by John Williams on January 25, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Weird and yet wonderful. The light and clouds look otherworldly. I agree that the foreground trees look unnatural.
Posted by Marc Dilley on January 25, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I think the problem you guys are having with the FG trees are the large ice fog crystals backlit by the sun. I purposely included these trees for a sense of perspective. I guess I should of taken a version w/o them, but that wooded slope was pretty cramped.

Perhaps this new version is a tad too much in the shadowed slope on the left. I'll have to work on this some more. :rolleyes:

Thanks for the critiques!

Posted by John Williams on January 25, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Ah, that's probably it Marc. I wasn't thinking about them being ice-covered.
Posted by Mark Hudon on January 25, 2009 at 8:23 PM
The second one is nice, Marc. What a weird shadow, it must have been cool to see in person.

There ya go, a good comment and another notch on my ratio.
Posted by Roger Wallace on January 26, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Tough exposure Marc but after the rework you pulled it off, nice shot. You must have been up the south slope aways to get this angle. I was up the Icicle the same day, one advantage of the freezing fog provides some good photo ops.