Posted by Paul Duval on December 10, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Originally the residents of Lone Pine wanted to call the mountain Fisherman's peak, but the name of the state geologist Josiah D. Whitney stuck and Mt. Whitney it is today. For ill or good, but Fisherman's peak? A party of Fisherman were the first to peak the mountain in Aug 1873. Clarence King who named the Mt. Whitney ascended in Sept 1873. One unusual note is that the naturalist John Muir ascended Whitney alone and peaked on my birthday date October 21st 1873. He started out from Independence not Lone Pine. Maybe that's why I feel a special affinity for this mountain and am at this moment planning a trip up there this weekend despite the dire weather reports. I tell people " I'm the idiot with the cameras driving into the storm not away from it." The snow level in this storm will be 5,000 ft. and up to 3 feeet of new snow is expected to fall in the Southern Sierra. The image is a warm up for my trip from Feb 2009. Nikon D-300
Posted by Lon Overacker on December 11, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Paul,
Great image of Mt. Whitney and the surrounding clouds. The blue sky is beautiful too.
Might want to clone out the dust bunnies... :-)
I wanted to ask about the difference between this image and the recent post of Lone Pine peak in ES&S. This one here looks good in terms of sharpening and jpg compression. But to be honest, the one in ES&S is suffering much worse jpg compression and also seems to have some haloing along the peak ridges and sky. Assuming you're using the same gear, what is the difference? Is the Lone Pine image a bigger crop and hence less data and more evidence of compression? Not a big deal, just curious as to what you think might be going on.
This one here is great.
Lon
Posted by Steve Sieren on December 11, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Paul, I'm liking the this a lot! Could you imagine being at the top by the lighting hut and looking south seeing the blowing snow covering up your route back and a huge drop off.
Exciting atmosphere.
SS
Posted by Paul Duval on December 11, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Lon,
The ESS post was just a failed attempt in post processing and the original was not as sharp that image was taken with the same camera from the same area on the similar day as this post. I can see why it's getting no comments. I only have elements so I don't have all of the tools that are in CS. I've been trying different techniques like looping certain areas of an image and sharpening or bumping brightness, highlights and contrast up or down. Another thing I do now which seems to help with the post sharpness is resharpen slightly after changing the image size.Obviously sometimes it's successful and other times it's not. All of the comments and suggestions to improve my images have been the great part of the experience on NPN and CANP. I reposted a rework of the LP image on ESS by the way.
Thanks,
Paul
Posted by Robert Dayton on December 11, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Beautiful, Paul. I love the colors and th cloud layering.
An excellent mysterious looking & somewhat shrouded shot of Mt. Whitney, Paul. Thankfully the name was not as you indicated decided upon as Fisherman's Peak.
Posted by Harley Goldman on December 11, 2009 at 10:36 AM
This is cool. Love the blowing clouds. The image does a fine job conveying the feel of the place and the conditions.
Can't blame you for wanting to drive into the storm. Good luck with the roads!!! Be safe.
Posted by Derek Sedillo on December 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Paul,
This is a classic! You caught great conditions that day with the blowing snow, clouds and blue sky mixture.
Derek
Posted by Eric Good on December 11, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Man I never tire of images of that mountain range... it's so photogenic and this captures the essence with the clouds, snow and winds. Good luck this weekend. Should be good after this storm blows through.
If you like the history of this region, make sure to drop into the Eastern Sierra museum in Independence if you haven't already.
This is really nice. I've been to the area in all seasons and have seen it in under these conditions several times. Even so, the place never fails to amaze and delight...mountains are like that; especially our Sierra!
I often wonder if there is a Paiute name for Mount Whitney? If so, it would be wonderful to see the name changed! I was overjoyed when Mt. McKinley was changed to Denali!
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10 repliesGreat image of Mt. Whitney and the surrounding clouds. The blue sky is beautiful too.
Might want to clone out the dust bunnies... :-)
I wanted to ask about the difference between this image and the recent post of Lone Pine peak in ES&S. This one here looks good in terms of sharpening and jpg compression. But to be honest, the one in ES&S is suffering much worse jpg compression and also seems to have some haloing along the peak ridges and sky. Assuming you're using the same gear, what is the difference? Is the Lone Pine image a bigger crop and hence less data and more evidence of compression? Not a big deal, just curious as to what you think might be going on.
This one here is great.
Lon
Exciting atmosphere.
SS
The ESS post was just a failed attempt in post processing and the original was not as sharp that image was taken with the same camera from the same area on the similar day as this post. I can see why it's getting no comments. I only have elements so I don't have all of the tools that are in CS. I've been trying different techniques like looping certain areas of an image and sharpening or bumping brightness, highlights and contrast up or down. Another thing I do now which seems to help with the post sharpness is resharpen slightly after changing the image size.Obviously sometimes it's successful and other times it's not. All of the comments and suggestions to improve my images have been the great part of the experience on NPN and CANP. I reposted a rework of the LP image on ESS by the way.
Thanks,
Paul
Can't blame you for wanting to drive into the storm. Good luck with the roads!!! Be safe.
This is a classic! You caught great conditions that day with the blowing snow, clouds and blue sky mixture.
Derek
If you like the history of this region, make sure to drop into the Eastern Sierra museum in Independence if you haven't already.
This is really nice. I've been to the area in all seasons and have seen it in under these conditions several times. Even so, the place never fails to amaze and delight...mountains are like that; especially our Sierra!
I often wonder if there is a Paiute name for Mount Whitney? If so, it would be wonderful to see the name changed! I was overjoyed when Mt. McKinley was changed to Denali!
-P