I think I prefer this version to my first post. It's a 3 vertical shot stitch. This is a straight-up B&W conversion, but I brightened the moon a slight amount.
Upon further observation, I noticed two climbers on Broadway and 1 on Lady Washington. It's amazing what shows up at 100% view.
Boy, I'm not with you on this one, Paul. I much prefer the color version. One fix I'd make to this b&w is to lighten the moon. It looks artificially darker here. I think the whites should match that of the snow on Longs in tonal value.
Can you post a crop and point out the climbers on Broadway? I know they won't be super-recognizable, but I'd love to see what you're seeing -- in color, of course.
I like it. Although I do agree with Todd that the moon could go even a little brighter. One thing I've noticed on both this and the color version is some sharpening artifacts (or more likely noise that was left over after blurring the sky) along the top of the peak and around the moon. You might need to zoom in and take them out with a blur tool.
Thanks for keeping me honest guys. I brightened up the moon. Let me know if this works or not. Joshua, you have good eyes, and have found a problem I thought I'd fixed. I've been trying to move to a quicker Lightroom workflow for web posting and it just isn't working out. I'm constantly battling artifacts. Thanks for spotting this. Back to PS for me.
Todd, here's an extreme enlargement of the climbers. I have an entire sequence of images where they walk across and disappear into the rocks at the top right.
I'd still go lighter on the moon. This isn't gonna sound like it makes any sense whatsoever, but the way it looks now, it looks like a globe, when, counter-intuitively, I think it should look more like a flat disc.
I like the extra contrast and seeming sharpness of the repost, but agree w/ TC about the moon. If you could adjust the moon just a tad this would be a truly awesome shot. Those climbers are nuts!-good find!
Great alignment you found, Paul! I prefer the B&W, but think the moon would look most natural (to my eye at least) if it were somewhere in between the brightness levels on the two versions above. The rocks look great - lots of detail.
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14 repliesUpon further observation, I noticed two climbers on Broadway and 1 on Lady Washington. It's amazing what shows up at 100% view.
Can you post a crop and point out the climbers on Broadway? I know they won't be super-recognizable, but I'd love to see what you're seeing -- in color, of course.
Todd, here's an extreme enlargement of the climbers. I have an entire sequence of images where they walk across and disappear into the rocks at the top right.
I'd still go lighter on the moon. This isn't gonna sound like it makes any sense whatsoever, but the way it looks now, it looks like a globe, when, counter-intuitively, I think it should look more like a flat disc.
Great alignment you found, Paul! I prefer the B&W, but think the moon would look most natural (to my eye at least) if it were somewhere in between the brightness levels on the two versions above. The rocks look great - lots of detail.