Saturday morning going to the Garden of the Gods was just like a thousand others I had done except for the fact I was just taking my sweet time and in no hurry. That almost was what would ruin the trip, I got there much later than I planned and saw that the light was moving much faster than I anticipated. Anyway I was lucky I took the time to set up my gear the night before so I could just jump out of the jeep and start hoofing it to where I wanted to be for the colorful light display on the Peak and using the Rocks as my foreground. I also noticed a couple other shooters out there to doing preyy much the same thing as me. Rushing to get the light.
Anyway, after getting the one shot I went there for I started my way back up to my favorite location on white riock ridge. There I met a guy who was visiting from the Washington DC area. He was looking around with a print out he had made from a travelog from our own CNPer Ken Wyatt. I chatted briefly with him and showed him the location he was looking for and moved on to a spot i was wanting to shoot, when what do you know, another guy pops out from the maze of Junipers and Pinion Pine with another print out in his hand. It seems that he had been frantically searching for a location that another CNPer, Jessie Speer had wrote up! It was Thomas from germany who had written in looking for places to shoot on his quick trip out our way. I got him to the spot he was looking for and he was happy.
Finally I was left alone to my own search and found the spot I was looking for. Just kidding! I enjoied the fact that the members of CNP have become a fountain of knowledge and inviting to the world of photographers from afar!
Sweet! I like the last one the best. It's the least straightforward of the set, which is good with an iconic landscape like GotG that has been photographed a zillion times.
Becky
Posted by Joseph Finn on March 12, 2006 at 5:07 PM
Another nice series James, I am gonna have to get down there again with you.............J
Posted by Jack Brauer on March 12, 2006 at 5:12 PM
Nice shots! One suggestion would be to push up the curves a little bit to brighten them up.
I find it unbelievable that people actually take other people's prints out shooting to get the same shot! That seems borderline psychotic to me!
James - like the comps on 3 and 4 especially, but they do have some funky color. Nothing a little PS tweaking can't fix! Looks like you had a good morning - photo stalkers and all!
Posted by Todd Caudle on March 12, 2006 at 9:24 PM
Yeah, funky color, and pretty dark. Could use some work, but they're nice. I also detect a pretty strong halo around the rocks where they meet the sky. Is that the shadow/highlight function, or sumpin' else?
I once came across a guy walking around, obviously looking for an angle, so I asked him. He said he'd seen a shot in a book of the moon framed in Kissing Camels' archway. He said he just couldn't figure out how the guy did it. I told him I was THAT guy, and then told him he was well out of position and a day early. I told him to come back the next day, and where to go, to get the shot. He said he was part of a camera club back east, and really wanted to impress his fellow club members. Small world.
Oh I also just posted a couple travelogues of places I like to go to. I welcome any feedback. They're on my website. I am writing a full series on the Gunnison National Forrest Minus Black Canyon as I have yet to shoot there myself, so most of what I cover with that area are Wildflower locations and Fall Colors.
Posted by Jack Brauer on March 13, 2006 at 10:24 AM
James, I was surprised to hear that you have a calibrated monitor, since these pics do not reflect that. I think I may have figured out the problem, though. The embedded profile on these images is "Chromira FUJI_CV.icc". That is an unusual profile (your monitor's profile?) and I bet very few people have that profile on their computers, much less their browsers - which is why people are seeing wacky color.
So... when you save an image for the web you should always first convert to profile "sRGB IECC1966-2.1". That is a very standard profile which will look correct on every monitor and browser.
The set up you see from Photoshop is my Printer Profile for Slide Printer who does all my printing and i have my system set to show me what the files look like as final output. Suggestions?
Posted by Jack Brauer on March 13, 2006 at 12:00 PM
That's fine for printing, but for the web you should always convert the image to profile "sRGB IECC1966-2.1", and embed that profile.
Actually they sent me the profile over a year ago before i started shooting digitally. I will be switching back to the other profile now.
Posted by Scott Borger on March 14, 2006 at 3:23 PM
For what it's worth,I got some prints back from them today (10 of them). I edited them as soft proof with my calibrated LCD monitor and saved them as 8bit Adobe 1998 RGB in .tiff format. They printed matte on the Chromira printer and all 10 of the prints were absolutely perfect. Color was dead on. Use these settings, and you can expect success. Also, they upres better than Photoshop. Just make sure the aspect ratio is correct and let them (the Slideprinter) do the work.
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16 repliesAnyway, after getting the one shot I went there for I started my way back up to my favorite location on white riock ridge. There I met a guy who was visiting from the Washington DC area. He was looking around with a print out he had made from a travelog from our own CNPer Ken Wyatt. I chatted briefly with him and showed him the location he was looking for and moved on to a spot i was wanting to shoot, when what do you know, another guy pops out from the maze of Junipers and Pinion Pine with another print out in his hand. It seems that he had been frantically searching for a location that another CNPer, Jessie Speer had wrote up! It was Thomas from germany who had written in looking for places to shoot on his quick trip out our way. I got him to the spot he was looking for and he was happy.
Finally I was left alone to my own search and found the spot I was looking for. Just kidding! I enjoied the fact that the members of CNP have become a fountain of knowledge and inviting to the world of photographers from afar!
Anyway here's my haul for the day.
http://www.naturephotographynaturally.com/images/DSC_0488-02.jpg
http://www.naturephotographynaturally.com/images/DSC_0461.jpg
http://www.naturephotographynaturally.com/images/DSC_0479.jpg
http://www.naturephotographynaturally.com/images/DSC_0522.jpg
Becky
I find it unbelievable that people actually take other people's prints out shooting to get the same shot! That seems borderline psychotic to me!
I'm glad to hear Thomas survived his tour last weekend. Did he actually visit both Maroon Bells and RMNP?
I once came across a guy walking around, obviously looking for an angle, so I asked him. He said he'd seen a shot in a book of the moon framed in Kissing Camels' archway. He said he just couldn't figure out how the guy did it. I told him I was THAT guy, and then told him he was well out of position and a day early. I told him to come back the next day, and where to go, to get the shot. He said he was part of a camera club back east, and really wanted to impress his fellow club members. Small world.
Have a look: http://www.naturephotographynaturally.com/travelogues.htm I welcome any feedback as this is a work in progress.
So... when you save an image for the web you should always first convert to profile "sRGB IECC1966-2.1". That is a very standard profile which will look correct on every monitor and browser.