Posted by Paul Duval on October 19, 2010 at 10:27 PM
The play of clouds and light on Mt. Whitney belied John Muirs Moniker "Range of light" . Breadth of range from dark to light was more like it this morning. Only by converting to BW could I truly appreciate it.
Nikon D-300 from just above Lone Pine Creek Camprgound 10/2/2010 300mm telephoto -1 ISO.
Paul
Posted by Cory Freeman on October 20, 2010 at 9:33 AM
very nice Paul! Have you ever been here when the wind is blowing the snow off the backside of whitney? If not make sure you check it out this winter. Usually happens just after a winter storm has just dumped and is clearing out. I've got a nice traditional bw one from several years ago with some nice plooms of snow ripping off the tops.
The composition is nice, Paul. The image looks a little flat. I suspect this is because the high values are tad low on the scale. The sky looks like it has some nice things going on that could be brought up a bit by working it some.
Every time a see a shot of this magnificent mountain mass I harken back to my very early climbing days; times of sheer boredom interspersed with moments of stark terror!
Good idea with the conversion. I would agree with Preston's take. It looks a bit flat. If you are converting with PS, you might play a bit with the channel sliders when converting and see what works, or if not, then curves on the converted file.
Good idea with the conversion. I would agree with Preston's take. It looks a bit flat. If you are converting with PS, you might play a bit with the channel sliders when converting and see what works, or if not, then curves on the converted file.
Posted by Paul Duval on October 20, 2010 at 7:12 PM
I agree Preston and Harley upon further review with your excellent gentle prodding I Have reworked the conversion. Is this better?
Paul
Posted by Rudy Ruberti on October 20, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Nice Whitney shot Paul and I think the repost is an improvement. Maybe it's just the clouds, but there appears to be a slight halo around Whitney.
Great job! Comparing before and after, it almost looks like the highlight on the face of Whitney is darker in the after version. This just goes to show what happens with relative values. Try holding out the back of your hand and blocking off the 1/3 lower left corner. With the great drama you've got now, you might think about returning this area to it's original values so as to emphasize the peaks.
John Richardson
Posted by Steve Sieren on October 22, 2010 at 1:43 PM
I like the contrast in the rework but I think the sky is still lacking something so I might either try bringing out more texture and detail in the clouds or crop the sky a bit, one of the 2 could make the image stronger.
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8 repliesNikon D-300 from just above Lone Pine Creek Camprgound 10/2/2010 300mm telephoto -1 ISO.
Paul
Every time a see a shot of this magnificent mountain mass I harken back to my very early climbing days; times of sheer boredom interspersed with moments of stark terror!
--P
Paul
Great job! Comparing before and after, it almost looks like the highlight on the face of Whitney is darker in the after version. This just goes to show what happens with relative values. Try holding out the back of your hand and blocking off the 1/3 lower left corner. With the great drama you've got now, you might think about returning this area to it's original values so as to emphasize the peaks.
John Richardson