Posted by Stan Rose on October 10, 2011 at 9:37 PM
As I mentioned in my previous trip report, green leaves did not make for a very productive week of Fall shooting, so I took advantage of some free time between work days the last couple of weeks. This was my first of two trips--I met up with Todd at Maroon Bells Wednesday morning to catch the clearing from Storm Number 1. After many hours in Photoshop, here's the highlites from my first trip--obviously i got more good photos in one day here than i did in my week long bust in September. Part 2 is even better--i think i finally broke out of a plateau and made some technical and artistic improvements in my latest shooting effort. I need to whittle down these shots to the best 3 or 4 for the website/portfolio, so any help is appreciated!
Here's Maroon Lake at sunrise. Im sure there were some angry photographers among the mob at the far shore (hope Todd wasn't one of them...) but hey, its a public lake and I prefer the solitude on the far shore!
I'm not real crazy about the saturation level here, but the other images in the link look pretty good.
Posted by Phillip Noll on October 10, 2011 at 10:47 PM
D'oh! I just saw the link to the rest of your Fall images. Great collection, Stan! Looks like you had some great conditions out there.
Posted by John Mumaw on October 10, 2011 at 10:57 PM
Yeah, the curse of the Canon CMOS sensor seems to have hit this cover shot pretty hard.
Ah, but you had some great conditions for the rest! Not sure about 'plateau breaking', but I like 'Zooming in on the Raggeds' , 'Raggeds from the Approach to McClure' and 'Close Up Sunrise on the Maroon Bells' the best. Glad to see you found such bountiful colors and wonderful weather.
Posted by Stan Rose on October 10, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Michael--im not crazy about the saturation look either, but it looks much better on my monitor, i think the web conversion hurt it. I hardly touched the saturation from the RAW, and when i reduce the sat it looks crappy, so i think its mainly the blend/curves that gave it that neon look. Ill probably try one more time before i throw in the towel on this one. Thanks!
OK--John i caught your comment as well--any suggestions? As i said, it already had these issues in the RAW, so im not sure i can salvage it...
Oh--the plateau break came on my following trip
Posted by Brian Schrayer on October 10, 2011 at 11:01 PM
Beautiful set here, Stan. Personally I like the two Marcellina mountain images the best. I'm sure it is a common sight to some of you but that is one imposing mountain. The misty conditions and the seasonal waterfall tops it off - I don't remember seeing the waterfall when I was there around 9.29.2011 but maybe I didn't go far enough around.
Posted by Morris McClung on October 10, 2011 at 11:33 PM
Whoa! Take your hand off of the saturation slider and move away from the computer!
And great, all of those guys had to clone you out of their shots? Please tell me you weren't one of THOSE guys.
Just dial it back a bit, well, at least it looks overdone on my dinosaur of a monitor.
The collection on your site is outstanding! Great light, weather, color, all the right ingredients.
Posted by Stan Rose on October 10, 2011 at 11:52 PM
Ok, i should have known using the default with those colors was a bad idea--i went back and completely reprocessed--took me 20 min instead of the 2 h for the oversaturated version Reduced saturation this time, does this look better?
Posted by Stan Rose on October 10, 2011 at 11:54 PM
Brian--thanks--that waterfall only existed due to the rain/snow
Quite a collection, Stan! Too many winners to mention, but I'll single out "Zooming in on the Raggeds" as my personal favorite. The cloud arrangement there really helps give a sense of the big peaks and massive groves in that area.
Posted by Kane Engelbert on October 11, 2011 at 12:29 AM
Look at you Stan, working those different perspectives of the Bells!!! Next time I'll just flip a uturn and shoot east at sunrise. "Excuse me, all 60 of you..., I'm shooting EAST, can you please move further west, closer to your lackluster Iconic shot of your subject." Dude, #1 is stunning (great comp/rule of thirds) you gotta at least clone the photographer out of the shot.
Love the set, your style includes a contrasty flavor. Your high key sky in your overcast images is borderline overexposed on my monitor. Time to calibrate?
Posted by Kane Engelbert on October 11, 2011 at 12:34 AM
I like the sat levels of the 2nd shot but now the shadows appear a bit too dark.
What in the heck is the "curse of the Canon CMOS sensor?" Are we talking about Magentas and Reds?
Much, much better on the second. Nice to see all the fall colors. We just don't get that kind of color here. Nice work.
Posted by John Mumaw on October 11, 2011 at 6:20 AM
Much better! Things did get a bit darker as Kane noted.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 11, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Stan, to help you whittle down, CloseUp of Sunrise at Maroon Bells and Fog and Fall are the two I prefer. Maybe add a little pop to the aspens in Fog and Fall. Looks like the run and gun trip was productive for you.
Posted by Jeremy Week on October 11, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Great collection Stan!
Posted by Morris McClung on October 11, 2011 at 11:24 AM
The repost looks better on my monitor now. For what that's worth.
Nice set Stan! I do love the Zooming in on the Raggeds but it's hard to pick overall. I'm jealous you're going to Zion, hope you come back with some unique shots. If I see another 7-37 image blend from Virgin River I might puke! How's that for a pet-peeve
I like the repost much better. Zooming is my favorite among the others. I think backing off some on the saturation on a few will help, although it may be that the conversion to jpg is doing this. I posted an image last week to the SENP forum and the conversion looked ghastly. I liked how it looked on my monitor before the final conversion but the yellows and reds just went over the top in the conversion. And I must also say that I really like the different perspectives on the Maroon Bells. I have gotten to where the usual perspective has become too boring absent really unusual conditions. Congrats on a different look!
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22 repliesHere's Maroon Lake at sunrise. Im sure there were some angry photographers among the mob at the far shore (hope Todd wasn't one of them...) but hey, its a public lake and I prefer the solitude on the far shore!
Rest is Here:
http://www.stanroseimages.com/gallery/Fall-2011-1
SEE REPOST BELOW!
Ah, but you had some great conditions for the rest! Not sure about 'plateau breaking', but I like 'Zooming in on the Raggeds' , 'Raggeds from the Approach to McClure' and 'Close Up Sunrise on the Maroon Bells' the best. Glad to see you found such bountiful colors and wonderful weather.
OK--John i caught your comment as well--any suggestions? As i said, it already had these issues in the RAW, so im not sure i can salvage it...
Oh--the plateau break came on my following trip
And great, all of those guys had to clone you out of their shots?
Just dial it back a bit, well, at least it looks overdone on my dinosaur of a monitor.
The collection on your site is outstanding! Great light, weather, color, all the right ingredients.
Love the set, your style includes a contrasty flavor. Your high key sky in your overcast images is borderline overexposed on my monitor. Time to calibrate?
What in the heck is the "curse of the Canon CMOS sensor?" Are we talking about Magentas and Reds?