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McCall Point Vertical

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Posted by Zack Schnepf on April 27, 2006 at 1:39 PM
McCall Point Vertical
This the vertical version of the shot I hav in the ESS forum. I like them both for different reasons, this one is obviously more about the flowers.

5D
17-40L + 3 stop hard Singh Ray grad
1/50, f/16, ISO 320
Posted by Rick Lundh on April 27, 2006 at 1:41 PM
I personally like this one better...it's beautiful...
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 27, 2006 at 1:45 PM
Very nice. I like the filtered back light through the flower petals.
Posted by Tim Goodspeed on April 27, 2006 at 2:53 PM
Zack, I like this one better as well. I am finding that I like wide angle verticals better than horizontals. I like the dominance of the foregrounds that the vertical format brings.

This image is very nice. Great sky.
Posted by Zack Schnepf on April 27, 2006 at 3:22 PM
Oh BTW, Rowena is looking very good, the lupin is still coming up and should be in very nice shape by this weekend, I think next week will be the best conditions for the flowers as a whole. I saw Indian Paintbrush coming in as well higher up the hillside.
Posted by Erik Lundh on April 27, 2006 at 3:59 PM
Zack,
Both are pretty awesome. Since the sky in this one is so awesome and rare, I want to see more of it. Therefor, I much prefer the vertical composition.
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on April 27, 2006 at 6:14 PM
Zack, I like both for their own qualities - the one problem I had with the vertical was the cut off flowers along the bottom of the image - maybe cloning them out to make it cleaner. It just doesn't look quite right with flower that you only see a few petals of. The above version has everything just perfect ! And that sky is really amazing....
Posted by Pradeep on April 28, 2006 at 12:14 AM
Superb shot. Am not that qualified to comment but really liked this composition. I've been craving to get a similar shot :).
Posted by Zack Schnepf on April 28, 2006 at 12:19 AM
I think John meant the horizontal version in ESS :biggrin:
Posted by Elizabeth Kimes on April 28, 2006 at 12:50 AM
Stunning Zack! I love the light coming through the flowers. Just beautiful. :smile: