Posted by Kathryn Engle on July 13, 2012 at 12:03 AM
Looking down towards the Alvord desert from the top of the Steen Mountains in SE Oregon. Taken with D700 with 17mm lens, 1/40 sec @ f/20. A very unpopulated place to go over the July 4th weekend.
Kathryn, is this view near the Little Blitzen Gorge? This is a very nice sunset image you made! I am enjoying the lovely detail in the clouds and of course the yellow flowers in the foreground.
Posted by Scott Miller on July 13, 2012 at 12:09 PM
I've never seen a shot from up here, I love the perspective, great!
Thanks all. This was taken at the East Rim Viewpoint. We stayed at Fish Lake Campground which is 18 miles up the mountain and around 10 miles from summit. We did drive down in the dark. It's amazing that we were over 9700'. No wonder it was so cold and windy.
Posted by Scott Smorra on July 14, 2012 at 8:23 PM
Beautiful image Kathryn. I really like the composition and side lighting here. The Steens/Alvord are one of my favorite parts of Oregon and you have showcased it beautifully here.. My only nits are that there are several dust spots in the sky and Alvord Desert areas of the image. The image also seems a bit soft. What kind of web sharpening did you use?
Posted by Kathryn Engle on July 14, 2012 at 10:23 PM
Scott, by George, I see those darm dust spots now. Fortunately, they are an easy fix. I used the Nik sharpening software. I had the sharpening level down quite a bit. Perhaps, I just need to increase it a bit more.
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