Posted by Doug Koepsel on July 21, 2012 at 5:24 PM
or Porphyry Basin, which I assume refers to the crystals imbedded in red/purple igneous rock. The last night of my San Juan trip was spent here.
For this shot, I was using the grass slope to block out the mine remnants at the bottom, which also unfortunately blocked out the stream.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on July 21, 2012 at 5:26 PM
#2, the flowers above the falls were fairly nice.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on July 21, 2012 at 5:27 PM
#3 and along the creek
Posted by Doug Koepsel on July 21, 2012 at 5:28 PM
#4 and at the base of the falls.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on July 21, 2012 at 5:31 PM
#5 Took a mid-day hike above Bullion King Lake
Posted by Doug Koepsel on July 21, 2012 at 5:36 PM
#6 The last sunrise.
I am still trying various web sharpening methods.
Nits welcome
Posted by Jack Garrett on July 21, 2012 at 6:08 PM
What was the date on thes Doug? Nice images!
Posted by Doug Koepsel on July 21, 2012 at 6:25 PM
Yes, porphyry is a variety of igneous rock characterized by very large-grained crystals, in this case feldspars, dispersed in a fine-grained matrix. I'm sure you saw lots of it. It is from Greek and means "purple", but in current usage the rock does not need to be purple.
Posted by Mark Stahlke on July 21, 2012 at 11:35 PM
Nice series of shots. I like sharpening in 1 and 2. Numbers 3, 4, and 5 look over-sharpened; maybe it's compression.
Posted by Jack Garrett on July 21, 2012 at 11:48 PM
What was the date on thes Doug? Nice images!
Posted by Doug Koepsel on July 22, 2012 at 12:11 AM
Posted by Doug Koepsel on July 22, 2012 at 4:17 PM
Bill, thanks for the porphyry explanantion. It has been a while since the HS geology class.
Mark, for sharpening, I resized the final edited sharpened image with bicubic sharper to 1333pix (1.666x 800), did filter>unsharpmask, then resized to 800pix w/ bicubic sharper. #1&2 received one filter>usm, and #3&4 received two applications. Trying something similar to Marc Adamus' technique.
Doug, the dreaded Halo Monster resides in your first shot. It's certainly compression related and likely isn't visible on a large image. Minus that issue #1 is a beautiful photo, but #6 takes the trophy. Very well composed and your processing is excellent.
Very nice Doug. Great captures. I really like 3, 4 & 6.
Was just up there Friday 7/20 with Todd Caudle's workshop. Still some pretty good flowers. The tarn was starting to get a little low and the skies were bluebird in the morning. Rained like hell every evening,
You done good there, mein freund.
#6 has it all over #1 for the gran view, and all of the flower images look terrific! My only suggestion might be to brighten up the falls from the slight greys present in #3.
Did you have problems with wind while you were there? At least the fool who pitched a tent right near the bottom of the falls departed.
Posted by Adam Schallau on August 1, 2012 at 11:28 AM
The 3rd and 4th images are just beautiful. Well done!
Discussion
20 repliesFor this shot, I was using the grass slope to block out the mine remnants at the bottom, which also unfortunately blocked out the stream.
I am still trying various web sharpening methods.
Nits welcome
Yes, porphyry is a variety of igneous rock characterized by very large-grained crystals, in this case feldspars, dispersed in a fine-grained matrix. I'm sure you saw lots of it. It is from Greek and means "purple", but in current usage the rock does not need to be purple.
Mark, for sharpening, I resized the final edited sharpened image with bicubic sharper to 1333pix (1.666x 800), did filter>unsharpmask, then resized to 800pix w/ bicubic sharper. #1&2 received one filter>usm, and #3&4 received two applications. Trying something similar to Marc Adamus' technique.
Was just up there Friday 7/20 with Todd Caudle's workshop. Still some pretty good flowers. The tarn was starting to get a little low and the skies were bluebird in the morning. Rained like hell every evening,
#6 has it all over #1 for the gran view, and all of the flower images look terrific! My only suggestion might be to brighten up the falls from the slight greys present in #3.
Did you have problems with wind while you were there? At least the fool who pitched a tent right near the bottom of the falls departed.