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Photo posted by Dave Dillemuth in the Landscape gallery on 01/30/17 at 2:47 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
Post last edited by Dave Dillemuth on 01/30/17 at 2:47 pm EST
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 01/30/17 at 3:11 pm EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
Wow. I don't see a lot of nice photos form the Himalayas, most always a bland blue sky and not many golden hour photos.
This is really nice....
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 01/30/17 at 3:32 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
Comment last edited by Igor Doncov on 01/30/17 at 3:33 pm EST
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This truly is an impressive hunk of rock. Usually peaks like this need some additional frame or fg to work best but this one stands on its own nicely. I think that's partly due to the sky and even more to those very dark ridges with sunlight on the bottom. A square framed crop of the entire left side with the ride border being the end of the dark ridge, would IMO be a stronger composition.
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on 01/30/17 at 4:11 pm EST
Registered on 04/10/05, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
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Breathtaking Dave. Even with the large version, there's no way for the enormity of the scene to translate well IMHO. While it would have to be seen in person for that effect, this is the second best thing. Absolutely beautiful. I might increase the contrast a bit as the shadow details appear to be a bit on the open side.
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Bill Chambers
Gulf Breeze, Florida
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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on 01/30/17 at 5:50 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments
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I DO ENVY YOU. This is high on my list but for now staring at this will do. Only way to improve is add an element to give a scale. But boy what light.
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Dr.-Ing. Prashant Khapane
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 01/30/17 at 5:58 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
I think this is wonderful as it is. The light is gorgeous, and the detail throughout is excellent.
Elevation above sea level is 23,684 feet--Great Big!
A fine image, Dave!
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on 01/30/17 at 11:22 pm EST
Registered on 03/01/15, 54 Posts, 453 Comments
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Perfect as is... I think it is well composed, Dave. The light is fantastic.
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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on 01/30/17 at 11:26 pm EST
Registered on 10/26/09, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments
Classic image. Love it...always hard to sense scale.
aF
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 01/31/17 at 12:14 am EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Dave,
All I can say is that this is EPIC. Ok, I'll say more... but this is almost beyond words. For starters, this has a painterly look, yet the immenseness and power of this that only a photograph can portray, is displayed in spades here. that glow of fog/mist/light central to the peak is key to giving this it's ethereal appearance. Ah, I digress... EPIC.
No suggestions what so ever. I'm thinking you've been sandbagging and teasing with the Eastern Sierra stuff.  
Lon
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 01/31/17 at 10:57 am EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Dave, Gotta say...Wow! This is impressive and I like everything here as it is. Great comp with beautiful light and color. The large version is a real treat to view. Excellent work!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Tom Falley on 01/31/17 at 1:02 pm EST
Registered on 11/21/14, 189 Posts, 454 Comments
Very nice Dave! I well understand due to the terrain, lack of easy access and altitude that there are not a lot of early morning or late evening optimal shots. At first look, this has an almost impressionistic painterly aspect to it. In fact my daughter, a climber-painter does works in much this style. As a climber I right away start looking for possible route lines.
Cheers! Tom
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Comment posted by Genny K. on 01/31/17 at 8:01 pm EST
Registered on 06/05/06, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments
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Wow. Well done. That is gorgeous.Yes, it's hard to get a good sense of scale from an image, but this is just impressive. I really like the wide range of light and dark, and the sort of misty, hazy places in there. Bravo!
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 01/31/17 at 8:24 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Really outstanding, Dave. Almost a Thomas Moran or other early painter. Love it. The light, the detail, the grandeur all come to head in the large view. I'm in awe.
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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on 01/31/17 at 11:39 pm EST
Registered on 02/17/04, 236 Posts, 1197 Comments
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Dave, we've all head that in photography, it's all about the light, and this is the ultimate example. Just so happens that there's an awesome mountain in the image as well! Superb imaging.
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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on 02/01/17 at 5:24 pm EST
Registered on 10/08/14, 226 Posts, 1187 Comments
A most unusual Himalayan image, Dave. I've rarely seen one with this kind of golden hour lighting. I like the tiny spots of orange on the left side of the mountain.
I did the circuit way back in 1983; a truly unforgettable experience but I think I took just a couple of rolls of film in the thirty days of trekking. We were on a serious budget ;-) I can't imagine how the place has changed/progressed, mostly I assume for the better as far as the inhabitants are concerned. Where was this taken from out of curiosity?
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 02/01/17 at 7:36 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Beautiful profile of this peak. Looks volcanic.The angled lighting really brings out the textures on the lower portions of the mountain. A little more of the lower portion of the peak might help with scale but I suspect you had reasons. I remember Galen Rowell used to have some silhouetted trees at the base of some of his high altitude images. A beauty.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 02/01/17 at 8:19 pm EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Truly spectacular, Dave. 
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Youngstown, Ohio
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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on 02/01/17 at 10:08 pm EST
Registered on 05/28/04, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments
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This is beautiful. I think the scale translates well. Extraordinary light and color!
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Brian Schrayer
Nashville, TN
"The mountains sing your glory, hallelujah, the canyons echo sweet amazing grace. My spirit sails the mighty gales are bellowing your name, and I've got nothing to say." Andrew Peterson, "Nothing to Say" |
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on 02/02/17 at 04:32 am EST
Registered on 12/15/10, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 02/02/17 at 12:54 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
All,
Thanks much for the comments and suggestions.
Dave,
This image was taken at sunrise at Poon Hill in Ghorepani. My wife and I have been trekking in Nepal several times since 1993. The scenery is still spectacular but culturally it is changing. Maybe not as fast as some other regions but changing nonetheless.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Vance Gese on 02/02/17 at 4:57 pm EST
Registered on 11/13/08, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
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Flat out spectacular, Dave. Have never seen an image of these mountains with such incredible light. This is quite simply jaw dropping gorgeous. I wouldn't change a thing. I would however, make a very, very large print.
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Vance Gese
Vance Gese Photography
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I was merely there, a small, puny, awestruck man,
praising Almighty God, with camera in hand.
Make a few images, well.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 02/03/17 at 10:36 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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An absolute beauty, Dave! Friggin sweet!
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Comment posted by Ken Smith on 02/03/17 at 8:20 pm EST
Registered on 09/05/08, 449 Posts, 2444 Comments
Large indeed! The detail when seeing the enlarged version communicates the immense scale as the bluffs and outcrops have such umphhh.
Searingly wonderful reds, oranges, and colors.
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