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Photo posted by Lon Overacker in the Landscape gallery on 11/12/17 at 1:30 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Post last edited by Lon Overacker on 11/12/17 at 1:31 pm EST
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 11/12/17 at 2:29 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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I like it. Very dreamy. The stars seem to look more appropriate in this one for me. The light matches it far better.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on 11/12/17 at 5:47 pm EST
Registered on 07/27/11, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments
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I like the sense of motion in the clouds against the dark blue sky and the hint of first light on the mountains.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 11/12/17 at 7:23 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Everything matches up rather nicely in this version, Lon. The overall image is darker and seems more realistic with the stars in the sky and the movement in the clouds adds a lot to this wonderful scene. Looks like an awesome way to start the day!
Ed
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 11/13/17 at 8:52 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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I do like the overall appearance of this one a bit better than the last. It had to be a wonderful morning being alone with this in front of you. Awesome.
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 11/14/17 at 2:14 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
I like this more than the previous image where I found it hard to imagine seeing clouds in the night sky.
I don't have much experience with these really long exposures and am not sure how I feel about what they do to clouds. I came across a photographer shooting an image at Oregon's Sparks Lake. We started talking about places to shoot and equipment, etc. He finally looks at his watch and tells me that he has 10 minutes to go. Turns out during all this time he was making a single long exposure. He claimed that that was the champagne of image taking. He had this virtually black filter that allowed him to make 45 minute exposures.
In this image it would have been nice if the cloud/fog hadn't drifted over the bridalveil falls vicinity.
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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on 11/25/17 at 2:19 pm EST
Registered on 12/14/10, 122 Posts, 1034 Comments
Hi Lon,
I too like the mood of this one more than the preceding one. I thought I had already commented on it, but I guess not. I like the blueness of it, which works well with the stars. I can imagine a slight crop off the right side (where the tree sticks up). That grabs the eye, but I don't think it is intended to.
I'm curious about the shutter speed on this. For me, a particular shutter speed begins to blur the clouds but creates a kind of stutter effect that is not ideal. This image has that slight stutter in the clouds (less so than may images with a pronounced stutter in the blur), and I think stopped down with a second or two longer might make the clouds more pleasing. Would that have blurred the stars though? Probably so. Given the time of day, clouds, stars, and rapidly changing light, this is still captivating for me. I'm a fool for a blue mood!
ML
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ML Diggs
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