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Majestic Mountains
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Majestic Mountains

by Vincent Grafhorst

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 3, 2010163 views5 comments
Image created in the Sehlabathebe National Park in Lesotho.
I converted the image to B&W whereby I experimented with a bit of an infrared look.

Camera Model Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Shutter Speed 1/6 Sec
Aperture Value f/18.0
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF24-105 f/4L IS USM + CP
Focal Length 65.0mm
Single exposure, sliver of canvas added on top using content aware scaling and sliver cropped from bottom.

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Jay Nielsen on March 3, 2010 at 7:08 AM
The fog below and the clouds above really set the mountains off nicely! I also like the glow of the foreground grasses.
Registered on October 6, 2008, 137 Posts, 720 Comments
Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on March 3, 2010 at 7:34 AM
Vincent! Great image, love the drama here which is accentuated by the (skillfull) b&w conversion. Great contrast also, really like those light dust? clouds against the dark cliffs.
Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on March 3, 2010 at 10:43 AM
I really like the bg--wicked cool drama in the blowing dust and clouds! Unlike Jay i find the fg a distraction; i would prefer a crop of the bottom (so rhs grass horizon hits the lrhc) and a bit of burning to bring out more of the texture in the grass. Very nice shot! :smile:
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on March 3, 2010 at 11:14 AM
The fog, the clouds and the mountains in between and the all the different layers make this an excellent composed image. The b/w conversion works well here.
Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 3, 2010 at 9:51 PM
I had to Wikipedia this to even know where in the world it was. (Me not so good with geography.) Based on what I was reading, this seems like it might be indicative of the highlands in the country. Really amazing landscape. Keep the foreground. It makes for a nice expanse of textured white in scene that encompasses all zones.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments