Hiking

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 5, 2010677 views9 comments

This is a shot from the Paradise area of Mount Rainier a couple of weeks ago. The whole place was amazing, and I felt like I almost couldn't take a bad photo (almost - I still managed to of course

). Anyway, I liked the lines and contrast here along with the variety of rocks and tones - even a few remaining wild flowers (this is at about 5800 feet I think).

The one thing I wish is that the small evergreen stood out better against the BG.

Thanks for looking!

Olympus E-520
Zuiko 12-60 @ 17mm
1/320s
f/8.0
ISO 100
Handheld
Full frame
PS CS4 for RAW conversion, some toning, web prep

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on October 5, 2010 at 11:02 PM

Beautiful detail, and a look almost like tundra. I'm not aware of anything like that in the sierra. I like it a lot. Maybe just a little hot in the upper left corner.

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 6, 2010 at 12:05 AM

The layers are very nice and so is the light. Snow on the upper slope looks a bit base-paper white, but that's snow in the sun,

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on October 6, 2010 at 2:42 AM

Very nice presentation David. I really like the colors and your processing is beautiful. Constructively speaking, I think the right side is a little tight, but not a big deal at all. Also, the middle of the image feels a little empty to me. Again, I am simply pointing this out for your future reference. I am actually a big fan of this image. It deserves much more credit than it is getting here IMO.

Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Fischer on October 6, 2010 at 10:32 AM

There are 3 leading lines in the photo which tie it together: two are the oblique lines going from lower right to upper left, the upper line being the skyline. The short line in between is the ridge going from lower left to upper right and tying the two former together. And the trail on the right does allow a return of the eye.

The texture of the rocks add greatly as does the subdued tone of the green-yellow vegetation.

I do think the snow is "blown".

I've not heard of a Zuiko lens. Care to explain?

Of course, nice work if I'm allowed to say that as an amateur.

the fisch

Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Pederson on October 6, 2010 at 10:37 AM

Nice one. I like the way the light hits the valley floor and the FG shadow shows a lot of detail. Good job.

Registered on August 12, 2010, 29 Posts, 108 Comments

Comment posted by David Bostedo on October 6, 2010 at 10:45 AM

Larry - Zuiko is just Olympus's name for their lens line, much like Nikkor for Nikon. I think Zuiko used to be reserved for their better lenses, but they use it for all of them now.

All - The snow has a tiny bit of texture if I pull the exposure way down and/or slide the recovery way up during RAW conversion. I may try to blend something in there based on that...

Thanks!

Registered on May 5, 2006, 178 Posts, 2224 Comments

Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on October 6, 2010 at 3:58 PM

That is very nice David. Doing the hike around Rainier is on my bucket list and I think you just moved it up a few notches!

Registered on March 24, 2010, 73 Posts, 1268 Comments

Comment posted by Eric Good on October 7, 2010 at 8:35 PM

Interesting composition (I'm sure it must have been hard to resist including Rainier's peak). I like the overall compositional balance here due to the variation in light and elements. If you can separate that fg tree just a bit it would be a nice addition. Maybe something like this technique can help. Nice work!

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/Cramer_Selections.shtml

~Eric

Registered on March 17, 2007, 116 Posts, 4764 Comments

Comment posted by David Bostedo on October 7, 2010 at 9:56 PM

Thanks Eric - The problem with using that technique is that parts of the tree are lighter than the BG, and parts are darker. So it takes an exact selection and/or more than one curve. It's a good idea, and I like this one enough to work a bunch on it too! Thanks again.

Registered on May 5, 2006, 178 Posts, 2224 Comments