The Cornet

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 28, 2010246 views8 comments

Olympus E-30, 12-64mm at 26mm, handheld in a zodiac raft
f10, 1/1000, ISO400

The Cornet, 850 meters, at Point Wild, Elephant Island, South Orkney Islands. The fuzz on the snow-free lower slopes is an immense Chinstrap Penguin colony. Fans of Ernest Shackleton will recognize Point Wild as the place he left most of the crew of the Endurance when he made his astonishing run for help to South Georgia Island.

Full frame, slightly sharpened.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Peter Richter on December 28, 2010 at 3:37 AM

A majestic landscape; it must be an extraordinary experience to approach this in a zodiac. The composition is rather calm, I could imagine more drama. As you mentioned your own position, I got the idea of including a part of the zodiac in the foreground to give us a feeling of participating in the scene.

Technically, I would reduce the cyan a little bit, but maybe it is due to my monitor.

Peter

Registered on November 10, 2010, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments

Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on December 28, 2010 at 1:21 PM

I think I'd crop a bit off the top and bottom. Also see if you can bring out the contrast in the clouds. Definitely seems to have a cyan cast. What a trip that must have been.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 148 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 28, 2010 at 7:41 PM

Jim,

It's a nice capture and I think the experience and your story is more important than the image; I mean that the image probably means more than what it represents visually to the audience. Hope that makes sense. Nothing wrong with the image per se; the comp is a bit static and I would agree about the cyan cast. Otherwise you've got a nice take away from what I'm sure was a great adventure.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 28, 2010 at 9:13 PM

Impressive peak. Must make for quite a landmark visually. Light feels a tad blue here. That's maybe accurate, but neutralizing it might be something to experiment with.

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

Comment posted by Richard Olsen on December 29, 2010 at 11:39 AM

From Alaska to South Georgia....now that's taking in the whole world!!
I agree with the forementioned nits, but I like this image!
Man, would I like to experience this!!

Registered on October 19, 2006, 306 Posts, 1571 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on December 30, 2010 at 7:26 AM

What a rock! This one is spectacular. Thanks for sharing this one with us. Have a great 2011, Jim.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on December 30, 2010 at 3:11 PM

That thing must be huge. It's hard to get a good perspective on the size here, but in your mind, you know how big it must be. At 26 mm, you must have been pretty close to it. Wow. Very cool.

Man, going from Fairbanks to this, you must have a thing about ice and snow.

Registered on June 5, 2006, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments

Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on May 19, 2011 at 7:16 AM

What a spectacular mountain

Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments