Ship on a mountain

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 21, 2012373 views14 comments

Every time I look at this mountain, I always think of the flatiron as the bow of a ship and the surrounding mountains as the crashing waves. I was very fortunate to have some very nice light for this image. I double processed the RAW file and then blended for dynamic range. This is a crop from a horizontal as the foreground wasn't quite appealing. I also cloned out a few branch tips that intruded into this frame. Comments and critiques appreciated.

Canon 7d
Canon 17-40mm @17mm
f/16
ISO 100
1/2 sec
Tripod

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Peter Coskun on February 21, 2012 at 11:19 PM

I would have put a large version but the file size was too big, my website should have a large version to view.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on February 22, 2012 at 6:24 AM

Great subject and light, Peter. The version on your website is better to look at.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on February 22, 2012 at 9:17 AM

Love the light and the colour in the clouds. Makes for a nice pano.

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on February 22, 2012 at 10:03 AM

I love rock formations and this one's very interesting--the light's beautiful and I like the clouds--very nice!

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Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on February 22, 2012 at 12:17 PM

Beautiful colors and light, and perfect processing. I agree the larger version on your website is much better to view.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on February 22, 2012 at 1:33 PM

Thank you everyone, I'm hoping to reshoot this with nice light and stitch the images for a true pano and print it big. A lot of nice details in the mountains when blown up big.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 22, 2012 at 2:48 PM

Very nice comp and light. Simple and elegant.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 22, 2012 at 5:54 PM

Beautiful warm color and light Peter. That sky is really beautiful.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on February 22, 2012 at 8:23 PM

The pano format works well Peter, I like how the colorful clouds balance out the right hand side of the image. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on February 22, 2012 at 8:54 PM

Thank you Tony, Eva, and Zack. I would have preferred a little more cloud cover on the left side and maybe just slightly less on the right, but I won't complain because the light only lasted for a short time and I got the glow I wanted.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 22, 2012 at 10:37 PM

Very nice Peter! A wonderful scene with great light and colors. Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on February 23, 2012 at 7:33 AM

Nice pano. Where did you get all the clouds? I was there a few weeks ago and never saw a cloud. We tried to make the hike up to flatiron. Made it most of the way but the last part was just too much. This is a great place and Lost Dutchman State Park is a great place to camp.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on February 23, 2012 at 1:43 PM

Thanks Nick and Walt!

Walt- This was shot on the 13th. Out of coincidence, I was at lost dutchman exactly a year from that date and both times was given generous skies. I've never camped there before nor hiked to the top of flatiron. Personally, I think the view from up top is hideous, Id rather look up at a majestic mountain peak than look over a smog invested city. Therefore, I will probably never hike to the top.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on February 24, 2012 at 11:54 AM

Very nice Peter. A simple composition that works nicely. The clouds and cloud color looks great too.

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