Red Mountain

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 26, 2012260 views15 comments

This is from a recent trip to the San Juan Mountains near Silverton, Colorado. While not taken during the golden hour, I found that the mid-morning light brought out the colors of Red Mountain well. I am varying my web-sharpening as I seem to overdo it often, so feedback on this looks would be appreciated also.
A larger image is provided.

Nikon D90, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/8, ISO 200, CPL.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Jack Garrett on July 26, 2012 at 11:43 AM

Very patriotic scene here Doug...love the colors, diagonals and that you haven't blown out the clouds. Nice image all around!

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on July 26, 2012 at 11:48 AM

Like the simple comp and the color contrast.

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on July 26, 2012 at 12:05 PM

Neat juxtaposition of the red sand and blue sky. Love the puffy clouds

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 26, 2012 at 12:09 PM

Looks lke it has a TK color scheme

Nice mix of colors and angled striping of the eroded deposits. I remember seeing a river running red from these deposits, I think. Sharpening looks fine to me on both versions. Mars on earth.

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Comment posted by Wick Smith on July 26, 2012 at 1:39 PM

This turned out well for mid-morning light. I saw those mountains for the first time last week - they are quite a site. Good job in capturing this one.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 26, 2012 at 6:47 PM

I agree, the mid-morning light looks like it really worked well to highlight the colors Doug.
It's pretty awesome

The contrasting blues of this great sky tops it off very nicely as well

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 26, 2012 at 7:48 PM

Very nice. colors are excellent and I see no hint of oversharpening. Beautiful hillsides. Great capture

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on July 26, 2012 at 7:49 PM

Surely one of the best Red Mountain images I've seen. Beautiful patterns and complementary colors!
The larger version is a right treat.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 26, 2012 at 8:06 PM

The color is the star of this show. I like your crop here, and the lines, patterns, and contrasts all work extremely well.
Still seems to be touch of noise in the sky, and the large version has sharpening aritfacts along the ridges, but those are such easy fixes. This will need to go on your wall, Doug!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 26, 2012 at 9:12 PM

I think you just created an icon, Doug. This is stunning!

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on July 27, 2012 at 12:36 PM

Thank you for the kind feedback.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on July 27, 2012 at 7:22 PM

Nice, love the brilliant blue sky against the reds of the mountains.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 27, 2012 at 7:35 PM

This looks very nice, Doug. I like your comp with all the great lines and the wonderful colors.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on July 28, 2012 at 9:04 PM

A graphic and dynamic image with bold in your face colours and zero shadows I like its two dimensional look.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 30, 2012 at 5:52 PM

Way to cool, wonderful colors and textures really make this pop. Maybe a slight crop on the top to just add a layer of white clouds but other wise a very nice image, way to go.

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