Gallery: LandscapePosted March 14, 2013276 views11 comments
A lovely sunrise over a peak called "The Garden Castle" in the southern Drakensberg region of South Africa.
Techs:
Nikon D800
Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8
f11 @ ISO-200
Blend of 3 exposures using luminosity masks
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11 comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 14, 2013 at 5:59 PM
What a great sky. Wonderful color and layers of clouds as well. I could see a touch more contrast in the hill on the right. Still, a gorgeous image.
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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on March 14, 2013 at 9:13 PM
The colors are great and the sky in just awesome. I agree that a punch of contrast to the mountains may strengthen this. Nice job.
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Comment posted by Bill Reid on March 14, 2013 at 9:59 PM
Beautiful colours and curving mood to the sky Morkel. I like the vast open feeling here, Well done.
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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on March 15, 2013 at 7:30 AM
Wonderful, Morkel. The shape and position of the clouds fit perfect into the composition. I like the deep tones especially in the foreground.
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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on March 15, 2013 at 1:35 PM
Beautiful sky, light, color, details.
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Comment posted by Chet Dowell on March 15, 2013 at 1:49 PM
Spectacular color , Morkel. The sunrise sky is so beautiful. I like the way you composed this with the hill side catching the eye and pointing toward the main show!! Well done. Chet
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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on March 16, 2013 at 10:41 AM
Superb sky and imposing landscape, well captured Morkel!
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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 16, 2013 at 5:07 PM
Thank you for the kind comments, folks. I did up the contrast on the mountain a lot post-blending, and felt it was true to the scene I witnessed in this version. I will play around some more...let's see...
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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 16, 2013 at 5:42 PM
Blended very well here. Great shot keeping it looking natural!!! "Blend if" may have rendered the masks unnecessary, but everyone has a different approach.
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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 16, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Excellent, Morkel. The land and sky work very well together here.
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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on April 2, 2013 at 3:10 PM
Thanks Mark and Tony!
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