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The complete title is "When What to my Wondering Eyes Should Appear."

Red Mountain pictured in this image, lies in Southern Utah, USA. When I first lived in Utah, Red Mountain was about 1/10th of a mile from my backyard. Snow occurs but is fairly infrequent. One morning in early February I woke to see a dusting of snow on the mountain. The top of the mountain was hidden by swirling snow, fog, clouds, and mist. I was extraordinarily surprised by the sight.

I though of this image when I saw the topic of the current WC.

This was taken with a D200 which I no longer have, a 70-200mm lens at f/7.1, ISO 200, Manual exposure and 1/640th of a second.

Thank you in advance for your comments and critiques.

Best wishes,

Carol

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on September 1, 2014 at 4:44 PM

A mighty sweet looking image here Carol. Although on my iMac the red rocks and blue sky looks somewhat over saturated. You might dial it back a just a bit.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 1, 2014 at 8:23 PM

"...But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,..." Never having been there, I don't know if this is over-saturated or not, but it does appear so. Although Utah can have some pretty intense skies, so this may be actual. A lovely picture! Makes me itch to see it someday.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on September 2, 2014 at 2:24 PM

Hi Carol,

Pretty nice to look at everyday and even nicer when mother nature smiles with some great atmospherics. Maybe a touch overdone on the saturation but Red Mountain really can glow.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 2, 2014 at 3:45 PM

You've got a neat, tri-color image here, Carol, with its red rocks, white snow/fog, and blue sky. I like the line of rock "pillars" crossing the frame near the bottom. As Phil said, I haven't been there so I can't be sure, but it does seem a bit over saturated.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 2, 2014 at 8:28 PM

Thanks for the comments, folks. I have looked at this image several times in light of the comments that the image appeared overly saturated. The mountains are just that--Red, red, red! However, what was going on was a blue tinge to both the sky and the fog.

Just read Kirby's tutorial on white balance. I added a little warmth to the image and that emphasizes the fog. (Some of you may be interested in reading the tutorial.)

Again, thank you.

Carol

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 2, 2014 at 11:26 PM

Carol, that's an easily seen color change. I do this sort of color change exercise regularly, especially when there's lots of white, and I'm consistently surprised by how significant the overall colors change with small changes in saturation. The sky and rocks in the repost seem about right, but the snow/fog seems warm. Does your software allow for specific color changes as opposed to general white balance or saturation adjustments? Of course, the final call is yours as the "artist of record".

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Comment posted by Buck Ward on September 3, 2014 at 7:26 PM

Carol - the red of the rocks is incredible. Both versions are stunning. I think I agree with Mark, the fog in the repost is perhaps a bit warm. What is your default in-camera white balance?

Thanks for the tutorial link. Of course, I comment before reading the tutorial, so... grain of salt.

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