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Acadia Embers
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Acadia Embers

by Harry Lichtman

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 22, 20174,269 views11 comments
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A final summit view from Cadillac Mountain during sunrise.  While my previous post from here was mostly foliage, I liked the pink granite and wanted to include in an image if possible.  Thought this was a nice mix of flaming blueberry bushes and the granite angling through the image with a nice splash of lichen to top it off.  I like the sky/cloud comp better in this than the previous image.

2 exposures for dynamic range, ISO 400 (windy), f16, 16mm.

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Igor Doncov on November 22, 2017 at 4:48 PM
I like the dark corner. I don't know why but I do. I think you've gone too far with the reds in this image. Would like to see them darker. 
Registered on November 22, 2014, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on November 22, 2017 at 5:00 PM
Love it, Harry, but I agree with Igor, the reds seem a little hot, gorgeous though.
Registered on November 14, 2003, 130 Posts, 1644 Comments
Comment posted by Ed Williams on November 22, 2017 at 7:19 PM
This is absolutely stunning Harry. I love all of it. The sky, the granite, the blueberries especially. Fantastic lighting and colors without overdoing any of it, some like it hot.... Thank you for sharing this work of art.
Registered on December 28, 2010, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments
Comment posted by Vance Gese on November 22, 2017 at 7:53 PM
Gorgeous image, Harry. Love the reds of the blueberry woven about the rock, complementing the golds in the distant sky.  An outstanding image in my opinion.
Registered on November 13, 2008, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Kearl on November 23, 2017 at 10:32 AM
The best one yet for me.  Colors are outstanding and I like the diagonal flow of the rock that curves to the seascape.
Very nice.
Registered on September 2, 2013, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
Comment posted by Ryan Kimball on November 23, 2017 at 12:26 PM
I really like the composition here. It does seem like there is a heavy orton style glow on the image that could be dialed back a bit. The reds do seem a little hot.
Registered on August 14, 2017, 11 Posts, 34 Comments
Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on November 23, 2017 at 8:51 PM
Loving the colours and the eye being drawn out to the coast on the horizon. The reds look really sweet, bit I'm not familiar enough with these plants to comment on how authentic their vividness is.
Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
Comment posted by Dave Hutchison on November 24, 2017 at 12:10 PM
Well done Harry.  My only suggestion is to consider removing the little tree almost in the centre of the image.  Thanks for sharing.
Registered on November 10, 2017, 3 Posts, 22 Comments
Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on November 24, 2017 at 2:31 PM
Thanks for the observations folks.
Ka Kit - The bush color is accurate - I increased the luminosity / brightness of them - especially the near ones to reflect the ambient back lit conditions I could see.  The color would look more like this once the sun rose, but I chose to accent and highlight the near blueberry bushes here.

Dave - Removing the tree more than I am comfortable doing in post.  It is the same tree in my prior post from the summit.
Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 24, 2017 at 2:40 PM
Harry, this is just plain gorgeous.  Love the composition - my comment here is how I think the red foliage "cups" not only the granite, but the distant view as well; excellent comp!

I really like the colors, but like Kah Kit can't really speak to the reality since I'm not familiar with the place, wild blueberry plants and the conditions - I wasn't there.  But for me, I still love and appreciate the beauty you've captured and presented here.

Breathtaking actually.

Lon

ps. Looks like you've got your sharpening dialed in now.
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on November 25, 2017 at 3:47 PM
Another beautiful scene, but I would agree with the other comments about the reds, First thing I thought of when I opened it up. Those plants draw my attention and pretty much lock it there. But based on your comments, sounds like that is what it looked like in the field. 
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments