This is an image that I took last August along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. There was a lot of atmospheric haze due to high humidity, warm temperatures and afternoon storms. I was treated to some spectacular light as a result of storms that cleared at sunset. This image features some more subdued light at sunset after a clearing storm.
The atmospheric haze diffused the mountains and left only a subtle impression of the distant ridges. This gives the image more of an abstract feel as the distant ridges almost fade into the sky.
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All comments and critiques are welcome!
Technical Details
Is this a composite: No
Capture Info:
140 mm
f/16 @ ISO 100
Single exposure capture
Processing Info:
RAW processing in Lightroom. Adjustments to lights, midtones and shadows using luminosity masks in photoshop. I targeted the midtones separately for the sky and mountains.
Yes, wonderful pastels and very painterly, Brian. I like that the haze is made up of soft blue tones that yield to the warmer colors of the sky. Awesome image and very well presented.
A great capture Brian. I have tried similar shots many times (layers of hills/mountains fading into the misty background), but they have never worked as well as this. You have processed the foreground to background well.
I do however find the sky slightly too saturated, it may be my monitor but the lower layer seems pretty strong.
Overall though an impressive image
