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iso 200, 28mm, f11, 20sec
Cameron, this is a very lovely image. I like it a lot. It’s a brilliant composition. Any chance of showing a bit more sky?
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Cameron, the mix of textures here is outstanding. I’m really enjoying your emphasis on the foreground feature with a fine mix of added hoodoos and trees at the back. You’ve got a good mix of peaceful (with the lighting) and drama (with the hoodoos) here.
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Cameron,
Wow, this is quite other-worldly. The colors and processing only add to that sense of another place and time. speaking of time - that’s a pretty long shutter speed! Great entry!
minor wish - I too would like to see just a skosh more room up top. Pretty minor though.
Lon
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@Tony_Siciliano, @Mark_Seaver, @Lon_Overacker,
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Regarding the addition of more sky, I did make a slight crop from the original, so there is a little I can bring back. After some experimentation, I found that the balance felt better with a 5:7 aspect when bringing back more of the sky. I’ll post that below the original version. Let me know what you think.
Depending on what your editing “ethics” are, there is a way to stretch the sky in Photoshop, which I did and show below. Use the rectangular marquee tool and choose the sky just above the tip of the mountain top, filling the whole width of the photo. Press Command J (Mac) and it will copy that selection as a new layer. Increase the canvas size by clicking (on the top tool bar) Image/Image Size, and increase the height by just a little bit. Then choose the layer with the skinny strip of sky and click (again on the top tool bar) Edit/Transform/Scale and click and hold the layer and drag up as desired. Crop as you see fit.
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Tony- I like what you’ve done here. The little extra bit of sky does give this image some breathing room, and this technique you described worked well with the blurred clouds. I generally limit my processing to what can be done in Lightroom, so I guess I’ll just have to keep the compositional idea in mind next time I’m out in the field. Thanks!