A few Extreme Sierra shots

SteveF · September 5, 2008

Hello,

Here are a few of mine from the trip - lots more to go through but if I don't get some posted I might never get around to it... :dunno

#0.5 Campfire under the stars (ok, ok it's people in front of a tent with a flashlight inside)

#1 Marc's idea of putting the camera under a waterfall....

#2 First direct sunlight on the very tip of Mt. Something-or-other

#2.5 and a crop I might like a little better - interested what folks think

#2.75 another rock / reflection

#3 Small flower on a log

#4 Fallen tree in a pretty reflection

#5 Tree bark with a seed caught in it (seed in lower right)

#6 Sunrise pano with Marc

#7 Crop of Marc from the far right hand edge

#8 Sunset pano at 11,000 feet - this is my favorite pano from the trip. Pretty good for having forgotten my pano head. : (

#9 A tree framed by a bg mountain

That's enough for now. Comments / criticisms / suggestions for improvements welcomed.

CatOne · September 5, 2008

Steve,

#3 is FANTASTIC. Excellent fine-art shot. Your post-processing on that one is beautiful. And excellent job picking a detail shot amongst all the big landscapes.

#4 is also very promising. The blue/yellow complementary colors are very nice, and very pleasing. My eye starts at the log at the bottom, follows it up to the rock in the upper left, then along the branch tops and back down the log to the starting point, in a circle. So it holds my attention. I'm 100% pleased with the fact that the main subject is a log, and with where it is... is that the full frame shot or a crop? I think maybe with just a slightly different crop it might work out better, but only if you have more outside the frame to work with.

#8 I also like a bunch as well. That's a better and wider view than I got there... I was unable to horn in amongst the 4 tripods already at that spot

How many shots in the pano... 3 vertical?

All in all, great work!

Fred W · September 5, 2008

What a great set of pictures !!!!! My favorites are #1 for perspective and # 8 for composition and color. I really wish I could have been there. Post more please !!!!