DSS 111 - Rocky Mountain Possibilities

sapphire73

Had one day in Rocky Mountain National Park after this challenge was announced. Finally got a chance to process some of these today. The b/w is my first true panorama - stitched from 5 images. Wish I had more time there, but was grateful for the time I had.

Any thoughts on these for the "scapes" challenge?

Thanks, Gretchen

1. Pond Reflection


2. Mirrored


3. Alpine Lake


4. Rocky Mountain High


5. Aspen Glow

marantophotography

You have done some really nice work here. #4 is what grabbed me though.

travelways

I think I'd like to see #4 in color.

The other are very nice, but to me they look a little too overworked...

sapphire73

I am working on a color version of the panorama but may not finish it in time to enter it for this challenge. I did tweak 2 of the other shots.

Here is a less funky version of 2 "Mirrored." (The exposure was off for the first one - too dark - but I tried to "fix it" because I liked the composition a bit better.)

2b. Mountain Mirrored


And a cleaner version of 3 "Alpine Lake." (I tried to tone map the original but there was already some color fringing.)

3a. Alpine Lake


I also experimented with stitching together just 3 images for the panorama. One gets a little more detail, but it is less panoramic, of course.

4b. Rocky Mountain High


Any thoughts on these?

Thanks,
Gretchen

travelways

It's kind of late... I would go with 5. Aspen Glow from all of these.

sapphire73

Thanks for your input, Tatiana. My photoshop elements is crashing repeatedly when I try to stitch the panorama, so I think I will enter Aspen Glow or Mountain Mirror (the one my sons favor). Thanks for your input on these!