Another take of Hurricane Ridge

Abiciriderback · July 18, 2009

Was working my accounts in the Olympic Peninsula last week so headed up to Hurricane Ridge and Obstruction Point one night with a friend. The wildflowers are starting to come alive very nicely and had the added bonus of some very curious deer.

Thanks for looking

Ray Still

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Chrissiebeez_NL · July 18, 2009

hey Abiciriderback,

lovely photos for sure, but i'm a bit torn between the 'wow factor' and the saturated unnatural colours.. they make the images, but distract at the same time for me..

other surely will have other, better elaborated opinions

bryanj87 · July 18, 2009

Wow, number 1 and number 4, holy moly! Love the colors in both, but the light in #1...fantastic!

thapamd · July 18, 2009

I wouldn't touch a thing on these shots. They are so beautiful, I can't even begin to find the words to compliment them. Masterful work! The first and last are gorgeous...like, died and gone to heaven gorgeous!

Abiciriderback · July 19, 2009

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:

hey Abiciriderback,

lovely photos for sure, but i'm a bit torn between the 'wow factor' and the saturated unnatural colours.. they make the images, but distract at the same time for me..

other surely will have other, better elaborated opinions

Thanks for looking actually these were pretty much the true colors and true saturation given the situation and lighting, so I would have to disagree with it be unreal

Ray Still

Chrissiebeez_NL · July 19, 2009

allright, in that case

richtersl · July 19, 2009

bryanj87 wrote:

Wow, number 1 and number 4, holy moly! Love the colors in both, but the light in #1...fantastic!

100%

coscorrosa · July 19, 2009

Colors and light on #1 are amazing, nice work! Might be a little over-sharpened for that resolution, but looks like you got some dramatic light and worked it well and picked a nice composition too. I love those deer at Hurricane Ridge, they're fearless (for good and bad).

NorthernFocus · July 19, 2009

Nice set. Looks like you had a wonderful evening up there. The last shot is absolutely stunning

I love the colors in the first shot with the evening sun and the lupine in the foreground. It does have that HDR feel to it and the clouds seem unnaturally dark. The deer walking in flowers is awesome. IMO it could be even better by cropping to an 8x10 format with the excess all coming off of the right side of the frame thus off-centering the deer with it walking into the frame. That would also eliminate the OOF branch in lower right. I love the composition, surroundings etc. on the shot of the buck in velvet but the blown highlights and overexposure on the fur ruin the image for me

dseidman · July 19, 2009

A wonderful set of images! It seems like your job is taking you all over the state, which is not necessarily a bad thing -- especially with images like these!
I'd be tempted to bring down the highlights on the foreground tree in the first and maybe tone the blues down a little in the mountains in the last image. Besides those suggestions, I think you did a great job.

Another take of Hurricane Ridge

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