White Mountains (AZ)

Cornflake · August 25, 2012

I know there are White Mountains elsewhere. Criticism is always welcome.

Don

Art Morgan · August 25, 2012

Well done, Don. They all look good, and #2 is my fave. Thanks for sharing.

kdog · August 25, 2012

These are great, Don. Terrific skies on those first two. That third one looks like it was foggy, beautiful scene too.

Cornflake · August 26, 2012

Art, Joel, thanks. It was raining when I took the third one. I went back and took the same shot when the rain subsided but I preferred the rainy one.

DaddyO · August 28, 2012

1,3,2. Very nice overall results. Like how you dialed in just a slight amount of flow blur for the creek. Really thoughtful composition there too.

Cornflake · August 28, 2012

Thanks very much, Michael. The creeks in the area are beautiful, but it's hard to find a good vantage point from which to photograph them. This was the best I found.

Hikin' Mike · August 28, 2012

Love the series Don. I like the composition of #1. Maybe adding some contrast on #3 though?

Cornflake · August 28, 2012

Thanks, Mike. "Maybe adding some contrast on #3 though?" A very valid observation. I fooled around with the contrast for some time, separately adjusting it for foreground and background. I pushed it until the results ceased to be believable, then backed off. Not sure what else to do. It was a low-contrast scene.

Hikin' Mike · August 28, 2012

Cornflake wrote: »

Thanks, Mike. "Maybe adding some contrast on #3 though?" A very valid observation. I fooled around with the contrast for some time, separately adjusting it for foreground and background. I pushed it until the results ceased to be believable, then backed off. Not sure what else to do. It was a low-contrast scene.

Been there, done that...

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karloznz · August 29, 2012

I was wondering if the second shot could be improved by giving a pano "crop ??

Cornflake · August 29, 2012

I'll give some thought to the crop, karloznz. Thanks for the comment.

hawkeye978 · August 29, 2012

Really like #1. Great colors from the sky and I like the composition with the rocks. I wonder if brightening the rocks a little to bring out some more details would improve it. Could also be my uncalibrated monitor at work.

Cornflake · August 29, 2012

Thanks, Tom.

"I wonder if brightening the rocks a little to bring out some more details would improve it."

I tried that and got horrific noise. Maybe in retrospect I should have been bracketing with an eye towards combining images, but the silhouette approach doesn't bother me.

rwells · August 29, 2012

Nice series Don

#1; I like the comp and the fact that you left dark areas dark!

#2; Love those colors together. An intriguing combination.

#3; Tranquil scene

Marc Muench · August 30, 2012

#1 is a winner!
#3 needs to be dark and moody, as it most likely was! If you lower the contrast to the entire image, then darken, when you add contrast to select areas, ( log and stream ) they will become bright enough to keep interest.

Cornflake · August 30, 2012

Randy, Marc, thanks very much for the comments. Marc, I will definitely try what you suggest. It's the kind of low-contrast shot I've always had trouble with. Your idea sounds very promising (if I don't foul it up).

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