Ridge Running @14,000ft II

Thank you for viewing and your commnets

Nice shot, great use of light and contrast.

Great view from this height. very good as B/W regards Carl

superb perspective, tones and atmosphere! regards!

PDE

Very nice work.

 

...John

Breathtaking view, wonderful skyscape for this motif. I love the play of light and shadow. Snow white is blown out, I dont know if there is detail to recover in the RAW file. Not a big issue

Thank you all for your generous comments.

 

Carsten, the snow is too bright, but I did not see it as an issue. Using a perspective control lens has reintroduced manual photography and the importance of a tripod. This is a hand held shot at f11, so the lower 1/3 of the image has been cropped for lack of dof, the clouds in the top portion are not sharp enough for me, and the snow is too bright. If I had used a tripod, the dof and highlight issues may have been controlled better with the proper exposure -- f32 @1/40sec.

 

But I like the overall results, since I was able to "lift" the background for a much better view of horizon and get the near mountain peaks in proper visual alignment.

 

Overall, in my view the image lacks good tonal variation, especially in center right foreground where the jagged rocks and peaks are well differentiated.

 

This area got 6 to 12 inches of snow yesterday, but may be gone in couple of days, so I can return and retake.