Rock of Ages

Many Thanks for your thoughts and feelings, very much appreciated. I'm always touched when a photograph I have produced invokes a feeling in others.  This is a desolate place, the remnants of a glacier from the last ice age, and I love the feeling of beng surrounded by the powerful landscape. I'm very pleased you enjoyed it too.

Best Regards

Alf

LESTER

Sincere Thanks for your thoughtful comments, very much appreciated. Sometimes it takes others to point the way. I must have viewed this 100 times or more before I decided to post it.  I was very doubtful about it, but now I can't think why I didn't let the audience decide sooner.

Cheers Lester!

Alf

JOE

I enjoy looking through the archives too, but in all honesty I probably don't do it often enough. My problem is I get too involved in the current images and time constraints means that quite often decent looking shots remain in the RAW files untouched. Yes, I can appreciate your views relating to contrast, I think the extra contrast works in Michels version, but a slight decrease in saturation or vibrancy would also need to be applied for the image to appear plausible for me.

Sincere Thanks for your thoughtful comments Joe!

Best Regards

Alf

PANAYOTIS

You are very kind! And I think you are right, the landscape of this area could indeed harbor a multitude of myths and legends.

Many Thanks & Best Regards

Alf

ALBERTO

Thank you so much! Always good to hear from you!

Best Wishes

Alf

LARRY

Essentially "Lightroom" is a RAW converter. So the benefits of manipulating a RAW file is that there is a lot more information there in the first place to manipulate, than for instance a Jpegs content, that could be processed in photoshop.   The best example is probably the "fill light" capability of Lightroom.  It can bring detail from shadows that are not apparent at first glance, and can make a huge difference to an image. There are many more adjustments that can be made, far too many to list here. But I would just add, if you are not shooting in RAW format, try this: - Change the quality settings on your camera to RAW, go out and take no more than a dozen or so images. Download the trial version of Lightroom, then have a play. My guess is you will be pleasantly surprised at what can be achieved. If I'm preaching to the converted relating to RAW files, please forgive me.

I'm very pleased you liked this one Larry!

Sincere Thanks & Best Regards

Alf

Another successful 50/50 composition, mean a classic reflection composition for me. The position of curving lines in this particular shot is awesome and masterful. I was tempted though to put fg stones sligtly right sided, but at that instance, composition and position of this special curving lines ( of mountains ) would not be such eye-pleasing. And at the end, as always, awesome DETAILS! Bravo.

Hamid.

Sublime, serene and I wish I were there... Mike

Incredible location and image caught,so clear from foreground to bg with nice details,I say again that water catch the eyes with this clarity,is true that large view shows all the beauty of this landscape,a really pleasure to see this,best regards.

Alf,   Thanks for your response on Lightroom.  Yes, I always shoot in RAW.  My question is about the benefits of Lightroom in converting RAW files over ACR.  Are the adjustments in Lightroom worth the extra expense in purchasing Lightroom?  Do you then use both Lightroom and CS5 - I haven't gone to CS6?  Thanks, Larry

Thank you so much for your interest and kind words, much appreciated!

Best Regards

Alf

HAMID

Sincere thanks for your astute observations and thoughtful comments, very much appreciated. The 50/50 composition of this one, isn't quite as obvious as some of my postings, because I think the foreground stones disguise it to some degree.  (Interesting to note, I visited this place again last weekend and these huge stones have dissapeared with no trace, a real head scratcher) I can see the logic in your thoughts as to thier placement, but your conclusion was also spot on, as the reflections are always a major consideration.

Best Regards

Alf

MIKE

After ressurecting this from the rejects file and posting it here and receiving such encouraging feedback, I decided to re-visit the location. I caught it on a morning that was just wonderful, beautiful light, and very little wind. I haven't had a chance to upload the images yet, but I think I might have one or two decent shots.

Sincere Thanks & Best Regards

Alf

RADU

Many Thanks for your interest and encouraging comments, very much appreciated.  The location is indeed very special, and as I described to Mike above, I returned there last Saturday.  I wasn't dissapointed it looked beautiful, I haven't uploaded the shots I took yet, but even if I haven't got another decent shot of it, just being there was enough.  I'm very pleased you enjoyed this one Radu.

Best Regards

Alf

LARRY

Ah yes sorry Larry I can see I was preaching to the converted regarding RAW shooting.  I use both Lightroom and currently PS3 which I find more than adequate for my needs. I have answered this question also under the other image "Split Ends"  with slightly more detail. I can't make a direct comparison with ACR and Lightroom. But I can can say that there are things Lightroom can do that PS3 cannot, and in turn there are things PS3 can do that Lightroom cannot.  My advice is to upload the trial version of Lightroom, it costs nothing to try, and you can them make a direct comparison with ACR yourself. Personally I have found it to be very versatile and great value for money. The latest versions 3 and 4 do everything I want and more.

Best Regards

Alf

Just perfect. Congrats! I like the starry sky look of the foreground.

Beautiful result. I like the central snaky line of this composition. And I also like the fact that you went back on an older file, it is something we should do now and then. Unfortunately there rarely is time for it.

Regards, Tibi

Many Thanks!

The "starry look" you mention is probably due to the fine gravel, a result of the old glacier from the last ice age.

Best Regards

Alf

TIBI

Sincere Thanks!

You are quite right, time is all too often our enemy. I'm sure I have others worth saving, in fact i'm sure most people have.  One of those jobs we never get round to doing.

Best Regards

Alf

A beautiful shot, well processed Alf! A very peaceful, contemplative scene you have captured here.

All the best,
Neil

Many Thanks for your thoughts and positive comments. This was an old image from a while back that I had pretty much written off, then I applied some newly aquired processing knowledge to it and it seemed to come to life.

Cheers Neil!

Alf