Mistaya Creek

Finishing touches are being applied to the Mistaya creek that

eventually dry as the ones in Southwest.

Enjoy life,

Wonderful photo. Unusual natural formation and perfect execution.

Mehemet- A very busy image/scene, but I think your BW treatment helps simplifyl it.  Great lines throughout the image - those rocks look amazing.  The water seems to lack form, but probably unavoidable due to the churning chasm.

Where is this located, if you don't mind me asking.  Didn't see anything in the details.

Harry

The motive is good, and I like the way I can take a walk in your picture. The image has a dramatic texture that makes you stop and look. Well done.

Tommy

great composition. BW was a good choice. last but not least, good post-processing, it looks as if was sketched. bravo.

regards,

adrian

The composition and lighting are superb as is the BW conversion, but someting is not right. It has that fuzzy appearance either from camera shake or from trying to pull too much from the shadows. I realise this is only a low res version and your original is possibly much sharper but If not I would say it would be worth having another go.

I really like the B&W conversion -- I think it was very appropriate for this photo.  To my eye, the B&W HDR borders on a surreal look, and if one can accept it for this, it's a good photo with great composition and treatment.

Thank you for all comments.

For years, I've been working with stitched images only. This is a ~180Mpixel image. I haven't printed it yet, but it has plenty of detail. All source images are captured handheld with 5DM2. The exposure is adjusted to assure max shadow and highlight detail.  If you do see something not right, that would be entirely my fault.

The tone-mapping issue keep coming, so I'll repeat again. I don't use traditional HDR processing. The way I make my images traditional HDR is not effieicnt.  In addition, for handheld captures, it is doubtful how well HDR works.

It is also clear that it is impossible to satisfy all different camps in art of landscape photography. IMHO, regardless of the method, it is important to record, and if necessary adjust details in all areas of the scene.  I always considered the process of the tone adjustments very personal. I don't try to emulate or match the reality. (Reality is often a 12 fstop scene, What you often print is a 2.5 fstop  representation of that reality. )

Fabulous work Mehmet! I'd be interested in hearing more on how you process your images. Looks like you've captured some serious detail in this beautiful scene. Whereabouts on Mistaya creek was this shot?

All the best,
Neil

Mehmet, thanks for the explanation.  Knowing how personal this really is makes a difference in how I view it.  I don't know if that should really be the case, but to me the journey (process) is just as important as the destination (final product).  I appreciate the time and effort you put into your photos.  Personally, I'd prefer more contrast (at the expense of some detail), but that's just me.  even in this small jpeg, I can see the detail that is going to appear on a large photo -- very impressive.

wonderful work, well done

When I first looked at it it had similar power with Eduard Wiiralt pictures (he is an Estonian artist). Truly powerful composition, almost like graphic art. It is true art. What an amazing planet we have. And how camera can show it. Thanks for sharing your Art!