eastern sierra 10/16/10 "Autumn Harmony in a Mountain Meadow"

Not going to offer much editorial for this one. Good light is a good thing!

Excelente luz, color y Belleza, Saludos Mark.

fabulous scenery - great shot

Another beautiful shot (6). Best regards, Antonio

It is hard to come up with any idea on how to improve this image it is quite perfect as it is. You captured the wilderness and ruggedness of this scene perfectly. I like the parallel bands of different colors in the foreground from red, to green to yellow to dark green...  it's almost too perfect for a photo, and it makes this image look more like a painting complete with the textures in the stones and the distant peak with a touch of snow on top. On the other hand it looks so natural and inviting.  The lovely light on the clouds to the left is a nice touch.  Really nicely done.  Regards - michel

great shot and very magical color-bravo

Stunningly beautiful.  Great softness and subtle capture of the light on the mountain peak. Best regards, rek.

Good light in good hands!  Wow.

Thanks so much Pep, Julio, Gordon, Antonio, Michel, Toni, Richard and Dominick! Yes, a very special morning with great painterly light. Thanks for the positive comments!

Excellent. 7

Good stuff!... Mike

Thanks Frank and Mike, I appreciate it!

This looks like a Bierstadt painting. Superb!

Mark, it's great! I would be interested in knowing your workflow on this one. If I had shot it I would have had to use an NDG filter of some sort. I assume you did not because I don't see any artifacts from such a filter (is this an HDR?). On my monitor I think it is a bit on the yellow side, especially in the blue of the sky. I tried a midtone +15B correction in PS and it seemed to provide a cooler look without hurting the warmth in the clouds. Yes, I know this was at a low sun angle and the light is warm, it is just a personal foible of mine for a cooler firmanent ;0).

Beautiful composition, and a subject that can't be beat. And you're right, it needs to be viewed large for sure. Nice photograph. Regards.

Thanks Bob and Walter! Bob, I really like the Bierstadt reference. Walter, no grads for me anymore. I simply shoot about 4 bracketed exposures from a tripod mount and make sure I have enough space in between to hold all of the highlights and all the shadows with a little room to spare in the shadows. Then I blend by hand, but mostly I use a mask that drops the best sky exposure onto the best foreground exposure. So by definition, it is HDR, but it is not a software generated version. I checked with the color picker and didn't find the yellow to be excessive, in fact most of the sky other than the puffy pillow clouds is a neutral or slightly cool neutral. I do know what you mean, but being true to the original scene, I would say it is close, but slightly warm in the shadows. I will have to play with the yellows and blues and see if something grabs me. Thanks so much for the input!

MArk - This one has itr all - great color lighting and the mix of mnts and colorful foliage.  Another beauty from the Sierra.  Large view is really great.

Harry

I saw the thumbnail on the Daily Sampling and immediately knew it was one of yours.  We've been missing you on PNet!!....  Mike