Taranaki, the Lonely Giant

A different presentation of an often photographed subject. Best

viewed in larger form.

I really like the way you have framed Taranaki between the trees, like most iconic landmarks it can be difficult to find an original take, but I think you have succeeded here.

The colours and textures of the trees and foliage have a HDR appearance that gives a kind of surreal story book illustration impression to me, yet I don't think it is HDR as the sky appears to be quite natural.  In any case I like the result.

Just one question : - Why the seemingly high ISO setting of 1250 ?

 

Compliments & Best Regards

 

Alf

well framed very nice

 

 

Yes, this is somewhat different and very effective. At the same time it looks a bit like a print of the scene which is also effective.

This is a single hand held exposure not an HDR composite.  I have used some dodge tools and highlighting in PS to illuminate much of the foliage in the foreground.  Using the Active-D Lighting settings in camera really enables me to better edit shadowy areas.  This exposure was captured in very low light, only minutes before sun down and there was a lot of low skidding cloud around allowing just this 1-2 minute glimpse of the mount - thus ambient light was rather low hence selecting ISO 1250.