alaska Wrangell Mountains 2

Any comments or ratings are most appreciated! :-)

Nice pano. Good colors.

The road less traveled perhaps? Nice composition.

It was suggested to me on a not-so-different shot of mine that I walk out and in front of the turn-out so that it didn't show up in the photo, which I am suggesting. The foreground on the right is a bit distracting for me. This seems to have a lot of noise, as well. I love how you've captured the snow on the peaks; this shot makes me want to drive/fly up next vacation. Thanks for posting, Richard

Good insight from Richard (I'll remember that) . Nice Panorama.

This is good! I like the way you have cropped it into a panorama. The snow capped peaks rising above the haze are good.

very good panoramic shot!!!!!

I like the last two snow mountain shots the best. Congrats.

Very nice Lou Ann, Nice crop!

I honestly wasn't expecting a decent reception on this one ... it was more for perspective for the previous image, as well as some of the upcoming few shots. I know that it's too grainy (you're right ... I NEED to go back with some Velvia 100's and 50's.) And, I chopped off a LOT of the roadside "pull out" ... but any more and I felt like the pic would be ALL sky!!

excellent cropping for this motive, Lou Ann!

Nice panoramic landscape Lou ann. Thanks for your extensive visit! Pnina

The panorama looks nice (personally I'd prefer to have a little bit more of the road, but thats OK). The problem is an overall strong pinkish cast that needs to be corrected.

Looking at the original I reckon your crop is spot on.

Lou Ann, your decision to crop this was correct; it strengthens the image considerably. I have to agree with Vlad's comment concerning the pink cast, I see it too. And I'm shocked, absolutely SHOCKED that anyone would even consider using 800 ISO in a landscape! (Just kidding Lou Ann :0) It is a good photograph. Regards.

Is it my monitor? I'm not seeing anything pink......

Agreeing with Colin above. It does have some "noise" in the sky but otherwise... great shot.

Great mood on this picture... I really like that. Well done, congrats.

It may well be Lou Ann. It is not a strong cast but it is noticeable in the transitions of snow to midground of the mountains. I use the Gretag Eye-One colorimeter at home and highly recomend it (about $250). The use of such a device is really mandatory if you want your images to be consistently accurate.

 

I calibrate my CRT monitor now about every other month, or just before I have a lot of critical work to do. Previously, photograhs that I had worked on before acquiring the Eye-One show a color cast just as some of yours do. I tried the Adobe Gamma utility supplied with Photoshop, but I was just fooling myself with that.

 

The Digital Darkroom Forum has an extensive knowledge base of articles dealing with monitor calibration and colorspace. Regards.

I like open road shots that are going somewhere, Lou Ann, and maybe that is why I and others like this. The muted colors don't bother me, but look rather natural to me.

Crop was an excellent idea Lou Ann.

I read that you took the picture at 2pm, looking at the color of the snowy mountains I'd imagined it was just before sunset... thanks for introducing Alaska to me, ... I never been there (...yet!:o))

Hello Lou Ann

 

There is something wonderfully peaceful about this image - sort of a road to nowhere, yet clearly the distant mountains are "somewhere". Gosh, what a wonderful world we live in, and what wonderful photographs in this folder.

 

I will be back soon.

 

Regards, Nick.