On the Edge of Infinity

Prins Karl Forland is the Westmost island of the Spitzberg arcipaelagus.

During our sailing and mountaneering expedition we climbed over one of

its peaks, which -if ever visited- must not have been touched for many

years. In the glorious midnight sun, we started walking at sunset and

continued into sunrise, with a red light all over us, over the rock

faces, and the last valleys before the sea nothingness extending to

Greenland to the West and the North Pole to the North.

 

Does the picture convey the magic of the man (actually woman) in this

untouched wilderness? Suggestion and comments are most welcome.

As you know by now, I'm not keen on heavy black borders, but that's a matter of individual taste. Anyway, I applied changes in PS-cs shadow/highlight adjustment as a blend layer to recover shadow and midtone details...

Great. I was also told the frame shouldn't be larger than the subject - i.e. your friend/girlfriend/wife (I hope this time all possibilities have been encompassed :-) - so I agree with Gary. Anyway, this is an impressive picture and every rule has its exceptions. Always nice to see your postings. cheers !

Gary, I appreciate your time and I think your PS'ed version is far superior to mine. Now, if I only knew what are these layers.... (not kidding, I never went past histogram midpoints and extremes, rotating horizons prone to sea-sickness and cropping to correct my shortcomings in the field, three functions I find intuitive).

 

Chris, this time you were helped since I mentioned the gender. Or do you recognise the jacket by now? Did you appreciate it's the first picture I have with the climber staring in camera? I always avoid it, to give the viewer-observing-man-in-the-wilderness-observing-wilderness-as-well feeling, but this time I liked the fact that the skin was also merging with it all.

Yeah, right, our photos do look similar.

My pic. The rocks, the composition, the subject :)

You had beautiful light and the winding clouds on the left resemble the shape of the rock and the lines of the mountains.

Good work.