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Lord of the Valley


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California's 13,500-foot Mount Tom lords over the beautiful Owens Valley catching the sunrise light. Jeffery Pine compliment the plateau in the foreground. Please comment if you have a moment. I've just returned from a month-long expedition with quite a few other new images to see as well.
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Great shot, Marc. And congrats on getting the front cover of Popular Photography.

 

The composition here, having a distant foreground, is a bit different from your usual, but it works very well. The colors are magnificent in the soft light.

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Yet another amazing shot in the work of a master photographer. I love all of your work Marc, you're an inspiration.
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Marc, the first thing I thought of upond viewing this was the Paramount Studios Logo. Grandeur is the first word that pops to mind. Did you use a colored filter on this shot? There seems to be a pinkish tint to it. BTW, I posted some new landscape shots. I would love to hear your opinions of them. Thanks.
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Maybe a bit overdone with the pink filter - nonetheless if that's how you see it - then that's the way it is. I like it - without saying anything more, I would not mind it hanging in my study to have a peek now and then. Cheers !
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This is sooo beautiful. over 30 days out, and if this is all I came back with, I'd be happy.

 

Nice to see you back...

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Splendid shot Marc, the light and colors are magical. Great composition and detail. A delight to watch it. Greetings! Alin
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Lazek, there was no "pink filter" and anyone else wondering where this pinkish hue comes from would be interested to know that there was an amazing sunrise with dramatic clouds going on behind me and to my left. That caused the camera's sensor to pick up the radiant hues cast onto the scene, as if I had been using a giant, pink reflector to illuminate the scene.
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Okay, that explains it. Marc, I'm curious if you even experimented with changing the white balance in RAW for this shot?
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I really love everything about this photo. The pinkish hue cast onto the clouds and mountain is wonderful, but in my opinion the trees in the foreground is what truly makes this composition perfect. Brilliant!
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This is one of the best shots of mount Tom i've even seen. i've witnessed my fair share of amazing owens valley sunrises, but i've never managed to capture anything so skillfully. this is my favorite from your recent postings, and probably one of my favorites from your portfolio. if i saw this hanging on the walls of Mountain Light gallery, i would say it fit right in...

 

Anish

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Marc - no argument from me regarding the sunrise. I just noticed that the snow on the shaded side of the mountain is pink too...Of course I didn't mean literally "pink filter", just a PS enhancement of the existing color.
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Lord of the Valley in spectacular light and colors,Marc.They say one must be lucky to be there at the right moment.
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Since posting this it should be noted that I've corrected the shadow color tone towards more neutral, giving a more accurate/natural appearance. Thanks.
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A photograph to aspire to achieve... although I guess I'll have to start getting up earlier! Just curious, Marc, was this taken from the side of the road on highway 395?
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It should be mandatory that everyone gets out at least once a year and find the magic light... Amazes me, the amount of folks that have never seen something like this. Another thing that amazes me, is how many of these you are able to capture...Skill and patience...you have them both.
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An incredible montain scape, I'm wondred how you could took this beautiful color and I can feel the montain.

Marc, how do you decide to place your NDG filters when the horizon is not a flat line?

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You have to take into account all sorts of other variables, but most importantly the exposure levels in other portions of the scene and always make sure that the scene does not drop totally into shadow so it cannot easily be recovered in post-processing. Snow-topped mountains make for easy GND exposures because of the natural luminesence of the snow helpes retain the exposure.
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