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Cullicocha Cascades

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I noticed the outflow of Lagoona Cullicocha in Peru's Cordillera Blanca during the hike to camp that afternoon. My primary focus this evening near sunset was the big peaks of the Santa Cruz masiff, but when clouds moved in, I raced back to the cascades where th light was much more interesting. The mountains in the background are the Cordillera Negra. Canon 24-17L, 3 stop ND filter, hard edge, 1.2 sec, f20. 2 Raw exposures were made and manually blended to capture the fullest range of detail.

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harrylichtman

The outflow from Lagoona Cullicocha near sunset in Peru's Cordillera

Blanca. in addition to a 3 stop grad, 2 RAW exposures were used and

manually blended. Your impressions welcome.

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mirkal
Excellent composition, great work with difficult light conditions. Congratulations Harry!
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nabs
it is as good as it gets. i am amazed at the sharpness range of the image. theres so much to see in this pic that individual areas of the frame could be cropped in parts and yet it would make for stunning photographs. great job.
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Karl Schuler
These are challenging conditions regarding dynamic range and DOF. You managed the overall sharpness very well with outstanding details in the foreground. However I feel that the upper half of the picture would look better and more balanced with softer contrast. I suggest to leave the highlights as they are but to lighten the darker areas. Karl
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harrylichtman
Thanks for all of your feedback - Karl - I'll give that a try and see how it works. I was trying to avoid too much dgital grain by lightening any portion of the sky. Thanks for your thoughts, Harry
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thadley
This deserves a WOW - terrific capture with wonderful light . Max. I like it the way it is. However if you wanted to lighten the top and minimize the grain, I would lighten a copy of the image then run it through a noise reduction program, take the output and layer it on to the original and then paint in the necessary 'filtered-noise-reduced" portions.
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