yanzhang

Great details of the patterns, and dof is controlled very well. Very nice image.

This light is beautiful. I feel the composition could be improved, the right side branch is a bit disturbing. 

Regards, Yan

This image was made in the early morning on 24 November 2012 in The

Entrance - central coast of New South Wales. This rock channel was

filled with coming waves due to a rising tide at that moment. Thanks

for viewing this image.

This photo was taken on 28 August 2012 in Tasman River, Mount Cook in

the South Island of New Zealand. The nigh scene here was fabulous:

these giant icebergs floating on the river were beautifully shed by

the moonlight. Thanks for viewing this image.

This is somewhat intrigued image, I like the blue tone, floating clouds and the highlight of the line of cliffs. One minor point is: it might be better to do a small adjustment to make the cliff not exactly at the middle of the frame.

This is a well known place in Canadian Rockies, and there have been so

many images taken by other photographers about this place. Here I

tried to make a picture of it from somewhat different perspective.

This image was taken before 5am in the morning, with over 60 minutes

exposure (13 successive 4-minute exposure shots). By the time the

final exposure finished, the sky was illustrated by the rising sun far

from right side.

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Nice reflection of the autumn colors.

This image was taken in a raining morning in the wild West Coast in

the South Island of New Zealand. Thanks for viewing this image.

Dear Harry,

Thanks very much for your comments and suggestions on this photo.I will try to remove the corner vignette.

Cheers, Yan

Very nice shapes, curves and lines. You did well to control the transit from bright to shadow parts of the image.

Taken in Mount Cook, the South Island of New Zealand during the winter

time. The spiral clouds appeared over the mountain ridges under the

morning light, where the mountain ridges, icebergs and their

reflections formed a perfect symmetry. Thanks for viewing this image.

Like this symmetry form, and the peaceful feeling from this image.

This is beautiful, I like such details both on the mountains and their reflections, well done.

Taken from the Nub Peak, the beautiful sunset light cast on Mount

Assiniboine and Mount Sunburst. Thanks for viewing this image.

This image was taken around 5am at Kawarau River, near Queenstown, New

Zealand, on 28 August 2012. When the sky started to shine, the Milky

Way was still clearly visible. Thanks for view this image.

Neil,

Thanks for your comments. Yes, it was from the Nub. Going down in the darkness was a bit challenge indeed:) Over the four days, I went to the Nub 3 times.

Dear Per,

Thanks for viewing my image. No HDR is used for producing this image. It is a result from combining couple of shots taken in the same location, same day after sunset within one hour time frame, and each shot was indeed with different shutter speeds, apertures and ISO values in order to capture the fine details of various component of this scene.

Cheers, Yan.

Dear Karl,

Thanks for your interest in my this photo. Here is some information I can provide for you:

(1) The cloud and star reflections in the late are definitely real;

(2) This image was made in one location, on one night, within one hour time duration;

(3) This final image was combined from three shots, at different time, within this one hour interval, but at the same location;

(4) Basically, the final image represented what we would see in our naked eyes of the scene, while somehow one shot was not possible to capture.

Cheers,

Yan

This image was taken on 21 September 2012, in Mount Assiniboine,

Canadian Rockies. A dramatic sky appeared over Mount Assiniboine:

after sunset, the rising moon was hidden behind Mount Sunburst while

its light was burst from the peak, moving clouds crossed the starry

sky and formed such magic patterns.

Thanks for viewing this image.

Dear Radu,

Thanks very much for viewing my photo and writing detailed comments.

Wanaka is a small town in Otago in South Island of New Zealand. This

image was taken in Wanaka Lake in a late afternoon when the dusk was

falling rapidly, while the lights from the town provided some

interesting backdrops.

Standing in the deep and freezing cold water to make this image, this

probably was one of the toughest photography situations I encountered

during this trip.

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This image was made on 31 August 2012, exposure started around 5:00am,

and finished around 6:30am.

This was a magic moment of Tasman River at Mount Cook, New Zealand.

The glacier and the right side of the mountains were shined by the

setting full moon, while by the time when the exposur finished, the

Mount Cook (the left mountain peak) was then lighten by the rising sun

far behind the right side mountains.

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10 August 2012, Sydney' winter. Around 4:20pm, the last sun ray broke

the cloud, and projected on this lone tree on the hill. Thanks for

viewing this image.

Hi David,

Thanks for your comments. Only two frames were taken to create this image, however, the first frame (for the foreground rocks) was taken about 1 hour earlier than the second one (for the sky).

Regards,

Yan

This photo was taken about 2 years ago in Great Ocean Road, Victoria,

Australia. But I re-processed this image.

Thanks for viewing this image.