The Things I See
Owens Valley III
Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 1 April 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Photosanity from Folsom, United States
wonderful capture of a beautiful valley - this is my favorite of your series. :-)
1 Apr 2009 5:28am
Claus Petersen from herfølge, Denmark
Looks like a place filled with adventure! Great shot!
1 Apr 2009 7:35am
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
This is my preferred part of the mountain. It looks soft and organic. The foothills almost look like suede.
1 Apr 2009 8:18am
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
Belle image, bel approche!!! Je suis prête pour gravir la montagne, je me suis équipée pour! :O)
1 Apr 2009 9:35am
Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal
Magnificent landscape...very well done...love the tonality!
1 Apr 2009 10:52am
Turnbill from Maine, United States
Well done. The crop gives a great sense of the size of the mountains compared to the foreground. Nice colors. too.
1 Apr 2009 10:55am
@Turnbill: Thanks for your comments Turnbill. But, just to be clear, this is not a crop. The past three images are of the same subject but entirely different exposures. The first one uses a different lens. In my opinion, cropping waists pixels. Although I've been known to crop my photos on occasion, I try to get the frame and exposure correct in the camera as much as possible. This shot required a slight adjustment to brightness only in post production (probably less that 1/6 stop). :0)
Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco
What beautiful colors on this serie ...trees seems coming from another planet !
1 Apr 2009 12:09pm
Viewfinder from Bradenton, FL, United States
Wow, this shows the mighty "roots" of that mountain so well for this flatlander's eyes.
1 Apr 2009 1:33pm
vu@granby from Granby, Québec, Canada
Now we are almost able to count the trees on the mountainside!
1 Apr 2009 2:34pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
I agree with Helen in that it looks like suede at the foothills! I love the depth here.
1 Apr 2009 2:53pm
DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom
Nice landscape, I would've expected some major post-processing to produce such delicate colours, well done! I've neverr considered Sony before, but looks like they make some good lenses!
1 Apr 2009 3:07pm
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
I like the way you dwarf the trees.
I saw your comment about cropping. I, too, crop in camera but I had to crop when printing with film and I have to crop with digital to get shots to fit the standard 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14 etc.. The perils of a the full 35 mm sensor :-) No way to avoid it unless you want to get odd sized mattes and frames.
1 Apr 2009 3:46pm
@Michael Rawluk: Hi Michael! Thanks for your thought provoking comment. Again, I don't like to crop either in post processing or in the camera. I like to frame the photo appropriately in order to take advantage of all those pixels we pay for. I aspire to being the best photographer I can be (I know I'm not there yet). But to be the best we have to use every tool at our disposal to the best of our ability. I could produce much clearer photographs with a better camera but I can't afford a better camera. So, I need to use every pixel I have to capture as much detail as I can. If that means that I have to custom cut and mat, so be it. One trip to a fine art photography gallery reveals this. Don't get me wrong. I've cropped plenty to get my photos to fit standard mats. But, I want to stop that practice.
"Marie" :-) from perth, Australia
Hi Craig, what a superb shot, love the mountains, colours here are amazing. Well done.
1 Apr 2009 4:52pm
Roman from Thunder Bay, Canada
Great shot and my first impression was oh, you're having a nice walk towards the mountain, but then I saw the different focal lengths and realized what you were doing. This is also a great lesson in using different lenses and how to utilize your field of view. I saw you response to Michael and you got a very interesting point there. I also try not to waste pixels by cropping, although in my last image I used it extensively based on a good critique I received.
Hey Craig, maybe you'd be willing to put one of your images in the critique forum so others could learn from you, and also take a stab at giving your own critique, it's always fun ?
cheers
Roman
1 Apr 2009 6:03pm
@Roman: I too crop now and then. But, when I do, I know that the image is only good for posting not printing. And printing is what I aspire to. I saw your image that you cropped. The advise you got is sound advise. It is a better image cropped than not. But, I don't think you will ever be able to print it off in a larger format and get the kind of detail that would make it a 10. Instead, understand what makes it a better image cropped and the next time your out shooting frame it that way. Please understand that these are just my opinions. They are not law and all rules are made to be broken anyhow! Happy shoot'in Roman. Thanks for the interesting discussion!
Emilio Garcia from Pleasanton, United States
This is my favorite of your series. For me, it is the gorgeous composition and detail that results from having photographed this beautiful mountain with a long lens. Superb landscape photography.
2 Apr 2009 4:21am
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
The lower portion looks like prairie land in Arkansas and Oklahoma, but those majestic mountains really change the view. Wonderful capture.
3 Apr 2009 3:48am
amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
I do love all 3... but I must admit this tighter frame is my favourite. Subtle and beautiful tones and light.
10 Apr 2009 4:36am
Sony DSLR-A900
1/320 second
F/5.0
ISO 100
135 mm