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Lamplough
Lamplough
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G
Location: Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve : Alaska
Date: Aug 23, 2009
Aperture: 14
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Jan 21, 2010

Taken at Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve. I was fortunate to work here for 7 months and would recommend visiting to anyone who likes kayaking and the outdoors.
I wanted to submit this for a free study earlier in the year but choose a different picture (should have gone with my gut). It's my first attempt at HDR (3 exposures) and I like the results.

Statistics
Place: 298 out of 445
Avg (all users): 5.5059
Avg (commenters): 6.2778
Avg (participants): 5.5074
Avg (non-participants): 5.5000
Views since voting: 789
Views during voting: 399
Votes: 255
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
01/30/2010 11:59:51 AM
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Wow, what a vista. Congratulations on this great capture of a stunning scene. And, as your comments show, the figure on the upper left gives a fine sense of scale to it all.

but, still, you didn't score as well as one might think with an image this stunning. You are new to HDR and I can see why you would like the results so much because of all that detail and color. IMO, this very fine image almost heads into the 'illustration' category. And there's nothing wrong with that, for heaven's sake! It's just that treatment doesn't go over terribly well at DPC.

so, other than suggesting that you might tone down the color on that yellow rock in the bottom right border area, I'd say you are on the right track, with very good observation and camera skills. You caught this incredible landscape at a spectacular time.

Keep up the good work.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2010 05:27:03 PM
awesome vista - love the person looking down upon us
01/28/2010 05:30:24 AM
The grandness of the scene, and the overwhelming vastness, is captured very well by your lone silhouette perched upon the outcropping.
01/27/2010 09:15:16 PM
I like the way the lone man standing so insignifigantly on the rock promontory gives such a sense of vastness......6
01/27/2010 02:50:07 PM
lots of textures here. very interesting.
01/27/2010 06:43:08 AM
I love the scale here , very enlightening. 7
01/26/2010 03:58:35 AM
nice landscape
01/25/2010 08:31:55 PM
Very dramatic scene and well captured. The man on the hill gives a real sense of perspective.
01/25/2010 10:18:36 AM
Cropping off some of the right part of the image might have made this more compelling.
01/25/2010 01:31:01 AM
person on the rock adds something great for this shot. the clouds are great.
01/24/2010 09:00:40 PM
just a little dark in the exposure...but a wonderful place none the less...such rugged beauty
01/24/2010 07:39:13 PM
Wow this is vast, and rugged looking. I like how you did this, very good.
01/24/2010 05:43:29 PM
Great use of the person for scale; awesome sky. Is that glacial activity on the right?
01/23/2010 09:01:08 PM
Gorgeous shot. I like the hill poking out in the distance.
01/23/2010 02:59:16 PM
Dramatic, the person gives a sense of scale. Nice.
01/23/2010 04:29:45 AM
Very moody and wonderful to have the figure on the mountain. More interesting foreground element and a stronger directional light source to give more definition to the mountains would have made even better.
01/23/2010 03:03:28 AM
great shot. IMO it could be better with the foreground cropped out a bit.
01/22/2010 12:58:35 PM
stunning landscape portrait.
01/22/2010 03:02:38 AM
The person on the hill giving soem scale to it all works well. The rock right in middle bottom is a bit bothersome for me. Its in the frame just enough to be seen but just out of it to not really have a purpose there


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