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Kris Sproul
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Here's another new one from a recent weekend spent out on Mount Rainier. This was the first sunset of my few days there, and I was thrilled when some clouds appeared out of nowhere over the mountain just as the sun went down.

I'd love to get your feedback on this one. Thanks!

"Sundown in Paradise"
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington




Aug 29, 2016 at 06:02 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


Hey Kris,

I know that area well, it's one of my favorite areas there. You did well with this. Not sure I can suggest anything to improve it, you nailed it with the sun, the flowers and the clouds.

Jim



Aug 29, 2016 at 08:36 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


JimFox wrote:
Hey Kris,

I know that area well, it's one of my favorite areas there. You did well with this. Not sure I can suggest anything to improve it, you nailed it with the sun, the flowers and the clouds.

Jim


Thank you very much, Jim! I appreciate your comments.

I keep tinkering with this one, but I'm pretty happy with where it ended up. However, i'm definitely willing to consider any further processing advice anyone might have.

Thanks,
Kris



Aug 29, 2016 at 08:55 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


I agree, really well done Kris. Is this one image or stacked? I assume the sun must be HDR, but I was wondering about the focus.


Aug 29, 2016 at 10:30 PM
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DaleBerlin wrote:
I agree, really well done Kris. Is this one image or stacked? I assume the sun must be HDR, but I was wondering about the focus.


Thanks, Dale! I used 6 images for this one. There are four from front to back for focus (maybe overkill, but I wanted to ensure it was sharp), not including the sky. I used two more for the sky, since it was much brighter - one main one for most of it and one very underexposed one that I just blended in around the sun. All exposures were manually blended with layer masks.



Aug 29, 2016 at 10:38 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


Kris,
Beautiful capture with excellent execution. I agree with Jim nothing to improve on here !
Regards,
Dean



Aug 30, 2016 at 07:04 AM
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DSC01 wrote:
Kris,
Beautiful capture with excellent execution. I agree with Jim nothing to improve on here !
Regards,
Dean


Thanks, Dean!



Aug 30, 2016 at 06:57 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


Jim is brighter than me, but I agree! Beautiful image!!!


Aug 31, 2016 at 12:23 AM
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bill s wrote:
Jim is brighter than me, but I agree! Beautiful image!!!


Thank you very much, Bill!



Aug 31, 2016 at 09:07 AM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


Super capture. Love it.

Bart Carrig



Sep 02, 2016 at 07:04 PM
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Bart Carrig wrote:
Super capture. Love it.

Bart Carrig


Thank you, Bart!



Sep 03, 2016 at 11:11 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


Beautiful photo Kris! Really like all of it, nice light, great colors, and a good composition. Nice work!


Sep 14, 2016 at 12:55 PM
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Beautiful Kris. Love the light...Kevin


Sep 14, 2016 at 09:18 PM
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Brad Williams wrote:
Beautiful photo Kris! Really like all of it, nice light, great colors, and a good composition. Nice work!


Thank you, Brad!

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quickking wrote:
Beautiful Kris. Love the light...Kevin


Thanks, Kevin!



Sep 15, 2016 at 09:02 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


Awesome shot. Really would have loved some wild flowers while I was at Rainer earlier this year.


Sep 17, 2016 at 12:28 AM
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Sweet!!


Sep 17, 2016 at 07:07 AM
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Love the shot, not much to critique at all! I love that the starburst of the sun doesn't have insanely long beams that go all the way through the photo, IMO that kinda ruins it sometimes.The light is great overall, the dynamic range is well managed and not at all HDR-ish. If anything, I'd say that the horizon is a bit centered, I might have enjoyed a slight, slight downward tilt to the camera overall.


Sep 17, 2016 at 01:31 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


Awesome, well executed. Sell it to the State of Washington/Tourism Division,

Best of luck.



Sep 20, 2016 at 03:22 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Sundown in Paradise, Mount Rainier


Very well executed, thanks for sharing.




Sep 20, 2016 at 03:35 PM
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Devon Spencer wrote:
Awesome shot. Really would have loved some wild flowers while I was at Rainer earlier this year.


Thanks, Devon! I was fortunate to make it out there during the wildflower bloom for this one long weekend, but I wish I had more time there myself.

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psharvic wrote:
Sweet!!


Thanks!

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matthewsaville wrote:
Love the shot, not much to critique at all! I love that the starburst of the sun doesn't have insanely long beams that go all the way through the photo, IMO that kinda ruins it sometimes.The light is great overall, the dynamic range is well managed and not at all HDR-ish. If anything, I'd say that the horizon is a bit centered, I might have enjoyed a slight, slight downward tilt to the camera overall.


Thanks for your comments! I'm glad to hear you like the processing. The horizon is indeed a bit centered, but I thought it might work for this particular composition. Looking back, I was also in a bit of a rush to get this comp set up before the sun dipped below the horizon, so I didn't have much time to experiment with different comps.

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DesertDiesel wrote:
Awesome, well executed. Sell it to the State of Washington/Tourism Division,

Best of luck.


Thanks for the suggestion!

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gpelpel wrote:
Very well executed, thanks for sharing.



Thank you!



Sep 20, 2016 at 06:58 PM
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