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Dave Dillemuth
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Hi All,
I just returned from a brief trip into the High Sierra backcountry. Summer landscape in the CA Sierra can be very challenging and tends to be feast or famine. Days of cloudless blue skies with harsh lighting punctuated by monsoonal flows that can bring dramatic skies. After several days of boring blue I experienced some wonderful clouds on my last evening. For this image I utilized a .75 GND and blended two exposures to mage the extreme dynamic range. Appreciate your comments/thoughts.
Thanks,
Dave







Aug 14, 2017 at 08:44 PM
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Fabulous image Dave. This pic epitomizes the unique feeling that one gets from hiking that far in (and up). Really nice work.


Aug 14, 2017 at 09:15 PM
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Beautiful image and a very good merge.


Aug 14, 2017 at 09:22 PM
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Very nice. Thank you for sharing... Jim


Aug 14, 2017 at 09:52 PM
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Oh, this one is a beauty, Dave!


Aug 14, 2017 at 10:11 PM
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Dave;

Really like this. The interplay of warm - to cool - to warm simply works. Well done.

Todd



Aug 14, 2017 at 11:09 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Monsoon Light


Beautifully composed Dave!


Aug 14, 2017 at 11:45 PM
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Just the right combo of elements, light & color for a great composition.

Thanks for posting
Dan



Aug 15, 2017 at 01:26 AM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Monsoon Light


Truly Majestic Dave!


Aug 15, 2017 at 03:24 AM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Monsoon Light


Beautiful Dave.


Aug 15, 2017 at 06:08 AM
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Wonderful image Dave, beautiful scene. The processing is very natural looking, and nicely done.

My only nitpick is that I wish there was a little more breathing room above the cloud at the top center of the image.

Out of curiosity, what is the red stain on the snow in several places in the center of the image?



Aug 15, 2017 at 09:56 AM
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Ed McGuirk wrote:
Wonderful image Dave, beautiful scene. The processing is very natural looking, and nicely done.

My only nitpick is that I wish there was a little more breathing room above the cloud at the top center of the image.

Out of curiosity, what is the red stain on the snow in several places in the center of the image?


Thanks for your comments, Ed. The red "stain" is a maroon colored algae that grows in the snow. Not sure about other mountain ranges but commonly seen in the Sierra.
Dave



Aug 15, 2017 at 10:42 AM
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Hey Dave,

This one is really super cool. I just got back from backpacking up at Ice Lakes in the San Juans in Colorado, so I can relate to this shot very much. Nothing like that thin air and the rich colors one can get that high up.

Jim



Aug 15, 2017 at 05:09 PM
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Jeffrey wrote:
Fabulous image Dave. This pic epitomizes the unique feeling that one gets from hiking that far in (and up). Really nice work.


Thanks very much, Jeffery. I know, you know the Eastern Sierra drill.

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ben egbert wrote:
Beautiful image and a very good merge.



Thank you, Ben. I've been using the auto HDR merge function in Lightroom and find it works great. Gives you total control and easily avoid that HDR look.
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oldrattler wrote:
Very nice. Thank you for sharing... Jim


Thank you very much, Jim.
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Fred Amico wrote:
Oh, this one is a beauty, Dave!


Fred, Thanks very much. Glad you like it.
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tmiller9 wrote:
Dave;

Really like this. The interplay of warm - to cool - to warm simply works. Well done.

Todd


Thanks very much, Todd.
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Fred Miranda wrote:
Beautifully composed Dave!


Thanks, Fred. I was moving fast with the light and took a lot of compositions.. some are duds but a few I like.
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dswiger wrote:
Just the right combo of elements, light & color for a great composition.

Thanks for posting
Dan


Thanks, Dan. Appreciate the comments.
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RMC cichlids wrote:
Truly Majestic Dave!


Thank you very much.
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JimKied wrote:
Beautiful Dave.


Thanks, Jim
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JimFox wrote:
Hey Dave,

This one is really super cool. I just got back from backpacking up at Ice Lakes in the San Juans in Colorado, so I can relate to this shot very much. Nothing like that thin air and the rich colors one can get that high up.

Jim


Thanks a lot, Jim.



Aug 15, 2017 at 07:56 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Monsoon Light


Congrats on your 4th FTOW!


Aug 25, 2017 at 09:05 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Monsoon Light


Totally missed this. It kicks ass


Aug 25, 2017 at 09:12 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Monsoon Light


Congrats, a wonderful scene indeed.


Aug 26, 2017 at 08:09 AM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Monsoon Light


Most excellent!


Aug 26, 2017 at 10:55 AM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Monsoon Light


Gorgeous. Looks very much like Sierra high country.


Aug 26, 2017 at 12:25 PM
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Fred Miranda wrote:
Congrats on your 4th FTOW! https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/images/trophy.gif


Thanks much, Fred
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jord217 wrote:
Totally missed this. It kicks ass


Thanks much, Jord
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Matt Anderson wrote:
Congrats, a wonderful scene indeed.


Thank you, Matt
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Jim Dockery wrote:
Most excellent!


Thanks much, Jim
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Arka wrote:
Gorgeous. Looks very much like Sierra high country.


Thank you, Arka



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