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Gregg B. wrote:
I suppose PC-E lens effects look very realistic.

They have a different feel than this.

Dec 09, 2014 at 01:32 AM

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p.2 #2 · p.2 #2 · Accentuated

I love that shot and your processing. The contrast between the sky and snow on the peak looks great!

Dec 09, 2014 at 02:59 PM

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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · Accentuated

Beautiful image and the I think the PP really works for this situation.

Chuck

Dec 09, 2014 at 03:25 PM

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p.2 #4 · p.2 #4 · Accentuated

Love the photo, but like someone else earlier (Gary?) my eyes are a bit confused by the clouds being so out of focus... which in turns to me makes the mountain look like its had and unintentional faux-miniature treatment?

Dec 09, 2014 at 03:41 PM

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byteseller wrote:
Love the photo, but like someone else earlier (Gary?) my eyes are a bit confused by the clouds being so out of focus... which in turns to me makes the mountain look like its had and unintentional faux-miniature treatment?

I dig your comment byteseller. This is, what I'd call, a nice constructive criticism. I did reply to someone's comment on this already too, and yes, I agree, maybe I blurred the sky a bit too much. But, you know/understand my intention though, right? Interestingly, I haven't seen (nor I predicted at the time) the "miniaturization effect" when I processed the image. I do see it now

Thanks.

Dec 09, 2014 at 03:57 PM

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Gregg,
Nicely done! Have you tried a square crop of this one

Dec 09, 2014 at 04:15 PM

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Love the drama of this picture. And for some reason, the perspective seems to very unique. Can't explain it, but I like the effect of this picture.

Dec 09, 2014 at 04:16 PM

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I know you've already addressed it, but the defocused sky does seem a bit weird to me too. With that said, super interesting that it has completely made the image look miniature. Pretty cool. The slight blue tones work very nicely, and I do like the choice to go with black and white. I think the top highlights on the very top of the sunlight mountain are a bit cooked for my tastes ... should be easy enough to give them a bit more detail while still keeping them bright relative to the rest of the frame. I imagine what it would be like to be on top of this mountain ... it is so strange, like big pillows full of snow that surely must be in the 10's of feet tall!

Dec 09, 2014 at 04:40 PM

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Maritan wrote:
Love the drama of this picture. And for some reason, the perspective seems to very unique. Can't explain it, but I like the effect of this picture.

That was my intentions. Thanks Maritan.

Dec 10, 2014 at 08:29 PM

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Nice shot Gregg - getting me excited for my trip to patagonia next year!

Dec 12, 2014 at 12:49 AM

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Gregg B. wrote:
I suppose PC-E lens effects look very realistic.

Hey Gregg i assume you meant TS-E?

If so, IMHO the narrow DOF effect looks nice and artistic in some types of shots, i think as landscape photographers we try to make it look as natural and as close to original as possible, however, it all comes, of course, to personal preference, imagination, and style, there is no point in debate.
If you like that look, its fine by me, but to me it looks unnatural...

Dec 12, 2014 at 05:40 AM

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p.2 #12 · p.2 #12 · Accentuated

Definitely a different shot in a good way. I like the lighting and contrast. Powerful view.
Harsha

Dec 12, 2014 at 08:55 AM

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lionking wrote:
Hey Gregg i assume you meant TS-E?

If so, IMHO the narrow DOF effect looks nice and artistic in some types of shots, i think as landscape photographers we try to make it look as natural and as close to original as possible, however, it all comes, of course, to personal preference, imagination, and style, there is no point in debate.
If you like that look, its fine by me, but to me it looks unnatural...

No, I meant PC-E, where PC stand for Prospective Control and E, electronic (diaphragm). The TS-E is Canon's equivalent and TS simply means Tilt and Shift. Since I'm a Nikon guy I used Nikon's name.
Don't worry about this picture, if you don't like it and you think it looks unnatural, that's great. Certainly you have rights not to like it. Ironically all B&W pictures look unnatural, after all there are almost always some colors in the scene, even at night. I guess it just comes down to what's currently "accepted". Some open minded guys will look at the pic as an art ignoring the "rules", some strictly as a photograph. And, if they optically can't create an effect, such as the one I've used here, they will "reject" that pic. But, black and white effect, seems wildly accepted.
You know the place didn't look black and white, right? And, when I converted it to black and white I gave it unnatural look too. I have friends who converted they cameras to infrared (a part of a color spectrum we as human can't see). Not only their pictures look super unnatural, converting invisible into visible spectrum is in a way cheating. Yet, I don't hear people complaining about it too much. It's because this is an accepted type of photography.
You can easily create the effect such as mine by taking two shots. One blurred for the background, one sharp for the foreground, combine them.

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Beautiful!!
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Dec 12, 2014 at 03:27 PM

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Gregg B. wrote:
No, I meant PC-E, where PC stand for Prospective Control and E, electronic (diaphragm). The TS-E is Canon's equivalent and TC simply means Tilt and Shift. Since I'm a Nikon guy I used Nikon's name.
Don't worry about this picture, if you don't like it and you think it looks unnatural, that's great. Certainly you have rights not to like it. Ironically all B&W pictures look unnatural, after all there are almost always some colors in the scene, even at night. I guess it just comes down to what's currently "accepted". Some open minded guys will look at the pic...Show more →

Thank you for explaining the PC-E, i shot Canon, up until six month ago, so not familiar with the PC-E, anyway, regarding the likes, i actually do like the shot a lot, but, the more i look at it ,the more i notice the artificially blurry sky, which turnes it from gorgeous to weird looking...

I do a lot of BW conversions, and have nothing against that...

regarding the blurry effect, will settle on agreeing on disagreeing.

Andrey

Dec 12, 2014 at 04:07 PM

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p.2 #16 · p.2 #16 · Accentuated

Gregg - Well I'm glad you took it that way cause I really like the photo -- not sure I would change ANYTHING on it, unless it doesn't "do" something you want it to do. What I called the "miniature" effect is really sort of cool as it gives a really cool dreamy effect.

BTW - is the specific mountain show Cerro Paine Grande? or maybe Almirante Nieto? If so, you must have shot it from an angle I never got to see, or maybe the snow/ice mushroom caps were much smaller when I was there.

Torres del Paine is absolutely spectacular, of all the places I've ever visited its one of the few that I would rather go to again and again rather than exploring new places. Every now and then I review my last set of photos from Paine (from way back in 2005 -- my early DSLR days) and daydream about going back and doing things "right". Next time there I would give myself a bit of extra time and visit the relatively nearby:

Darwin Range (Tierra de Fuego)
and the Western flank of Campo de Hielo Sur, especially the Riso Patron area around Fiordo Falcon.

While writing the names down I couldn't help making a Homer Simpson gurgling sound a la "Donuts"! Both of these can only be accessed via boat and are therefore much less known than Torres del Paine or Los Glaciares areas.

http://www.pataclimb.com/images/climbingareas/buracchio/buracchio180/buracchio_W.jpg
http://www.pataclimb.com/images/climbingareas/buracchio/buracchio180/buracchio_SW.jpg
http://pataclimb.com/images/climbingareas/riso/riso180/riso_S.jpg

Too old and unfit to get shots like these... but I bet there are amazing views to be had closer to shore.

http://uncharted.expenews.com/assets/images/dispatches/d25a61aa31fbefa2b035f6ca68a38470178f70562dc1a0a68112042d9c0ea505.jpg
http://uncharted.expenews.com/assets/images/dispatches/d1254549a62af0205ade4b8aac8cc542ad5ffbde8a9c14c1ffe4ae46722b4fc5.jpg
(this last two from http://uncharted.expenews.com/es/expeditions/339/gallery)

Gregg B. wrote:
I dig your comment byteseller. This is, what I'd call, a nice constructive criticism. I did reply to someone's comment on this already too, and yes, I agree, maybe I blurred the sky a bit too much. But, you know/understand my intention though, right? Interestingly, I haven't seen (nor I predicted at the time) the "miniaturization effect" when I processed the image. I do see it now

Thanks.

Dec 15, 2014 at 04:28 PM

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No byteseller. This mountain is next to the Grey Lake. I took this shot on my way (cruise I took) to Grey Glacier in Chile. The glacier is melting and they said in about 20 years will be gone completely. But, because of that lots of hills and smaller mountains around the lake are now visible, or visible in their entirety. I actually have a pano of the entire mountain range from there (one of many) so if you like I can show it to you.
I liked this one the most because of the snow...

Dec 16, 2014 at 08:21 PM

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p.2 #18 · p.2 #18 · Accentuated

I like the contrast between the mountain and the sky!

Dec 19, 2014 at 05:24 AM

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