Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos - FM Forums

Home · Register · Join Upload & Sell

Moderated by: Fred Miranda

FM Forum Rules
Landscape Posting Guidelines

FM Forums | Landscape Photographer | Join Upload & Sell

Archive 2015 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

Matt.burn
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

By brother and I took a backpacking trip up to High Rock Lookout in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. These old fire lookouts offer some amazing views! It was incredible to say the least. Had to take a few landscapes while we we're up there.
I'm also a bit of a Star Wars nerd so I had to include an action figure in a few of the shots. Lol.

As always, CC is more then welcome.

1.Canon 1Dx, Rokinon 14mm, 1/100th, ISO 100
This is an HDR image made out of 7 bracketed photos. I tried to keep it very subtle, but I'm sure if you know what you're looking at, you can tell is an HRD photo. This was taken right after a brief lightning storm came through with a light fog rolling into the valleys.

The View by Matt Ferris, on Flickr

2.Canon 1Dx, Rokinon 14mm, 1/1250th, ISO 100

Scouting for Threats by Matt Ferris, on Flickr

3.Canon 1Dx, Rokinon 14mm, 1/160th, ISO 100

Exploring the Wonders of Endor's Moon by Matt Ferris, on Flickr

*The Rokinon lens is a manual aperture lens, so I'm not sure what the f-stop is on any of these pictures.

Jul 06, 2015 at 06:47 PM

Sunny Sra
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

Matt,
The 1st one is incredible! As for fitting in the star wars figure...for some odd reason it works!

Jul 06, 2015 at 08:14 PM

GuyLaclair
Offline
•
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

Cool idea with adding the Star War outfit into the image. I like how the mountain ridge line points to Mount Rainier.

Jul 06, 2015 at 08:31 PM

killersnowman
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

lols i love it. i was able to recite the lines from episodes 4,5, and 6 from heart when i was a kid. i loved those movies

Jul 06, 2015 at 10:45 PM

Frogfish
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

I really like #1 but wish you'd posted these a little larger as lots of detail is lost (or unseen) when viewing at small sizes. The layer of clouds just below the summit is cool.

Star Wars figure - personally it doesn't add anything for me, and I am a SW fan ! However I understand this is purely personal taste. Now if was a Harrison Ford figure or another character from Blade Runner or maybe even better Daniel Day-Lewis from Last of the Mohicans ......

Edited on Jul 07, 2015 at 02:54 AM · View previous versions

Jul 06, 2015 at 11:25 PM

cams884
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

Gorgeous light on the first and you've done a cool job with the scale of the figures.

Jul 07, 2015 at 02:04 AM

SteveF
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

Those are great. Like the HDR work - I struggle to get it to look this natural.

Jul 07, 2015 at 08:06 AM

Matt.burn
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

Sunny Sra wrote:
Matt,
The 1st one is incredible! As for fitting in the star wars figure...for some odd reason it works!
Thank you, Sunny Sra!

---------------------------------------------

GuyLaclair wrote:
Cool idea with adding the Star War outfit into the image. I like how the mountain ridge line points to Mount Rainier.
Thanks, Guy. The toy photography is just a lot of fun.

---------------------------------------------

killersnowman wrote:
lols i love it. i was able to recite the lines from episodes 4,5, and 6 from heart when i was a kid. i loved those movies
Haha.You and me both, Killersnowman!!!

---------------------------------------------

Frogfish wrote:
I really like #1 but wish you'd posted these a little larger as lots of detail is lost (or unseen) when viewing at small sizes. The layer of clouds just below the summit is cool.

Star Wars figure - personally it doesn't add anything for me, and I am a SW fan ! However I understand this is purely personal taste. Now if was a Harrison Ford figure or another character from Blade Runner or maybe even better Daniel Day-Lewis from Last of the Mohicans ......
Thank you very much, Frogfish. You can see the first image larger in this link...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_ferris/18836956443/sizes/h/

As for the Star Wars figures, I know it's not for everyone. I just have a lot of fun doing the toy photos. On that note, I'm gonna have to fine me some Last of the Mohicans figures, or maybe a Harrison Ford as, Indiana Jones. Lol.
---------------------------------------------

cams884 wrote:
Gorgeous light on the first and you've done a cool job with the scale of the figures.
Thank you, Cams884! Appreciate the comment.

---------------------------------------------

SteveF wrote:
Those are great. Like the HDR work - I struggle to get it to look this natural.

Thank you Steve! I just play with the sliders in Photoshops HDR feature. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Though I really think it helps with more then three photos.

Jul 07, 2015 at 10:50 AM

dgdg
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

I love it.
Kudos to hiking your storm trooper gear all the way there.

David

Jul 07, 2015 at 11:40 AM

JimFox
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

Hey Matt,

Well these are for sure different! I like #1 the best, and while I am not a fan of HDR, your adjustments there worked out well.

With #2 and 3 the first time I viewed these I thought man, that's a lot of gear to pack in with you as you backpack, as I assumed it was your brother wearing the star wars gear. It was only on viewing these a 2nd time that I realized it was just a small toy figure. So nice work on shooting this to make the figure actually feel life size.

Jim

Jul 07, 2015 at 01:12 PM

dgdg
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

JimFox wrote:
With #2 and 3 the first time I viewed these I thought man, that's a lot of gear to pack in with you as you backpack, as I assumed it was your brother wearing the star wars gear. It was only on viewing these a 2nd time that I realized it was just a small toy figure. So nice work on shooting this to make the figure actually feel life size.

Jim

Bravo Matt!

Jul 07, 2015 at 02:03 PM

Jase1125
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

These are excellent. The HDR shot looks very natural and not over baked IMO.

Jul 07, 2015 at 07:26 PM

Matt.burn
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Mt. Rainier at Sunset...and a few other fun photos

dgdg wrote:
I love it.
Kudos to hiking your storm trooper gear all the way there.

David

Thanks, dgdg! I see you saw the other reply that this just a 6" action figure. No way would I want to do that hike with storm trooper gear!

---------------------------------------------

JimFox wrote:
Hey Matt,

Well these are for sure different! I like #1 the best, and while I am not a fan of HDR, your adjustments there worked out well.

With #2 and 3 the first time I viewed these I thought man, that's a lot of gear to pack in with you as you backpack, as I assumed it was your brother wearing the star wars gear. It was only on viewing these a 2nd time that I realized it was just a small toy figure. So nice work on shooting this to make the figure actually feel life size.

Jim

Thank you very much, Jim. It can be a challenge making them look life size. Glad it came across that way. :-)
---------------------------------------------

dgdg wrote:
Bravo Matt!

---------------------------------------------

Jase1125 wrote:
These are excellent. The HDR shot looks very natural and not over baked IMO.

Thanks, Jase! Really appreciate it.

Jul 08, 2015 at 01:29 AM


FM Forums \| Landscape Photographer \| Join Upload & Sell

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.