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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

A7R3, 12-24/4G @12mm (2-image focused stacked in Zerene)
Comments and critique appreciated!

Mar 05, 2018 at 05:00 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Great use of 12mm. The foreground is convincing and shows little distortion and volume stretching. Did you focus stack?

Mar 05, 2018 at 05:16 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Fred, I really like the sharpness and color. As is, the sky is the star IMO. I like the colors on the mid ground but the whole lower left is pretty barren. If there was some way to get some light on the left side rocks it would have strengthened the foreground and given better balance.

Mar 05, 2018 at 06:06 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

elimoss wrote:
Great use of 12mm. The foreground is convincing and shows little distortion and volume stretching. Did you focus stack?

Hi Elimoss,
As you wrote, 12mm is a bit challenging for most subjects and I rarely use it for landscapes. For this one, I thought it worked better than 15mm. Yes, I focused stacked with only 2 images: One for the foreground and another set to infinity distance. Combined them using Zerene. Thanks for the comment.

Mar 05, 2018 at 08:57 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

psharvic wrote:
Fred, I really like the sharpness and color. As is, the sky is the star IMO. I like the colors on the mid ground but the whole lower left is pretty barren. If there was some way to get some light on the left side rocks it would have strengthened the foreground and given better balance.

I agree the sky is main focus point. I was in a location preparing to shoot something in the opposite direction.

When I saw the sky changing, I realized I had to change my composition and found this after taking a short hike. I will try your suggestion to better balance the composition. Thanks for your critique!

Mar 05, 2018 at 09:02 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Love the light on the left, Fred. You might want to strengthen that vignette a bit, may be.

Mar 06, 2018 at 03:55 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Geeesh that brought a rush and goosebumps over me Fred! Maybe I just need to be a tag along to see all I have been missing here in flat Ohio

I'm not qualified to critique on this one so I will comment only.................Wow what a view

Karl

Mar 06, 2018 at 09:55 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

WOW! gorgeous!

Mar 06, 2018 at 10:17 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Wonderful scene, color variation and coolness here Fred. Nice job!

Mar 06, 2018 at 10:56 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

That just screams Owens Valley. Beautiful image, Fred. When conditions are so excellent, you just have to stop and make an extraordinary image out of an otherwise ordinary place.

Mar 06, 2018 at 11:12 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Love the light and colors in this. Excellent details in the foreground rock

Mar 06, 2018 at 12:42 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Quite magical! Really wonderful image.

Mar 06, 2018 at 12:53 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

I see you shot it at F4 - I was wondering if you'd get a sharpness boost if you stopped down the lens by 1-2 stops for optimal sharpness. With focus stacking I realize you don't need to stop down to normal F11, etc but I thought optimal sharpness on lens is something like f5.6, etc. Beautiful image.

Mar 06, 2018 at 02:13 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Stunning side lighting effect, esp over the grass in the midground. Love it.

Mar 06, 2018 at 02:18 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

twoflower wrote:
Love the light on the left, Fred. You might want to strengthen that vignette a bit, may be.

Someone wanted that area to be brighter and you wanted darker.

I think I should compared all three versions and see what looks best. I appreciate the feedback!

Mar 07, 2018 at 02:13 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Karl Witt wrote:
Geeesh that brought a rush and goosebumps over me Fred! Maybe I just need to be a tag along to see all I have been missing here in flat Ohio

I'm not qualified to critique on this one so I will comment only.................Wow what a view

Karl

Thanks Karl! This was taken in Inyo County, California. Be careful when you drive around here, there are a lot of speed traps!

Mar 07, 2018 at 02:16 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Jeffrey wrote:
That just screams Owens Valley. Beautiful image, Fred. When conditions are so excellent, you just have to stop and make an extraordinary image out of an otherwise ordinary place.

I can see you know this area well Jeffrey.

Thanks for your comment.
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Fred

Mar 07, 2018 at 02:17 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

very nice indeed Fred

Mar 08, 2018 at 04:49 AM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Gorgeous colors.

Mar 08, 2018 at 09:26 AM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Somewhere near the Sierra Mountains

Super stuff Fred

Mar 08, 2018 at 09:48 AM

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