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graytrekker wrote:
Gregg:
As others have mentioned, that first one is spectacular. Question: - is that a stitched pano? The mountains seem to "bend" more than I remember. If so, I would recommend taking some of that out. If not, then it's just me and never mind.
I am sucker for lone cabins in fields like that - not uncommon in my neck of the woods (Montana).
Finally, the last one - I am a mountain person and I find myself feeling there are just too many trees and not enough mountains. Have you considered pulling in on the mountains with a portrait crop? Again, just me.
All beautifully processed without feeling "pushed" - thanks so much for sharing!!
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Yes Doug, it's a stitched pano I shot with my 24-70mm lens. I was thinking of cropping the image but I didn't like the cropped version. It's was missing the sky on the right side, and the mountain range looked "unfinished". I hated it. So I left it the way it is. I like it. I could probably warped the image on the right side a bit to make mountains more compressed but nah, it just look good the way it is to me. Yes, I'm sure there are some distortions due to stitching the image, maybe some compression going on as well, but that's something I have limited control over. I was happy to get what I've got being there only 4 days and 3 were a total crap weather-wise. Too many trees? C'mon man. I didn't plant them in I could crop the image but again, I love those trees in there. I live in a city, when I see trees like those at the base of the range I am a happy man They are too precious to me. I'm not cutting them out or in any other way getting rid of them. If I print this shot, I'm sure potential buyers will love those trees for the same reasons, we don't see many trees around here, just some palm trees close to the ocean.
To me, they really complement the mountain. But, I could stretched the mountains a little bit to make them taller/bigger. But, again, that would require some warping/stretching and most of the time I just hate such heavy image manipulation, unless a deep pocket buyer comes to me and says I'll pay you more if you make the mountains bigger .
OK, jukes aside... I think the shot came out great. My wife told me it's too busy, you telling me, too many trees or too much mountains to the right. OK, someone please show me a place where I can photograph it the way a painter imagined. Those guys can do whatever they want on a canvas (less busy or smoother sky, less trees, bigger mountain, maybe bigger river) but what we as photographers supposed to do? Unless you heavily modify image in Photoshop, what you get is what you get.
What's in Montana? Let me know if there are some nice huts I could shoot with mountains, big mountains too
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