Purple Lupine (Lupinus latifolia) On Glacially Smoothed Domed Buttress
Jul 30, 2018 12:35:52 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
An unusually warm day in the Duckabush Valley, about 27 miles from car.
Older Minolta A2 camera.
Older Minolta A2 camera.
Jul 30, 2018 14:37:47 #
That's a lot of dramatic landscape in one shot. Getting that photo must have been quite an experience.
Your eyes must be better than mine if you can identify those flowers as lupins
. If it was mine I'd try to do something about the haze, but you were there and probably see it as part of the reality that you wanted to capture.
Your eyes must be better than mine if you can identify those flowers as lupins
. If it was mine I'd try to do something about the haze, but you were there and probably see it as part of the reality that you wanted to capture.Jul 30, 2018 20:29:17 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
R.G. wrote:
That's a lot of dramatic landscape in one shot. Getting that photo must have been quite an experience.
Your eyes must be better than mine if you can identify those flowers as lupins . If it was mine I'd try to do something about the haze, but you were there and probably see it as part of the reality that you wanted to capture.
Your eyes must be better than mine if you can identify those flowers as lupins
. If it was mine I'd try to do something about the haze, but you were there and probably see it as part of the reality that you wanted to capture.I was later right up on the buttress with the Lupines. Yup, they are Lupines. :-)
Are you seeing haze in the sky perhaps? Or, is there haze evident somewhere else? I am not seeing it, so curious about what you are seeing.
Thank you for the good feedback.
Jul 31, 2018 11:40:43 #
Jul 31, 2018 11:51:53 #
Laurence68 wrote:
....is there haze evident somewhere else? I am not seeing it, so curious about what you are seeing......
I'm seeing softness in everything except the tree on the right. Whether it's due to distance or the heat, it can be mitigated with a bit of contrast and clarity.
Jul 31, 2018 13:16:20 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Thank you all for the great comments.
R.G., the haze that you are seeing must be heat haze. It was in the mid-90s that day, which is somewhat unusual for temps in the Olympic Mountains. I'll try some contrast adjustments, and perhaps that will enable me to see what you are seeing. My monitor is calibrated with a Spyder calibration unit, but I might need to recalibrate since it's been a couple of years. Thanks for the feedback.
R.G., the haze that you are seeing must be heat haze. It was in the mid-90s that day, which is somewhat unusual for temps in the Olympic Mountains. I'll try some contrast adjustments, and perhaps that will enable me to see what you are seeing. My monitor is calibrated with a Spyder calibration unit, but I might need to recalibrate since it's been a couple of years. Thanks for the feedback.
Jul 31, 2018 16:42:30 #
Aug 1, 2018 12:40:30 #
R.G. wrote:
I'm seeing softness in everything except the tree on the right. Whether it's due to distance or the heat, it can be mitigated with a bit of contrast and clarity.
Like R.G., I think the shot quite strong, but the mountains in the distance are just a bit beyond believing unless the air was hazy. A light contrast might keep the sense of distance, but bring them into harmony with the rest of the pic.
The contrasts of shape and color are most stunning yet subtle.
Aug 4, 2018 15:22:06 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Thanks DaveC1 and artBob. I am not sure what is beyond believing regarding the mountains. I actually didn't do any adjustments out of the camera at all. But I will follow through with the suggestion of some contrast adjustments once I get myself in front of this computer for a longer period.
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