My View of Stevens Peak in Mt Rainier NP
Oct 13, 2019 23:37:14 #
In the spirit of last weeks conversation about the OP posting his/her final version of their MIYV picture, here is my final image.
The image I selected was originally a bracketed image. Since the sunlight was strong I was concerned about the DR of my little trail camera, a Sony a6000 with the 16-50mm pancake lens, so I took 3 images, 2-stops apart. As it turned out, no highlights were blown out but there was some underexposed red and blue in the tree shadows in the 0ev (middle) image. But the green channel in the shadows were still OK. So that was the image that I selected and posted. Not a good SOOC, but it contained all the necessary information to tease out the final image. BTW, the raw SOOC wasn't anything like the original scene.
After editing the image, I liked the uncropped version of the final image. It reflected what I was saw and brought back memories of that afternoon. But someone who wasn't there would not have the same emotional attachment as I do. So I focused on the subject of the image which was the mountain. While there was drama in the sky, it competed with the mountain for attention. Also the snow patch in the foreground, being bright also pulled the attention away from the mountain. So I cropped to remove the foreground snow patch and reduced, but not eliminate, the cloudy sky. Sorry Linda, your avalanche lilies, as pretty as they were, didn't make the cut in my final image. Finally, I decided i liked the panoramic crop as it gave me the feel of a large expanse. The overall image is edited based on my memory and interpretation of the scene. So here is my view of Stevens Peak.
Mike
The image I selected was originally a bracketed image. Since the sunlight was strong I was concerned about the DR of my little trail camera, a Sony a6000 with the 16-50mm pancake lens, so I took 3 images, 2-stops apart. As it turned out, no highlights were blown out but there was some underexposed red and blue in the tree shadows in the 0ev (middle) image. But the green channel in the shadows were still OK. So that was the image that I selected and posted. Not a good SOOC, but it contained all the necessary information to tease out the final image. BTW, the raw SOOC wasn't anything like the original scene.
After editing the image, I liked the uncropped version of the final image. It reflected what I was saw and brought back memories of that afternoon. But someone who wasn't there would not have the same emotional attachment as I do. So I focused on the subject of the image which was the mountain. While there was drama in the sky, it competed with the mountain for attention. Also the snow patch in the foreground, being bright also pulled the attention away from the mountain. So I cropped to remove the foreground snow patch and reduced, but not eliminate, the cloudy sky. Sorry Linda, your avalanche lilies, as pretty as they were, didn't make the cut in my final image. Finally, I decided i liked the panoramic crop as it gave me the feel of a large expanse. The overall image is edited based on my memory and interpretation of the scene. So here is my view of Stevens Peak.
Mike
Oct 14, 2019 00:10:29 #
Oct 14, 2019 06:18:11 #
SalvageDiver wrote:
In the spirit of last weeks conversation about the... (show quote)
I really like the crop here. Details are crisp and sharp. Thanks for including this. It gives us a good view of what your vision for the scene is. Well done.
Erich
Oct 14, 2019 07:30:30 #
Great impact for me, Mike! Wonderfully visualized and realized. Happily, the avalanche lilies will still be there next year 
Oct 14, 2019 08:57:41 #
Definitely the best version. The crop and panoramic view does wonders. Great job!👏 Great photo!👏
Oct 14, 2019 09:23:40 #
SalvageDiver wrote:
In the spirit of last weeks conversation about the... (show quote)
I like that a lot. The truncated look of the snow field in the original bothered me and your creating a pano solved that
Oct 14, 2019 09:29:16 #
It effectively embraces the bigness of the view. I appreciated hearing the steps to your final presentation.
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