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 11/13/2005 11:43:10 AM · #1
Snæfell (1.833 meters high) one of the most beautiful mountains in Iceland.



Channel mixer on top of a Hue/saturation adjustment layer in color mode.
 11/13/2005 12:23:46 PM · #2
Originally posted by Robot-Fotomat:
Snæfell (1.833 meters high) one of the most beautiful mountains in Iceland.


I suspect it's a little higher than that. But hey, I'm an american, what do I know about the metric system.

Nice capture and great b&w conversion.
 11/13/2005 12:42:17 PM · #3
Originally posted by dwterry:
Originally posted by Robot-Fotomat:
Snæfell (1.833 meters high) one of the most beautiful mountains in Iceland.


I suspect it's a little higher than that. But hey, I'm an american, what do I know about the metric system.



ROFL. Thanks, I needed that this morning w/ my hangover. :)

Nice photo. Was wondering if you have this in color for comparison? I'll check out your profile to see.
 11/13/2005 12:47:56 PM · #4
Nice image. In general, Icelands terrain doesn't seem to interest me but one thing that I've learned here at DPC is that it must be a great place to buy camera equipment.
 11/13/2005 01:12:43 PM · #5
Originally posted by phatphoto:
Originally posted by dwterry:
Originally posted by Robot-Fotomat:
Snæfell (1.833 meters high) one of the most beautiful mountains in Iceland.


I suspect it's a little higher than that. But hey, I'm an american, what do I know about the metric system.



ROFL. Thanks, I needed that this morning w/ my hangover. :)

Nice photo. Was wondering if you have this in color for comparison? I'll check out your profile to see.


also ROFL
 11/13/2005 01:16:05 PM · #6
Originally posted by dwterry:
Originally posted by Robot-Fotomat:
Snæfell (1.833 meters high) one of the most beautiful mountains in Iceland.


I suspect it's a little higher than that. But hey, I'm an american, what do I know about the metric system.


DOH!!! I just realized something... I know that in Brazil, and probably other parts of the world, the decimal is used as a thousands-separator and the comma is used to separate decimals.

In other words, one-thousand two hundred thirty-four and one half would be written 1.234,5 (instead of 1,234.5 the way we do here in the US).

So.... that 1.833 probably means one thousand eight hundred thirty-three meters high. In which case, it's a small, but nice sized mountain. :-)

See....? I may be just a stupid american ... but I'm not completely unintelligent.
 11/13/2005 01:27:39 PM · #7
Originally posted by dwterry:
[quote=dwterry] [quote=Robot-Fotomat]


Yeah, I know. It's also the same in a lot of Asian countries. The "period" also substitutes for the dashes in phone numbers.

But, I still think it's funny! :)
 11/13/2005 02:05:37 PM · #8
i was thinking 1.833 meters...what's that the height the camera was off the ground, then I realized as well that it is like a "," here in America.
 11/13/2005 02:16:16 PM · #9
Sorry guys about the decimal separator...

This is the tallest mountain in Iceland that is not a part of a glacier. In the lower right corner you can see trucks driving to/from Karahnjukar, which is one of the biggest hydro-electric projects being built in the world today (690 MW of power, and the longest tunnel-complex in the world, which consists of about 72 kilometers or 45 miles of tunnels).

We buy most of our camera gear through US stores, like Adorama or BH-photo.

Here is the original photo, resized and sharpened.

The conditions were very poor, a lot of mist in the air. This mountain can hide in the clouds for many days, and it´s very tricky to get a good picture of it.
 11/13/2005 02:24:30 PM · #10
Originally posted by Robot-Fotomat:
Sorry guys about the decimal separator...



Hey, no prob! It's all in good fun! ;)

The color photo gives me a feeling of a dream-like state, and I like it because the color conveys how cold it must feel there. The shading in the b&w gives it a better contrast (IMO) :)
 11/13/2005 02:24:59 PM · #11
Wow... I would never have guessed that the original looked anything like that. That's pretty amazing what you did!

I happen to like the original too... but wonder what it would look like if you simply brightened it (turn the whites white) and increased contrast a bit.
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