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Mount Olympus
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Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Landscapes
Camera: Sony DSC-F828
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA
Date: Apr 2, 2005
Aperture: f 8.0
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 17, 2005

 The highest peak at left really is Mount Olympus, east of Salt Lake City. Oddly, this photo was taken in Salt Lake City in an undeveloped lot near South Jordan, a suburb.

The second highest peak, on the right, is the visible of the Twin Peaks.

PP: I adjusted things separately for sky and ground, and mainly did Autocolor with some fading. I also slid the middle slider to the right in LEVELS just a bit, which slightly darkened the midtones. I did some cloning to take away some weird elements.

I like this shot, but I wish I was just a few inches taller. As I recall, I took this while holding the camera high above my head to peek over the rocks.

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 507
Avg (all users): 6.5966
Avg (commenters): 7.7200
Avg (participants): 6.5632
Avg (non-participants): 6.7292
Views since voting: 4192
Views during voting: 371
Votes: 238
Comments: 28
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 09/17/2005 09:18:07 AM
How did I miss this? It is amazing. The composition is perfect. The rocky foreground with it's roundness makes for a great grounding force for the peak of the mountain. Lovely colors too - so rich! This is one you can study for a long time. Aaaah! What a joy.
 09/17/2005 12:10:41 AM
Nice one, David! I especially like the rocks in the foreground... and the fact that it's taken in the middle of suburbia. The high color saturation adds a nice depth to the shot; the clouds are a perfect touch.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2005 11:47:57 PM
A shift to the right by the photographer would have greatly enhanced this photo, eliminating the rock further out in the foreground and emphasizing the mountain. Overall, very nice color and concept.
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 04/25/2005 06:18:51 PM
Great landscape and dramatic sky but I find the foreground boulders too much, they draw the eye away from the mountains and sky...
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 04/25/2005 02:13:57 PM
Very nice capture... the high saturation on the sky is really nice... i just think that the rock on the left blends a little with the mountain. besides that it's a really nice capture.
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 04/24/2005 06:09:33 PM
Fantastic landscape with great detail caught in the foreground. top 5 for me
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 04/24/2005 05:39:41 PM
Love it! great depth of field...true Ansel Adams type image. Would be awsome in B/W as well. Very nice image and for sure one of the best of the challenge! Good luck!
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 04/24/2005 05:15:12 PM
Love the lighting, the depth of field, the colors of the rocks and sky... Great.
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 04/24/2005 03:18:18 PM
Great sky! Awesome focus! 10
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 04/24/2005 03:01:36 PM
Great use of light and foreground/background balance!
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 04/24/2005 12:46:24 PM
Absolutely beautiful! I love the composition and exposure! The sky is beautiful! And perfect DOF.
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 04/24/2005 11:32:11 AM
This is awesome ! Love the texture of the rocks in the foreground,and the gorgeous mountains in the background.Hope to see this in the top three 10
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 04/24/2005 05:08:09 AM
Very nice colours and sense of depth.
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 04/24/2005 12:11:15 AM
the foreground rocks steal the show... and don't really tie into the Mt. theme, crop them out and this shot has potential
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 04/22/2005 10:41:02 PM
Great job on color...
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 04/22/2005 07:28:44 AM
Wonderful landscape shot. I like it a lot!
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 04/21/2005 09:10:53 PM
Cool sky and nice composition.
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 04/21/2005 09:05:31 PM
Cool shot! Mountains in background look like a backdrop of sorts. Like the levels or stages (varied focal points) that draw you into the shot. Good job!
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 04/21/2005 04:19:36 PM
The type of landscape that appeals to me the most; multi-layered scene shot preferably from a relatively low angle/point of view with interesting foreground elements, dimensions of which are sometimes exagerrated by the use of wide-angle lens, and good DoF, which gives the image a 3-dimensional feel. I just wish that the middle layer (land between foreground rocks and the distant mountains) had more light/detail so that I could "travel" across the scene savoring every step instead of jumping from the rocks directly to the mountains. That's to say that the picture somewhat falls short of its full potential, in my opinion. Good work nevertheless.
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 04/20/2005 08:14:07 PM
I love the foreground and the deep blue of the sky. 10
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 04/20/2005 11:59:11 AM
Excellent shot in regards to colour, contrast and sharpness and I love that sky so good job on the post processing but the rocks in the foreground are taking up way too much space for my taste so I "only" gave it a 7. Good job nevertheless.
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 04/19/2005 09:10:27 PM
Wow! I love what you did with the sky. The rocks in the foreground give a feeling of scale. Well done!
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 04/19/2005 08:46:24 PM
This one caught my eye while browsing the thumbnails. My hat is off - magnificent!
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 04/19/2005 08:22:44 PM
Perfect sky.
Good compositin you have here with those stones in the foreground. Nice blue sky.
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 04/19/2005 06:50:29 PM
excellent subject matter and composition. great color too. what's not to like!
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 04/19/2005 01:44:00 PM
for the most part, i like this. the boulders are little overwhelming, but what the heck, the lighting is tremendous. good luck!
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 04/19/2005 12:52:40 AM
Wonderful composition!!! The lovely mountain backdrop and sky is nice, but the way you included the rocks in the foreground really makes the photo!! Well done!
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 04/19/2005 12:21:55 AM
Really a super shot. Great for a print ..maybe for the chamber of commerce? It's a 9.
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