3 exposures combined to try to bring out some detail.
[Dec. 12th, 2009 06:02:24 PM]
A couple of comments mention the B&W on this.
This was shot in color. I shoot all my shots in RAW and do any conversion in Photoshop. The color version of this is not a whole lot different. It was a very flat day. The trees did not look green to the eye. I noted a few scenes that were almost completely mono-tone, even to the naked eye.
Day before roll over sitting on a 6.65 score. I'm thinking that might do fairly well in this challenge. With the difficult subject matter, I'm thinking (re: hoping) that this will be a sub 7 ribbon type of challenge. We'll see.
Post challenge
Was thinking top 5, Yellow is great. Been a loooong time between ribbons. And I finally got a ribbon from one of my many Norway trips.
One commenter asked to see the color version. Believe it or not, this is the full color version with no editing
There was absolutely no color to be seen. The weather was miserable, but still had a great time shooting with my good friend Trollman. He ribboned on our last outing back in February.
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Thanks for posting the unedited version. I really like seeing the before/after shots. Excellent job with the editing. So much more detail that you managed to pull out of the original pic. Good job.
absolutely stunning shot .. i love your title .. with the power lines and the perspective the amazing snow scene it makes me think of a thriller of some kind where you have no idea what will happen next .. possibly down the hill out'v sight something is lurking for the unwary skier/photographer ... a tripod that doubles as a firearm, you know like james bond 007 would have, might come in handy for your norwegian adventures .. :)
This looks very close to some of my favorite skiing grounds here in Vermont. As I look at your photo, I'm constantly looking for lines I could ski. I love your processing on the shot, and I have seen how weather like this makes everything monochrome. Well done and very deserving of your ribbon.
Combining three exposures worked really well with this shot. I don't know if you could have brought out the details in the snow (ground left bottom) as well as you did with only one exposure. I have fav'ed this photograph for several reason. 1) It look very natural and you didn't go overboard with the editing. 2) You did a great job in picking the location and point of view. 3) I'm not just looking at power lines, I'm enjoying a wonderful landscape image with very nice detail. 4) I can feel the temperature in the photo and wish I was enjoying the snow.
To sum it up you did what needed to be done to make this work. You did a great job from picking a location, determining to use three exposures, and the out come was great.
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