Some of you may be getting weary of my always taking photos of these mountains. Sorry. I'm not, and I derive endless pleasure when I travel to work seeing the morning light on their snow-covered peaks. I hope that you folks in the city envy me just a little. (I envy you in other ways...).
These are the Wellsville Mountains, the steepest in the world (a bit of a sneaky distinction, for they aren't that high in elevation; they have the steepest angle from ridgeline to base of any other mountains).
This is also where I work. The fences you see are part of the living history museum (and farm) for which I'm Program Director: the American West Heritage Center (www.awhc.org).
I hope I can share with you some of what I see nearly every day of my life. Enjoy!
Post Challenge: Wow! Thanks for the votes! With all the talent around here, I thought I was done with ribbons. Thanks again to Steve for shooting with me on this cold morning. I'm just now beginning to feel my feet again!
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How did you get the clouds so blurry at 1/80s shutter? I think that I'm seeing motion blur from PP, but I may be wrong.
Can you respond to this, please? :)
The clouds are blurry from a combo of NeatImage, median, and gaussian blur and various degrees of sharpening after each one. All the blurring tools were used at very low "power." I had to have the sky on a different layer so I could work on it. I also used Unsharp Mask at a large pixel radius and low percentage to add contrast and bring out more texture. I converted to b/w using the channel mixer, which of course created some noise, so these various tools were used to simply rid the sky of noise and enhance the lacy texture of the clouds.
Yes, I definitely do envy you. Being an urban photographer this kind of beauty is hard to find. You have to really have time to look. This shot is the best. Thanks for sharing--keep them coming I need to see this beauty every week.
I can see why! The mountain range is very beautiful, greatly captured in this photo. Congratulations, not only for winning the red but also for being blessed to be working in such a beautiful area. Utah is incredible, photos like this make me want go back and visit the state again.
IMO it would be better to let the top of the fence come out of the left edge of the frame, rather than the bottom - this would have added more depth to the landscape.
How did you get the clouds so blurry at 1/80s shutter? I think that I'm seeing motion blur from PP, but I may be wrong.
WOW! One of the best black and white landscape shot´s I have ever seen, congrat´s man! Would have voted a 10 and it went straight for my favorites :)
If you had been a student of Ansel Adams, you would have made him proud! Bored of these mountains? Never! Congratulations with the red ribbon, you can keep collecting, never enough ;)
Ah, David, congratulations. There were nearly 500 entries and look at you! This is a wonderful b&w of "your" mountains. Add me to the list of those who will never tire of your pictures of these, please. The way you portray them, with all that gorgeous light, makes me a tiny bit jealous not only of where you live, but also of your great skill. Congratulations on the ribbon in a very tough challenge!
Oh! The detail! and the Lighting! I am so jealous! We just have knobs in Kentucky, but you have peaks!! Someday I will make my way out to Utah. Congratulations on a well deserved ribbon!
Congratulations on yet another ribbon. You do work in remarkable surroundings and I can understand your want to keep taking pictures of those mountains. Wonderful shot.
Beautiful black and white. FOr some reason, I especially like the fence taking up the lower corner of the frame. Beautiful job with your dynamic range and black and white conversion. 8 from me.
I can see why...this is a beautiful shot. Love the range of black and white tones throughout the photo. I like the use of the fence in the foreground to add some perspective as well.
Lovely black and white. I like the leading and "misleading" lines- they keep my eyes wandering around and around this engaging composition and beautiful landscape. 10
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