Taken on an afternoon in November. I called the ski company and asked permission to hike up to this old warming hut. I'm not sure if that is necessary since I believe the ski area is actually on public land. An odd legal question. Anyway, I got the permission and that's all that matters.
This is an HDR composition of 6 exposures one stop apart. I went with B&W because the grass is a very bland November yellow and I didn't like it. The sky, on the other hand, was a pretty nice polarized blue and there is actually some red on the mountain from the sunset. Actually, as I type this I'm going back to do a sepia version. This picture may look good with that treatment. :) OK, as you can see I went with Sepia.
Anyway, other than the HDR, there isn't too much fancy done. I did some cloning of poles and such. I'll be happy with a Top 25, but I think on a duotone, I'm not likely to get there.
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Really great subject to shoot and well handled. I would have considered cloning out the light post in the background. The sepia works well here. A little underexposed however going any brighter would overexpose the snow. Not sure how to handle this situation in post but it would be nice to add a bit more light to everything but the snow. (A levels adjustment layer maybe and erase out the mountain?)
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