Setting moon above the blowing snow on Stone's Peak. 73% waning gibbous moon @ 268 degrees east of north. 01/04/10 The full moon on New Year's Eve was not visible due to cloudy weather. Nik Software SilverEfex Pro.
DOF: Focus Distance: 10,000', Near Limit: 416', Far Limit: Infinity, Total DOF: Infinite , Hyperfocal distance: 434.7 ft.
My effort is based on Ansel Adams zone method.
[Jan. 8th, 2010 05:39:53 PM]
Vote #182 was a "1". Otherwise, voters have been generous.
[Jan. 10th, 2010 09:53:49 AM]
Lots of votes and views in this challenge. Must be a function of the relatively small number of entries.
Validation notice arrived this morning Jan. 10. Thanks, SC and admins!
Those who have commented have been very kind. Some very excellent constructive criticism was offered. Thanks to all. I suspect this image will finish in the top 5, but probably not the blue ribbon.
[Jan. 11th, 2010 12:55:48 PM]
Thanks to all for the kind comments and generous votes. Lots of votes and views.... still coming in, but a bit slower now.
[Jan. 12th, 2010 09:49:51 AM]
Lower votes came in overnight bringing my score down to 7.0900. At the high water mark at about 80 votes, the score was 7.3200. Overall, I'm very pleased. Vote #253 was a "3", but that comes with the territory.
On the issue of blacker tones and more contrast, I did pay much attention to Ansel Adam's Zone method. There are some all black pixels. And, there are some all white pixels. In general, i'm somewhat reluctant to push contrast out more to increase the tails of the histogram in the extreme areas where detail is lost. But, I think the image could use a few more black blacks, even if there is a trade-off. It's good advice.
[Jan. 12th, 2010 11:50:26 PM]
Ten minutes before the close of voting:
Votes: 286
Views: 607
Avg Vote: 7.1189
Comments: 24
Favorites: 1
Thanks, all! Good votes and comments. I hope to place in the top 5 somewhere.
Statistics
Place: 2 out of 72 Avg (all users): 7.1092 Avg (commenters): 8.3333 Avg (participants): 6.8750 Avg (non-participants): 7.1475 Views since voting: 6314 Views during voting: 607 Votes: 284 Comments: 47 Favorites: 12 (view)
I'm so glad you mentioned this on the personal favorites thread as I was away on holiday and missed it the first time around. This is a phenomenal photo. Incredible, really. Nice work. And a favorite of mine now.
This will ribbon or I'll eat my camera strap. Very Ansel Adams in it's feel. Great contrast and exposure, diagonal lines creating movement into the photo, sharp focus on the moon as well as the foreground and nice placement of the moon (ROT) within the composition. 10.
Nice to see I that I won't have to eat my camera strap after all! Congrats on a ribbon well deserved.
Awesome, Richard! Congratulations. This is Rocky Mountain beauty in its finest hour! What a good day for RMNPforumers, huh? I got an honorable mention in the portrait challenge too :)
I predict Red Ribbon for this shot. Pretty easy prediction actually. :-) I love the scene overall. The comp is great. Only thing that's keeping this a 9 instead of a 10 is the tonal range. I'd like to see more coverage on the lower end in the blacks. Great shot overall! Congrats.
I predict Red Ribbon for this shot. Pretty easy prediction actually. :-) I love the scene overall. The comp is great. Only thing that's keeping this a 9 instead of a 10 is the tonal range. I'd like to see more coverage on the lower end in the blacks. Great shot overall! Congrats.
Love it when predictions are this easy. :-D Wonderful shot and well deserving of a shiny new ribbon!
This will ribbon or I'll eat my camera strap. Very Ansel Adams in it's feel. Great contrast and exposure, diagonal lines creating movement into the photo, sharp focus on the moon as well as the foreground and nice placement of the moon (ROT) within the composition. 10.
I predict Red Ribbon for this shot. Pretty easy prediction actually. :-) I love the scene overall. The comp is great. Only thing that's keeping this a 9 instead of a 10 is the tonal range. I'd like to see more coverage on the lower end in the blacks. Great shot overall! Congrats.
I love the conversion, and the red channel processing that left the sky dark really improves the moon. Perfect composition, wonderful contrast and just a great shot.
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