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Man and Mountain
Man and Mountain
spiritualspatula


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Challenge: Negative Space IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Date: Mar 1, 2011
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 1, 2011

 Hopefully people will understand my concept here. I meant to use the negative space (the sky and snow) to isolate me and the mountain, which is all that exists in your mind. I appear rather small in the frame, and I'm HOPING people can still tell I'm a person and not a tree (obviously looks a lot better with fullsize).
This wasn't my original idea for this challenge. My other idea involved a trip to approximately the same remote location, but was botched due to snowmobilers and their disturbance of the snow surface. This dawned on me once I saw my initial idea was out of question. To capture it, I set my camera to interval shooting, and had it shooting from another part of the ridge about a third of a mile away or so. The camera took a photo every 30 seconds. The winds were very high here, and a lot of my shots were not suitable because I was partially or completely obscured by blowing snow. At its worst, the wind gusted to approximately 65mph, and I was momentarily unable to stand on the ridgeline. It was a sustained 30mph though, and per my thermometer temperatures were between 7 and 10, making windchill on average between -12 and -19. I love getting into the thick of bad weather in the wilderness :)
For giggles, here's what I looked like up close.
It was a long day, and between the drive and reaching the location by snowshoe, it took about 8 hours of travel. A great trip regardless, and even if this doesn't score all that well, I'm pleased with the result. If you've read this far, thank you.

Statistics
Place: 124 out of 167
Avg (all users): 4.8421
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8571
Avg (non-participants): 4.8333
Views since voting: 1116
Views during voting: 278
Votes: 171
Comments: 10
Favorites: 3 (view)

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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/26/2012 06:57:42 AM
glad this challenge came up again gave me a chance to find this nugget. here's the thing, i was browsing through all the entries and this one grabbed me before i saw it was yours...i really like this, and i'm handing it only about the 15th favorite i ever have...awesome shot.
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 03/21/2011 11:27:53 AM
Perfect for the challenge. Why it scored so badly? Who knows?

Gee, you do good work, Derek. I can hardly wait for another DPL...

Alice
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/09/2011 06:54:30 AM
im honestly surprised this didn't do well in scoring. 16 1s and 2s? that's like the scoring for one of MY shots...:)

the story associated with it is excellent, thanks for taking the time to write it all down and share it.
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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 03/09/2011 01:38:45 AM
I am greatly intrigued. Sorry that this does not come off nearly so well as I suspect it does at full size.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
03/08/2011 07:51:41 PM
great perspective. Love the write and minimal information.
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Fujifilm X30
Custom Made Pinhole
 03/08/2011 03:34:36 PM
Tiny man against the immensity of it all
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 03/05/2011 10:32:30 AM
This is very nicely processed. Gives a good feeling of cold and frozen.
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/04/2011 05:56:23 AM
Brrrr looks cold. Very simple image, I like it.
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Nikon D60
 03/02/2011 06:25:11 PM
It's for your title otherwise I wouldn't even have spotted the man.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 03/02/2011 01:15:23 AM
A bold and risky choice. For me, just a mite too hi-key.
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