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A happy new year from Japan!
« on: December 30, 2009, 08:45:40 am »


All the best to my LL friends from the cold slopes of the Japanese Northern Alps!



Cheers,
Bernard

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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2009, 09:53:39 am »

Happy New Year Bernard, and all LL folks, from Maine. It's 14 deg. F here at the moment. Chilly.

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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2009, 11:22:31 am »

Another great photo, Bernard.  A happy new year to you too!

(No snow photos from me.  I'm in coastal California.  Just showers today.)

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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2009, 11:43:57 am »

Happy New Year to all from me, too.

Yesterday evening it was 6 degrees F here, and during the day there were strong winds that toppled trees nearby. Today it's positively toasty by comparison. The wind has died down and forecasts are for high temperatures in the middle 20s! I'm about to take advantage of the heat wave and go photographing at one of my favorite winter spots: Plum Island off the Massachusetts coast. In summer it is clogged with semi-naked people on the beaches, so I prefer to go on the coldest days of winter, when there will be few if any footprints. I'll look for interesting patterns in the sand near low tide as the sun is getting low.

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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2009, 11:44:35 am »

I also wish you a Happy New Year.
No snow here, it's raining up to 2000m and a dense fog is all over the moutains…
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2009, 12:57:40 pm »

I wish you a happy new year too. your pic is a great one ! Here is only shitty weather without a chance to take some good stuff !
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2009, 01:41:41 pm »

Arigato Bernard!  Were you climbing or skiing?

And Greetings to All from the high deserts of Albuquerque, New Mexico!

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« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2009, 02:52:59 pm »

Happy New year to all too.





Erci, how was the trip to plum?

I lost six vinyl panel from my fence, at home

thanks god  the winds is gone.

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« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2009, 03:18:05 pm »

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All the best to my LL friends from the cold slopes of the Japanese Northern Alps!
You too, Bernard, and to the others too.
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« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2009, 03:20:48 pm »

Bernard

Liked your ice cream shot; Eric, you've got it all the wrong way around: go to the beach when there are all those semi-nudes around. You could get lucky!

Funny about different countries and their mores: once in the 80s when we were in Florida and the two models and my wife were lying topless on the beach making the most of non-photogenic light to try and retain even tans since we weren't able to shoot (even colouring is important to models), some ladies walked past and made very rude remarks to the three of them, called them whores etc. which, to anyone coming from Europe at that time, seemed utterly strange and possibly from the moon. Same thing in Singapore, where the manager of the hotel came over to the model and asked her to cover up, or use another little terrace that existed, not that he minded, but it was distracting the staff... at least there you could perhaps expect it because of the Moslem influence in that zone, but in sunny Florida?

;-)

Happy New Year

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« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2009, 03:27:40 pm »

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And Greetings to All from the high deserts of Albuquerque, New Mexico!
You too, Bill.

A comment on your pano: I find it very good, but the white balance appears off. The sky's and clouds' color is unnatural, and the snow is too blue. I guess you shot it in raw, so this should not be a problem.

Happy New Year.
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« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2009, 03:32:56 pm »

Happy New Year from Victoria, BC!  Where there's no snow, the leaf buds are starting to swell, and some new shoots are sticking their heads out...

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« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2009, 03:52:59 pm »

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A comment on your pano: I find it very good, but the white balance appears off. The sky's and clouds' color is unnatural, and the snow is too blue. I guess you shot it in raw, so this should not be a problem.
Thanks Gabor.  I knew you would enjoy it.
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« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2009, 04:48:10 pm »

Nice cornice, Bernard!

As francois said (not very far from here), much more rain than snow here except at higher altitudes with maximal risk, and for a few days where snow did condescend to go into town.

Best wishes to all!
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« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2009, 06:41:29 am »

And from Manchester, England, where the snow has melted and it's a lovely sunny day (for once).

Jeremy
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« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2009, 03:37:47 pm »

From the frosty mountains of Washington State, where we got a gift today called a “Winter Storm Warning,” my best wishes to all for a Happy New Year!


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« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2009, 03:53:13 pm »

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From the frosty mountains of Washington State, where we got a gift today called a “Winter Storm Warning,” my best wishes to all for a Happy New Year!


OMG!  I don't think I have ever seen a snow picture quite like that!  Get out the Champagne!  Gotta watch that while balance, however.  And Have a Nice Winter Storm Justan!
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« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2009, 07:32:06 pm »

> OMG! I don't think I have ever seen a snow picture quite like that!

Ha! You obviously haven’t spent enough time with the Inuit, for if you had you couldn’t help but know the subtle differences between frost and snow.

> Gotta watch that while balance, however.

!Thanks! I did a little research after your note and found out how to set the white point. The change was dramatic. The result blows off most of the cast and opens up a lot of nuance.

> Get out the Champagne! And Have a Nice Winter Storm Justan!

Thanks, back at’cha! Well, minus the storm part. I’ll definitely raise a glass to the fella that got me thinkin’ about panos.

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« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2010, 01:40:13 pm »

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Ha! You obviously haven’t spent enough time with the Inuit, for if you had you couldn’t help but know the subtle differences between frost and snow.
For this one, I'd say surface hoar... may be a bit of nitpicking but I find it fun, sorry.
For those interested in the subject, this handbook may be valuable.

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I did a little research after your note and found out how to set the white point. The change was dramatic. The result blows off most of the cast and opens up a lot of nuance.
Well, I wouldn't really object to the snow being blue... while blue it is indeed when there aren't too many clouds.
However, setting it a bit more neutral might open up some details in the rocks.

Much much happiness to all for the new year!
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« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2010, 04:18:22 pm »

> For this one, I'd say surface hoar... may be a bit of nitpicking but I find it fun, sorry.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

> For those interested in the subject, this handbook may be valuable.

Thanks! That document is a great find!!

> Well, I wouldn't really object to the snow being blue... while blue it is indeed when there aren't too many clouds. However, setting it a bit more neutral might open up some details in the rocks.

The shot was made near twilight and it was reflecting the sky’s colors. Per Bill’s suggestion, I set the white and black points. That brought the apparent whiteness and tonal ranges up considerably. After that I did a little bit of work to bring out some of the light refractions in the frost and to reduce the newly revealed brightness a bit. I also did a linear dodge on some of the darker rocks to bring up more detail there. Thanks for the suggestion!

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