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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: maddogmurph on May 05, 2015, 03:50:06 pm

Title: Road to the Mountains
Post by: maddogmurph on May 05, 2015, 03:50:06 pm
Camping out near Bodie you get to see the desert foothills turn into the high Sierras, this is an old mining road built perhaps somewhere in the late 1800's or early 1900's to pull gold out of the ground in this desolate land.
Title: Re: Road to the Mountains
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 05, 2015, 06:02:13 pm
For once I prefer the color version. It really captures the magical look of mountains rising out of plains.
Title: Re: Road to the Mountains
Post by: maddogmurph on May 05, 2015, 06:06:31 pm
Well that's an IR rendering, in all fairness, here's your traditional BW with a high contrast red filter for comparison.
Title: Re: Road to the Mountains
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 06, 2015, 12:04:27 am
That works better for me. The mountains need to be prominent.
Title: Re: Road to the Mountains
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 06, 2015, 03:49:29 am
Quote from: maddogmurph on May 05, 2015, 06:06:31 pm
Well that's an IR rendering, in all fairness, here's your traditional BW with a high contrast red filter for comparison.

That's much better. I still prefer colour, though.

Jeremy
Title: Re: Road to the Mountains
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on May 06, 2015, 03:56:32 am
Quote from: kikashi on May 06, 2015, 03:49:29 am
That's much better. I still prefer colour, though.

Jeremy

Me too.
Title: Re: Road to the Mountains
Post by: thierrylegros396 on May 06, 2015, 09:17:13 am
Quote from: Paulo Bizarro on May 06, 2015, 03:56:32 am
Me too.

Yes, color really adds depth of field !

Thierry
Title: Re: Road to the Mountains
Post by: stamper on May 06, 2015, 11:02:15 am
The colour one for me.
Title: Re: Road to the Mountains
Post by: maddogmurph on May 06, 2015, 07:24:34 pm
Thanks all, color it is.
Title: Re: Road to the Mountains
Post by: EricGullicksen on May 09, 2015, 01:55:14 am
I prefer the infrared shot.  Bright foreground, which happens to include a road, leading into a darker background is mysterious and suggests something deceptive or hidden.  Even ominous.