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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Shakyphoto (Slim) on February 23, 2016, 12:22:06 pm

Title: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: Shakyphoto (Slim) on February 23, 2016, 12:22:06 pm
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1662/24849348239_281afdb066_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DRRpuB)Capitan, Horse, and Fire (https://flic.kr/p/DRRpuB) by Stephen Lim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_tl/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 23, 2016, 12:35:23 pm
A beautiful and novel take on a clichéd location. Bravo!
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: Bob_B on February 23, 2016, 01:34:15 pm
+1. I had just finished reading about this phenomenon and the hoards of photographers it brings to Yosemite. Your photo stands up and above those that accompanied that article. Nicely done.
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: sdwilsonsct on February 23, 2016, 01:34:33 pm
Excellent. Sooo much better than the pictures in the media.
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: francois on February 24, 2016, 08:40:57 am
I can only echo all the praises…
Bravo!
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on February 25, 2016, 04:04:26 am
great shot. I was wandering how it would look like if the left hand side was a bit cropped, to enhance the cliff face even more?
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: B-Ark on February 25, 2016, 06:33:03 am
From the title, I thought this would be the start of a joke -
The Captain, the horse, and the fire walk into a bar ...

The earth has rent asunder and the fire tries to return to its brethren in the sky,
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: Shakyphoto (Slim) on February 25, 2016, 10:52:57 am
Quote from: Paulo Bizarro on February 25, 2016, 04:04:26 am
great shot. I was wandering how it would look like if the left hand side was a bit cropped, to enhance the cliff face even more?

Hi Paulo,

I actually did the opposite.  I have another version which shows more area to the left and the whole reverse valley tunnel view.
The reason why I didn't crop is because there are many shots of a close up, and very few of the valley.  For this piece I wanted to get a sense of scale and also show off the sky.
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: Walt Roycraft on February 26, 2016, 11:26:52 am
Nailed it big time! Great job
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: sierraman on February 26, 2016, 12:05:05 pm
Very nice! I like the wider view just as much.  :)
Title: Re: The Captain, the Horse, and the Fire
Post by: maddogmurph on February 27, 2016, 07:47:35 pm
At first I thought average, then I noticed it. Epic man. Nicely done.