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Flowing Fog [Contest Archives November 2002]

© Gary H. Minish

Flowing Fog

Uploaded: November 20, 2002 04:34:36

Description

The valley on the other side of this pass was full to the brim with cold icy fog which was overflowing through the pass and down the side of the mountain like a river at close to 40 mph.

Comments

Carolyn M. Fletcher level-classic November 20, 2002

Wow! Very nice shot, Gary!!! #13582

Lianne E. Cook May 26, 2019

wow, i'd love to see that in action, spectacular shot Gary!! #24938

Wolfgang Dolak May 26, 2019

This is definately a winner!
birdie #24944

Henny Grevelink May 26, 2019

Awesome panorama! ;>0 #24990

Carol Sherman May 26, 2019

Stunning panorama...love your landscapes very much. #25002

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Many thanks to all! It was one of those fortunate opportunities and I was very happy that the pan came together OK. #25076

Carol Engstrom level-classic May 26, 2019

Amazing shot Gary! #25573

Kathleen Clemons May 26, 2019

Another amazing shot! What equipment do you use to take your panoramas? Or do you stitch several shots together? Wonderful work. :) #25633

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Thank you Carol & Kathleen :-)

Kathleen, this is stitched from 3 pictures using Panorama Factory (by far the best stitching program I've found so far). #25717

Toni A. Martin May 26, 2019

Gary, you sure are learning fast. So glad your wife forced you to get the camera! You are doing some nice work. I would back the saturation off a little on this image. Notice how the fog on extreme left is very hot (overly white). Back the saturation off until that area looks natural. #28843

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Toni, Thanks for your nice comment! Also, thank you very much for your helpful suggestion. Because of the low angle of the sun and the fact that I was almost shooting into it at that end of the panorama, the blowing fog was lit up so bright you almost couldn't look at it! The original photo was slightly overexposed there because I was trying to retain the detail in the shadows. I took one shot with a different exposure that looks good, but it didn't stitch well with the others. Unfortunately you can't go backwards on a washed out original (you can always brighten a dark one) so I was between a rock and a hard spot :-) Since then I have learned how to effectively use the historagram function in PSP to deal with that and I purposefully slightly underexpose in those type of lighting situations so that I can even things out and show the darker detail without washing out the light. Thanks for having the interest and taking the time to offer serious and constructive criticism. I wish more people would do that, but I understand why they don't (because some people are too sensitive). Personally, I don't see how one can learn quickly if you don't know that you're doing anything wrong!

Thanks again, Gary #28996

Toni A. Martin May 26, 2019

Gary, you are so right about learning. Can you imagine how fast we all would progress, if we did put our "steel jeans" on and everyone let the hammer fly on the images? Maybe in a years time we would all be professionals. Frankly, I am ready to learn. But I do wish people would truly consider the image with the whole situation surrounding the time of the shot. Some never consider that there are choices and sacrifices to be made in a shot. You cannot have everything at once. In high contrast, if you want the details in shadows you must sacrifice the sky at some point. Things like that. Ditto what you said! #29001

Cathy M. Gromball May 26, 2019

Gorgeous image, Gary! I love the beautiful lighting, colors, detail and flowing fog!

Cathy :) #49486


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