As Ken pointed out, it might be the sort
of vista that is better enjoyed than photographed. I think that's very
much a correct assessment, even when coming from someone who once won
a photo competition with a landscape shot taken with the FA*600/4 from
Mt. McKinley... :-)
It was during a time of contemplation of Denali that that particular scene
became apparent to me. Up to that point I had decided not to take the
typical tourist shot of that great mountain and was content to simply take
it all in sans taking any image.
It was an optical extraction of the North Face of Denali.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
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From: "AlunFoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PESO - mountain plain
2008/9/30 mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Were your thoughts on the finely textured bright side or the grimly
brooding dark side?
Lol. Somewhere in between, I think.
Thanks to y'all who commented, it pretty much confirmed that my train
of thoughts wasn't completely off track. I do agree with P.J., though,
It's not a great image, but here's the story:
I was enjoying myself immensely that day, let loose in a such a
beautiful stretch of nature. As Ken pointed out, it might be the sort
of vista that is better enjoyed than photographed. I think that's very
much a correct assessment, even when coming from someone who once won
a photo competition with a landscape shot taken with the FA*600/4 from
Mt. McKinley... :-)
Anyway, I was awed by the view, and thought it a bit sad that such
beauty wouldn't come through very well in a photo. Then I went on to
ponder why it doesn't (on a general basis, not particularly about this
photo). The only reason I could come up with was the lack of any
reference points to the scale of the landscape, so I can relate very
much to Jack's comment.
As I was considering this, I noticed a reindeer hunter crossing the
moors with his dog. Just a little black speck that I never would have
noticed if it stood still. Then I thought to heck with it, and fired
off a frame. It could be fun to _know_ that there was a point of
reference the even if noone else could see it. It might turn up in a
really large print, I guess, but this particular image is hardly worth
that. :-)
Here's the same image, but with the human pointed out and enlarged to
how it looks in the raw file.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VWBjZjc1fI4/SOCOaHQx0xI/AAAAAAAAAT4/8OFTdapafxs/s1600-h/20080928-0290-human.jpg
http://yi.no/o9Js
Thanks for sharing my train of thoughts. Tickets already paid for. :-)
If you wish to read another incoherent account of my thoughts about
this, it also exists in form of a blog text:
http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/
Cheers,
Jostein
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