Range of Light

kent wilhoite, on June 7, 2009, said:

re-edit to get more of a realistic result? seems to me the only realisitc edit is not to edit at all or photo shop or any of those things that make you a good photographer but a better computer user. On your web site you mention nature photography as unprofitable, this is why. i've gone to trade shows where the biggest sign they have up is one that says "These photos are AS IS", no computer aided gimmicks. People were lining up to buy them. Hmmm...

kent wilhoite, on June 7, 2009, said:

i can tell you're the creator of the photograph immediately because of the ridiculous, and obvious computer enhancement. other than that great composition.

JeffSullivan(MyPhoto…, on June 10, 2009, said:

Kent, Is English your second language? As I explained, the camera could not handle the range of light (to use an unedited or only slightly adjusted singel exposure), but combining three bracket exposures helped. I fully acknowleged that this is not realistic yet.

Aren't those statements of "no computer enhancement" hilarious? They're most often used to distract the buyer away from the obvious and ridiculous Velvia and Provia color enhancement. And those charlatans complain about Photoshop... what a joke!

Their print was heavily manipulated by chemical composition from the start, heavily modified in the darkroom, scanned via CCD imager into an RGB color space, converted into a printer's CMYK color space (and probably 8 bit color... 256 colors per pixel). The resulting "as is" is nothing like "as it was", but they heavily imply that obvious and outright lie all the time.

You can worship at that temple if you want, but don't waste your time preaching to me about it.

Spizaetus, on July 11, said:

Hermoso lugar, realmente fuera de serie, nada cumún y muy real. Felicitaciones por esa captura!!!

Jose Milheiro, on July 17, said:

So beautiful! Great picture, simple the best!

Mortuary Drape, on July 17, said:

the landscape is amazing, the clouds, the mountains. excellent. greatings from peru

tlounsbury3876, on August 1, said:

The Sierra's are the "Range of light" and it shows. I believe those bitching at your enhancement are just simply jealous. Your an artist.

JeffSullivan(MyPhoto…, on August 3, said:

tlounsbury3876 - Thank you! This result was simply a rescue attempt of a shot that single digital photographs alone could not handle. At all. I don't advocate HDR, it's just one of many tools that can come in handy from time to time. I have some detailed articles on my blog which discuss the tradeoffs.

patmon, on August 11, said:

The Gods must be angry.

grncab97, on August 28, said:

How beautiful!!!

Giraudon Francis, on August 29, said:

Good instant and good shot .Greetings from France .Francis

Pawel Klasa ©, on October 8, said:

Wonderful picture that is breathtaking!!!! These mountains are magnificent!!!! Greetings from Poland, Paweł

mihael123, on October 13, said:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mihael123, on October 13, said:

welcome to my blog

txuria21, on October 27, said:

muy buena.saludos

LLANADAY, on November 4, said:

nice and manipulate but so nice

Bacea Anton, on November 10, said:

Wonderful, Congratulations!!!

Greetings from Romania, Anton.

Bruno Durán, on December 3, said:

Beautiful picture, congratulations