Huayhuash Mtns

myshkin · Feb 7, 2011

Part of the Andes in Peru

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6. This one is pseudo

Trever1t · Feb 7, 2011

breathtaking! I hear some dislike HDR but for the life of me I can't see why.

thingsIsee · Feb 7, 2011

very nice indeed

myshkin · Feb 7, 2011

thanks guys

I give up on caring about some hating it. At first it bugged me but at this point oh well.

Chodie · Feb 8, 2011

Wow!!! These are awesome!

I'm so jealous of your skills. I'm currently teaching HDR to myself. Can you share any of your techniques?

Samerr9 · Feb 8, 2011

I really said it out loud... WOOOOOOOOOOW!

Bynx · Feb 8, 2011

Simply great shots myshkin. Ive never had a desire to ever see Peru until I saw your landscapes.

myshkin · Feb 8, 2011

thanks guys

Bynx glad to hear that. My wife likes me posting my pics online so it helps promote Peru. It is a wonderful country and sadly most only know it for machu picchu

Chodie - If you look on the last 2 pages of the hawaii thread in here there is some tips and such on processing
Overall it takes practice. All of us struggled at first with photomatix

I will say a huge part of HDR is the PP work after photomatix. Not saying you have to do a lot, I do most if not all the PP work in LR3 just using the basic sliders, but it takes a bit to know how to get the most out of the small changes

memento · Feb 8, 2011

awesome pictures.
i'd hang the second one!

SlickSalmon · Feb 8, 2011

Beautiful...as always!

Amocholes · Feb 8, 2011

I feel the chill in the air looking at these. Beautiful!

OrionsByte · Feb 8, 2011

What's up with the water in the first shot? Why is it such a drastically different color than the sky? Why is it so soft while the rest of the picture is so sharp?

I see similar colors in 4 and 5, so maybe it's just really shallow water (parts of Lake Tahoe look that way in places, though night quite that stark), but in 5 the water is still nice and sharp; in 1 it looks more like a long exposure.

Beautiful shots though - 3 and 5 are my favorites.

myshkin · Feb 8, 2011

Thanks guys!

OrionsByte said:
What's up with the water in the first shot? Why is it such a drastically different color than the sky? Why is it so soft while the rest of the picture is so sharp?

I see similar colors in 4 and 5, so maybe it's just really shallow water (parts of Lake Tahoe look that way in places, though night quite that stark), but in 5 the water is still nice and sharp; in 1 it looks more like a long exposure.

Beautiful shots though - 3 and 5 are my favorites.

Number one is both sharp and real. The lake is a glacier lake and you can see the glacier running into it on the far end. Anytime its this close to a glacier you will get unreal colors. The reason it might look soft is because its completely still. It was a calm morning and its in a crater that protects from the wind. The glacier sentiment makes the thick milky appearance of the water and helps with the color.

Here is the 0 exp SOOC of #1

OrionsByte · Feb 8, 2011

myshkin said:
Number one is both sharp and real. The lake is a glacier lake and you can see the glacier running into it on the far end. Anytime its this close to a glacier you will get unreal colors. The reason it might look soft is because its completely still. It was a calm morning and its in a crater that protects from the wind. The glacier sentiment makes the thick milky appearance of the water and helps with the color.

Huh... that's a trip. Thanks for sharing.